H&M Gets Tallit-Chic

Image by H&M

By Lucy Cohen Blatter February 22, 2011

We wouldn’t recommend wearing this to synagogue if you want to stand out.

Recently we were taken aback when we saw this poncho in the window of retailer H&M (could it stand for Haim & Moshe?).

Now we’re left wondering if this will set off a new Tallit-chic trend. Will H&M start carrying kippot next?

Anything’s possible. Remember Jean-Paul Gaultier’s 1993 hasidic runway shows?

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