[1] Thawley is the artistic director of Matter and Shape, a design salon in Paris, France.
[2][3] He was the former editor-in-chief of A Magazine Curated By and has served as a features editor of SSAW and Arena Homme + and has contributed to publications such Another, Architectural Digest, The Business of Fashion, Interview, New York Magazine The Cut, L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue, and Wallpaper.
Thawley was in a band when he lived in Australia and performing onstage marked his entry into fashion.
He has curated issues with major fashion labels and designers including Kim Jones, Giambattista Valli, Rodarte, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, Thom Browne, Alessandro Michele, Eckhaus Latta, and Simone Rocha, amongst others.
Thawley authored Radical Renaissance, a 200-plus page book published by Assouline NYC in 2016.