A Memorable Return
An assortment of artistic touches will be center stage when Threeasfour returns to the runway Thursday night at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's theater. The last collection they showed in New York was spring 2017.
Adi Gil and Gabriel Asfour will be dedicating the show in memory of their friend Kate Spade. In 1997 working for Spade as creative director, Asfour helped to start the clothing component of her collection and their own brand's upcoming one will be colorful as hers were. The designers collaborated with the artist Stanley Casselman, transforming his paintings into the fall collection, in order to highlight the collision of art, fashion and design. Supporters often refer to Threeasfour's design as art, so Asfour said he and Gil decided “Why not do it as art? Instead of using fabric, we're using paintings.” Victoria Bartlett will be styling the show, which is being choreographed by Maria Hassabi with performer Tyler Ashley serving as emcee. Sean Lennon, Maria Cornejo, Waris Ahluwalia and Arden Wohl are expected to be in the crowd of 280.
“Happy, friendly neighbors” with Threeasfour at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City,
N.J., Casselman often makes paintings that are 6 feet squares and painted on polyester screens that are traditionally used for silkscreen printing. All of his paintings are made from behind, which essentially makes him blind to what he is painting until he stands the screen up or gets