Join us for a premiere fashion and community event in NYC for an opportunity to have brunch and lively conversations with two influencers of fashion design and textile scholarship. WSNF is co-hosting the preview of the Fall/ Winter 2024 collection of Suzusan, an internationally acclaimed design studio based in Dusseldorf, Germany and Arimatsu, Japan. The pop-up showcases Suzusan’s exquisitely designed and crafted products – their no-seam cashmere knits and other fine textiles hand-dyed in Japan.
Meet Hiroyuki Murase, Creative Director and chief designer of Suzusan. Hiroyuki is the mastermind behind the fusion of shibori heritage craft with contemporary design in fashion, home, and living. The Murase family in Arimatsu, Japan have been masters and innovators of the shibori craft for five generations. The studio’s collaborators include Christian Dior Haute Couture, Lacoste, Shinji Ohmaki, Yohji Yamamoto, and Ziggy Chen.
Meet Yoshiko Wada, a formidable textile scholar and the author of two definitive publications on shibori. Yoshiko, along with Jack Lenor Larsen’s seminal publication, established the “Dyer’s Art” in the West.
The programme for November 6 & 7 is as follows:
| 9:30 – Check-in (EST) | Tavern on the Green Gift Shop Doors Open |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Morning Brunch with Talk and Shibori Demonstrations Meet and learn from the Shibori practitioners, scholars, and trendsetters in global fashion. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Preview of the Suzusan Collection for Ticket Holders |
| 12:00 – 17:00 | POP-UP SHOW Open to the PUBLIC |
$375 A limited number of tickets are available for the brunch and conversations.
Fellow’s Tickets are available for museum and fashion school staff, interns, students, and journalists.
Book your tickets here
The ticket cost is fully tax-deductible, with Tavern on the Green underwriting the brunch.
For information: email info(at)shibori(.)org with subject line “Textile at The Tavern.”
Hiroyuki Murase, the creative director of Suzusan, is the eldest son of the Murase family. He studied art at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey, as well as at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. In 2008, he founded the Suzusan label in Düsseldorf with the intention of placing Japanese handicraft in a contemporary context. He created upscale fashion collections to be produced by his family in Japan. This initiative helped to revive the shibori handicraft, which had experienced a decade-long downturn. Today, young people once more work in the artisanal studios of Arimatsu to enhance exclusive clothing with individual modern designs. Suzusan offers its label to a curated clientele from Europe, the US, Australia, and Asia.
Suzusan Press & Collaborations
Milan Fashion Week, Fall/ Winter 2024
Asia News Netork December 2022
Suzusan x Kimono Yamato
Yoshiko Wada, world-renowned textile scholar, curator, and artist founded WSNF in 1994. When her mentor, Jack Lenor Larsen, suggested she research and write a book detailing Japanese shibori, she co-authored, Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing. She is currently a Fulbright Scholar working on her doctoral thesis. World Shibori Network Foundation (WSNF) is a non-profit organization working to preserve and revitalize Japanese shibori and other heritage textile and craft practices across the globe through education and community engagement.
Tavern on the Green is an iconic, landmark restaurant nestled in a bucolic Central Park setting. Centered around a hearty, rustic menu shaped by local, seasonal ingredients, Tavern on the Green invites patrons into a warm, celebratory gathering space that captures the spirit of Central Park and the energy of New York City. Originally designed by Calvert Vaux and built in 1870 to house the sheep that grazed in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green has proudly served locals, presidents, royalty, artists, actors, and first-time visitors since 1934. David Salama, co-proprietor, is a Trustee of the WSNF Board.
