Threeasfour Wins the Day!

Threeasfour really came through today showing a collection that proved what I've been screaming about for the past ten years. That they are among a tiny handful of GREAT designers that we have showing here in America. The collection was supreme, chic, beautifully crafted and completely innovative, from the way they experimented with tailoring (their jackets were pieced together in ways I haven't seen done before) to their super creative draping and wrapping. I adored the huge elephant pantyskirts (looked like huge pants in front but wrap skirts from the back) and their aprons and harnesses they put over coats and jackets that were wonderful. I also loved that you could really see all three of their sensibilities wrapped up in the clothes... If you want to see the whole show go to style.com where they are touting it on their home page.

The entire Vogue staff was finally in attendance (Anna Wintour included). I wonder how they felt as they watched that show about the verdict of the most recent Vogue awards (voted on by more than just the editors of Vogue, by the way) that gave three monetary awards out and nominees Threeasfour as did not even place in the top three! As I said before, I thought this was as wrong as you can get. These kids are troopers, though. And they are classy artists. It took them nine years so far (PAPER invited Threeasfour to do their first fashion show in 1999 at our very first PAPER Project). They can wait a little longer. And work like this will rocket boost them to the next level. You'll see.