Anna Delvey Masters the Ankle Monitor Fashion Hack

When you’re living under court supervision, most people might accept that certain style sacrifices come with the territory. Not Anna Delvey. The 35-year-old con artist turned reality TV personality just dropped a tutorial that proves her creativity extends far beyond the elaborate schemes that landed her in prison.

On Thursday, May 14, Delvey posted a video on X demonstrating exactly how she threads black sheer tights underneath her ankle monitor—a practical solution to a fashion problem most of us will never face. The technique is surprisingly elegant: she slips one leg of the tights onto her foot, threads the other leg through the monitor’s cuff, then gently pulls the whole thing up into place. The result? A seamless look that pairs perfectly with a little black A-line dress featuring a strapless neckline. Captioning the post,“Don’t ever ask me how I get tights under the ankle monitor again,”Delvey’s dry humor landed with her followers, who praised her ingenuity and her ability to pull off the maneuver without a single run or tear.

This fashion moment sits somewhere between genuinely resourceful and darkly comedic—which honestly feels about right for Delvey’s entire public existence. Convicted in May 2019 on multiple charges including second-degree grand larceny after she posed as a German heiress to defraud hotels, banks, and individuals of nearly $275,000, she’s spent the years since her February 2021 parole release turning her notoriety into a kind of performance art. She was even a competitor on season 33 of Dancing With the Stars, where she famously bedazzled that same ankle monitor, transforming surveillance into accessory.

Now fighting deportation while wearing the monitor as part of her conditions, Delvey seems to have fully embraced the paradox of her situation: she’s famous for being a con artist, but her new currency is authenticity—or at least the appearance of it. The tights video isn’t just a fashion hack; it’s a masterclass in personal branding for someone with nothing left to lose. She’s not hiding the monitor. She’s making it work.

The question isn’t really whether tights fit under an ankle monitor. The question is why we can’t look away.