Anna Delvey's Accessories Turned Heads as She Walked Runway at New York Fashion Week. Here's Why

Mar. 15, 2025

Anna Delvey at the Elena Velez Fall RTW 2025 fashion show during February 2025 New York Fashion Week at Artechouse NYC on February 09, 2025.Photo:JP Yim/Getty

JP Yim/Getty

Anna Delveyis strutting her stuff and sporting some unusual accessories.

On Sunday, Feb. 9, the star was captured walking the runway at New York Fashion Week. In a videoshared on X(formerly known as Twitter), Delvey, born Anna Sorokin, 34, opened the Elena Velez show. She wore a brown leather pencil skirt dress from the brand with ruffled shoulder detailing. Her ankle monitor was also clearly visible and she sported a stylish updo and nude pumps.

In April 2019, Delvey wasfound guilty of eight charges, including attempted grand larceny in the first degree, after posing as a wealthy heiress and scamming numerous socialites. That May, Delveywas sentenced to four to 12 years in state prison, fined $24,000 and ordered to pay restitution of about $199,000.

Anna Delvey at he Elena Velez fashion show during New York Fashion week at ARTECHOUSE on February 9, 2025.Roy Rochlin/Getty

Roy Rochlin/Getty

On Oct. 5, 2022, Delveywas granted releasefrom an ICE facility in Orange County, N.Y.,Bloomberg reported. As of February 2024, she remainedunder house arrestin the East Village in N.Y.C.,according to theDailyMail.In being approved toappear on season 33 ofDancing With the Stars, Delvey was ordered to wear an ankle monitor which she has since made part of hersignature style.

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In September 2024,following her elimination from the show, Delvey opened up to PEOPLE about walking the runway wearing the monitor after taking part in three shows during New York Fashion Week that season.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

“We wanted to do a departure from the ankle bracelet thing, because with every outfit before, we kind of tried to make the ankle bracelet the centerpiece and it was a focus,” she said after walking at the SHAO show.

Anna Delvey at the Elena Velez Fall RTW 2025 fashion show during February 2025 New York Fashion Week at Artechouse NYC Feb 9, 2025.JP Yim/Getty

Delvey — whose name grew in popularity and notoriety following the 2022 release of Netflix’s true-crime miniseriesInventing Anna— also told PEOPLE that she had been trying to switch to a watch version of her ankle monitor which would be less conspicuous but it had not been approved yet.

source: people.com