ThreeAsFour 08 S/S
They're still playing with the curved seams and ruffled tendrils that are their signatures, but they've polished their act in accordance with their new status. Transparent mesh concentric circles were boldly spliced around the armholes of one blazer. Other wrap jackets came with slashes at the shoulder to reveal flashes of skin. A lilac maillot with a sheer panel arching from one hip to the waist was easily the sexiest of the season so far.Evening is where these designers' sensibilities really come through. One gown in layers of raspberry, buff, and white organza fit together like a big puzzle. However, Threeasfour's ambition got the better of them with the two dresses that closed the show. These came with swooping streamers of organza rosettes that would make navigating a revolving door or dance floor an insurance risk. But the best pieces—like a pair of slinky, asymmetrically draped aqua silk dresses—exuded a confidence that suggested this threesome is quite content with its new situation.
ThreeAsFour 08 F/W
"Sleek" and "elegant" aren't words you automatically associate with Threeasfour. "Avant-garde" and "experimental" are more like it. But without letting go of their signature swirling cut and construction, Gabi, Adi, and Ange have indeed reached a new level of refinement. It came through in a striking metallic gray wool cape with folds and tucks that curved like the inside of an abalone shell. You could see it in a cobalt silk blouson and a tweedy pencil skirt that would've qualified as prim but for a cowrie shell-shaped flourish at the hem. And it must mean something that the show opened with a black wool tuxedo jacket that oozed not eccentricity but polish.Among the 22 looks was a wardrobe of shoulder-baring cocktail dresses, each draped differently with the hem looped up to the waist or the straps—all of them fluttering, three-dimensional beauties. Should the Oscar show go on, a teal gown made of spiraling tendrils of silk would make an inspired red-carpet choice.
ThreeAsFour 08 S/S
They're still playing with the curved seams and ruffled tendrils that are their signatures, but they've polished their act in accordance with their new status. Transparent mesh concentric circles were boldly spliced around the armholes of one blazer. Other wrap jackets came with slashes at the shoulder to reveal flashes of skin. A lilac maillot with a sheer panel arching from one hip to the waist was easily the sexiest of the season so far.Evening is where these designers' sensibilities really come through. One gown in layers of raspberry, buff, and white organza fit together like a big puzzle. However, Threeasfour's ambition got the better of them with the two dresses that closed the show. These came with swooping streamers of organza rosettes that would make navigating a revolving door or dance floor an insurance risk. But the best pieces—like a pair of slinky, asymmetrically draped aqua silk dresses—exuded a confidence that suggested this threesome is quite content with its new situation.
ThreeAsFour 08 F/W
"Sleek" and "elegant" aren't words you automatically associate with Threeasfour. "Avant-garde" and "experimental" are more like it. But without letting go of their signature swirling cut and construction, Gabi, Adi, and Ange have indeed reached a new level of refinement. It came through in a striking metallic gray wool cape with folds and tucks that curved like the inside of an abalone shell. You could see it in a cobalt silk blouson and a tweedy pencil skirt that would've qualified as prim but for a cowrie shell-shaped flourish at the hem. And it must mean something that the show opened with a black wool tuxedo jacket that oozed not eccentricity but polish.Among the 22 looks was a wardrobe of shoulder-baring cocktail dresses, each draped differently with the hem looped up to the waist or the straps—all of them fluttering, three-dimensional beauties. Should the Oscar show go on, a teal gown made of spiraling tendrils of silk would make an inspired red-carpet choice.
ThreeAsFour 08 S/S
Creating newness within a super-identifiable framework is the challenge Threeasfour's Gabi, Adi, and Ange have chosen for themselves. For Spring, they more than delivered on that front. The clothes, with their curving seams,
drippy layers, and floating hems, looked unmistakably theirs, but they looked fresh as well. That freshness came in the form of E8 prints (remember Spirographs? These look like Spirographs on speed) that decorated an off-the-shoulder cover-up and a shorter shift. More subtly, it was there in the form of the cotton jersey Threeasfour used to turn their avant-garde silhouettes into way, way beyond basic white tees, as well as in the cutout swimsuits that they've put on the runway before, but are now finally able to produce. The trio took a more freewheeling approach to accessories, too; the conch-shell cross sections that cinched metallic-leather sashes and decorated the necklines of dresses were chicer by far than the crocheted snoods and sandals. The finale gown, laboriously made from hundreds of capiz-shell discs that shimmied preciously with the model's every tentative step, drew clamorous a
pplause, but it's essentially a showpiece. It's the less obvious dresses—like an A-line trapeze in blush silk georgette with a lace inset swirling below the knees—that deserve the real praise.
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