NYFW: threeASFOUR Spring 2012

Totally provocative – threeASFOUR's Spring 2012 collection, InSHALLom:

"They made prints that wove together iconography from Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians both: six-pointed stars and kaffiyeh patterns, the evil eye, the hamsa. These were printed on the billowing, fluttering silk chiffon and silk de chine dresses the designers have been exploring season in and season out. Breastplates dangled hamsas, glass evil-eye pendants, the knotted strings of tallisim. One necklace was made of two joined shofars, the ram's horn ritually blown on the Jewish new year. Taken as a whole, it proved affecting, a message about the essential similarity of even warring parties." – Maya Singer for Style.com

Peace out from NYC, hello London, for the next round. 

(all photos via Style.com)

Interwoven at The Textile Museum This Weekend

Peggy Noland 'Thread Vest' via IS MENTAL

Join the Embassy of Denmark and The Textile Museum this weekend for two fashion/art performance evenings featuring cutting-edge textile projects by international artists, hosted by INTERWOVEN.

threeASFOUR 2008 collection image courtesy of Strong Kent Wythe

On July 23, the New York-based fashion collective threeASFOUR, whose designers hail from Lebanon, Israel and Tajikistan, will collaborate on a performance based on Yoko Ono’s "Cut". The July 24 program will feature a new, site-specific work by Copenhagen-based duo, Henrik Vibskov and Andreas Emenius, in their first ever U.S. appearance. Following the performances, Sabrina Gschwandtner, founder of KnitKnit magazine, will moderate a discussion with the artists. The evening events will also feature film screenings and a performance by artist Peggy Noland. 

Tickets are available online or call (202) 667-0441, ext. 78.