Michelle Honig
By Michelle Honig
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The Schmooze Emily Ratajkowski’s Subversive Black Wedding Veil Was So On Brand
In a series of Instagram stories, Emily Ratajkowski revealed that she got married on Friday, in a secret civil ceremony at City Hall. Foregoing wedding traditions, the bride did not wear white: instead, she wore a louche, sunset-hued Zara pantsuit (which retails for $200). And, for her veil, she wore a flat-brimmed hat with a…
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Life The Oldest Book At This Fashion School Is A Jewish Tome On Priestly Garments
While the library at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology — also called FIT — has many books on fashion, the oldest tome in its collection is no Parisian catalogue, but rather a Jerusalem one: It’s a Renaissance-era book on the priestly garments worn in the Holy Temple in Ancient Israel, written by Johanne…
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Life Are Anti-Fur Protesters Hopelessly Out-Of-Touch?
Yesterday, as a model clad in a camel coat with slashed paint print walked down the Mary Katrantzou runway, an anti-fur protester came onto the runway, walking straight toward the model. She held her iPhone held aloft, as if to document her protest, and chanted, like the Septa Unella as she accompanied a naked Cersei…
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Fast Forward Muslim Hijab Brand Creates Pro-LGBTQ Rainbow Scarf
Yesterday, UK-based Gay Times reported that MOGA, a Muslim-owned Melbourne brand that sells women’s headscarves and shawls, would be re-issuing their pro-LGBTQ rainbow-print scarf for Sydney, Austrailia’s annual Mardi Gras celebration. The Pride flag-esque hijab was created last year to support Australia’s legalization of same-sex marriage — legislation which Australia’s parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor…
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The Schmooze Marc Jacobs Presents A Fantastical, If Unwearable, Vision Of The Modern Woman
Designer: Marc Jacobs Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Location: Park Avenue Armory Jewish? Most definitely, yes (didn’t the biblical-sounding last name give it away?). For a long time, Marc Jacobs was the most overrated designer in American fashion. True, fashion’s elite continue to dutifully trudged out to his twice yearly shows, which are known to…
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The Schmooze Michael Kors Tries To Please Everyone With His Fall Collection, But Mostly Fails
Designer: Michael Kors Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Location: Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center Jewish? His mom is Jewish, his dad is Swedish. It’s been nearly 3 years since New York Fashion Week was evicted from Lincoln Center and forced into Skylight-branded locations like Clarkson Square and Moynihan Station (recently, the industry event shifted…
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Life Coach 1941’s Fall Collection Is A Twisted, Dark Romance Story Of America
Designer: Coach 1941 Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2018 Location: Basketball City on the East River. Jewish: Founder Miles Cahn is a Jew, but the current designer, Stuart Vevers, is not Jewish. There are three Jewish brands that are quintessentially American: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Coach. These three brands live and breathe American “style” —…
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The Schmooze Rosie Assoulin Spices Up Her Fall Collection With Marbling And Pleating
Designer: Rosie Assoulin Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2018 Location: Spring Studios Jewish: The designer, Rosie Assoulin, is definitely Jewish. Who knew that marble could be made in seemingly thousands of shade and design combinations? Apparently, Assoulin did, and served marbled crepes and cakes and pastries at her Fall presentation as if to highlight this point….
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