Photos of the former Biden official wearing a dress the designer allegedly stole were seen in Vanity Fair’s ‘style’ feature

Vanity Fair was found to be featuring an image of Sam Brinton, a former senior Department of Energy official for the non-binary Biden administration, wearing a dress that a female designer said was stolen from her.

This latest controversy emerged after Asya Khamsin, a Tanzanian fashion designer, accused Brinton of stealing her suitcase full of custom-made dresses at an airport in 2018.

Brinton, facing multiple theft charges for stealing luggage at airports across America, was released without bail last week. He was removed from the Biden administration due to an incident last year.

Following the designer’s accusations, an eagle-eyed Twitter user spotted an old Vanity Fair article featuring Brinton in one of Khamsin’s gowns.

NONBINARY BIDEN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL WAITED FOR STEALTING WOMEN’S BAGGAGE AT THE AIRPORT‘

Las Vegas Police charged former non-binary nuclear officer Sam Brinton at a Clark County, Nevada, detention center on Wednesday. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

After Governor Ron DeSantis’ spokeswoman Christina Pushaw posted a photo of Khamsin of her dress and Brinton wearing it (tweeting, “‘Cultural appropriation’ … stunning and brave as long as you are ~non binary~”), one Twitter user responded with a screenshot of the Vanity Fair article. .

“OMG. Vanity Fair did a fashion piece about Sam Brinton featuring him in one of those stolen dresses. [laughing emojis],” the account tweeted.

The Vanity Fair article published in the Italian version of the magazine on February 21, 2022 is entitled “All Sam Brinton Style”. It shows the bureaucrat wearing a Khamsin gown at a Project Trevor event in 2018, the same year he says his dress was taken.

BIDEN NONBINARY OFFICIAL SAM BRINTON ACCUSED OF MASSIVE LOOSE Amid SEPARATE THEFT COSTS

Sam Brinton speaks on stage during The Trevor Project TrevorLIVE NYC at Cipriani Wall Street on June 11, 2018 in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Trevor Project)

Khamsin told Fox News Digital Wednesday that he had recently seen reports that Brinton had been charged with theft of a large amount of luggage across the country and noticed that the former official appeared to be wearing his clothes in some of the photos. Khamsin said he had packed the same clothes in a bag that went missing on March 9, 2018, at Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport.

“I saw the picture. That was my custom design, which was missing in the bag in 2018,” he said. “He was wearing my clothes, which were stolen.”

A model poses in a dress designed by Asya Khamsin who says the same outfit was worn by Sam Brinton. (Asya Khamsin)

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DOE announced on December 12 that Brinton had left the agency but did not comment on the reasons for his departure after he was indicted in Minnesota and Nevada. A DOE spokesperson said the agency is not permitted to comment on personnel matters

Thomas Catenacci of Fox News contributed to this report.