Article: Markku Piri's Textile Theater. (men's fashion show combined with dancing, theater and opera)

Markku Piri's Textile Theater

Presenting his men's wear collection to American press and buyers in a theater setting using dancers, actors and opera singers as models doesn't strike Finnish designer Markku Piri as an odd coupling of disparate disciplines. "I have worked in dance theater production in Finland including costume design so this comes quite naturally to me".

The show, called Textile Theater, will be held at Manhattan's Lamb's Theater on Monday night and represents the first time Piri will be showing a full collection of men's sportswear in the U.S.. He was primarily trained as a designer of textiles, and worked for Marrimekko a Finnish ...