She’s gone from fraudster to fashionista.
Anna Delvey, the scammer turned socialite, now wears a new hat — runway producer and model.
The 33-year-old hit the catwalk officially for the first time late Wednesday evening to close out New York Fashion Week, showing for up-and-coming designer SHAO New York.
It was the last in a three-show line-up sponsored by Pornhub and produced by Outlaw Agency, which Delvey co-founded with PR maven Kelly Cutrone — a wild night that featured everything from a model in a bedazzled ankle monitor to a runway crasher with a paper bag over their head.
“I mean, I cast myself so it’s not like a big achievement here,” Delvey joked to The Post backstage ahead of the show, noting that was still “excited” to be walking on her first runway.
The polished sight at The Altman Building in Chelsea — a traditional runway lined with rows of posh, white chairs, show-grade lighting and a professional sound board — was vastly different than Delvey’s guerrilla rooftop show in 2023, which saw a flurry of VIPs and press perched atop her East Village walk-up.
“I’m really excited,” Delvey said. “This is my first project, this is a departure from whatever we organized at my apartment last year.”
Now that Delvey is no longer on strict house arrest, she can participate on “Dancing with the Stars” and produce shows that aren’t one-off precarious pop-ups.
It also means that the Outlaw Agency is now officially in business — and up first on the docket was the stacked Wednesday night line-up for three designers, Private Policy, Untitled&Co. and SHAO.
Too much choice, at least for Delvey, makes things more difficult — at least when planning for NYFW.
“Being on house arrest was a form of a jail, and in a way, it’s easier to work around restrictions because you only have so much to work with,” she said, adding that now, she can “have anything.”
While she’s primarily in charge of communication — marketing the shows and managing social media posts — she’s also learning from her co-founder, one of the best in the PR business.
“We’re creating some kind of hybrid communications agency,” said Cutrone, founder of her own PR firm People’s Revolution.
Describing the former fraudster as “tech-y,” Cutrone highlighted the necessity of Delvey’s role, which involves reaching more than the 200-odd people in the audience, through social media — the designers need a big impact to warrant the massive cost of production.
And, not to mention, Delvey can utilize her skills learned in lock-up, like being cool, calm and collected, Cutrone added.
“Frankly, doing time at Rikers is a pretty good experience for how to handle a fashion crowd when they’re arriving,” the public relations legend told The Post of her business partner, friend and housemate.
As the Private Policy show, the first of the day, kicked off around 4 p.m., the buzz of the crowd simmered to a hush as the models paraded down the catwalk to the sounds of corporate America — buzzing telephones and keyboard clicking droned through the speakers.
The models donned streetwear pieces that were an ode to New York, with newspaper-inspired show notes and an array of denim, boxy, corp-core tailoring, baseball hats embellished with “NY” and a graphic tee adorned with a quote from “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Next up at Untitled&Co., models strutted down the runway glittering in rhinestones, donning skimpy bikinis and sporting graphic hoodies.
While a catwalk crasher — wearing a paper bag over their head and an orange sweatsuit — attempted to steal the show, no one in the cast nor audience seemed fazed by the disruptor, as models continued their procession, some wearing tiaras and one accessorized with what appeared to be a bedazzled ankle monitor.
Last but not least, SHAO New York debuted a collection more relaxed than expected.
The precise designer, who is experienced in bespoke tailored suits, took an angsty streetwear approach to her collection, titled “Class of ‘98: Rebellion Remastered,” with 35 looks featuring an array of oversized blazers, denim and leather garments, unfinished hemlines and disheveled Oxfords.
Delvey hit the runway — to a chorus of cheers from the audience — in long, black leather skirt paired with a cinched blazer adorned with glittering embellishments on the lapel and wrists.
The Pornhub partnership for the trio of shows may seem surprising, but for the popular adult entertainment site, it was a no-brainer.
According to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of brand and community at Pornhub, “there’s a lot of similarities between the porn world and the fashion world,” as well as Delvey — all are taboo, “counter-cultural” or even “controversial.”
Kekesi also believes Delvey is “very misunderstood.”
“I’m really excited actually that she’s kind of having this reemergence because I think people are going to see more of who she really is,” Kekesi said, calling her “funny” and “smart.”
While Delvey still sports her ankle monitor, her newfound freedom is giving her a bit more leeway to take on new projects — although she insists she’s “too old to be a model,” despite her catwalk appearance.
And as for Outlaw Agency, Cutrone and Delvey — who, Cutrone said, “get a lot of attention” together — have graduated from colleagues to confidants despite their two decade age gap, now living together in Cutrone’s Hudson Valley home.
“It’s been a lovely relationship and it’s made my life better,” Cutrone said. “I think it’s made her life better.”
