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Life Meet the Orthodox Entrepreneur Bringing Luxe Fashion to the Masses
Yoni Chesner was no fashion expert growing up. He was a yeshiva student; his first job was making $6 an hour in a bagel shop in his hometown of Baltimore. “I went to the clearance section at Ross,” he says now, chuckling. But one visit to the Saks Fifth Avenue Company store in Aberdeen, Maryland,…
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Community Sorry, Frum Fashion Police: We Orthodox Women Will Keep Wearing Whatever The Heck We Want
A piece appeared in the fashion section of the Forward a couple days ago by Michelle Honig, in which she deplored the ubiquitousness of the layering shell — a tightly-fitting top that Orthodox Jewish women wear beneath tops that would otherwise not meet Orthodox standards of modesty. She expressed the opinion that these things are…
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Fast Forward Online Shirt Store Removes Rainbow-Swastika Clothing, But Designers Stand Firm
A popular online clothing store has removed a series of t-shirts featuring rainbow-festooned swastikas after a public outcry, but the designers of the garments seem to be defending their choices. The design firm, KA Design, claimed that they wanted to de-Nazify the swastika and return it to its past status as a “symbol of love…
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Fast Forward T-Shirt Company Sells Rainbow-Swastika Design As ‘Symbol Of Love And Peace’
A T-shirt company is selling a design featuring clothing branded with swastikas in an effort to rebrand the Nazi imagery as a “symbol of love and peace.” The shirts, designed by KA Design and available for purchase on Teespring.com, feature various rainbow-festooned swastika designs alongside the words “peace,” “zen” and “love.” KA Designs explains on…
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Fast Forward Israeli Minister Dismisses Critics Who Panned Jerusalem-Themed Dress At Cannes
(JTA) – Israel’s culture minister dismissed criticism over her wearing to the Cannes Film Festival’s opening a dress whose hem features an image of Jerusalem. “Jerusalem is not a provocation, and it was lovely to see how much affection the dress received at Cannes,” Miri Regev, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist Likud…
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Life Mixing Modesty And Modernity With The Pantskirt (Skirtpant?)
In a personal essay for Racked, Shoshana Kordova, from New Jersey but now living in Israel, explains why she and her daughters have embraced a layered look. “The leggings and pants my daughters and I wear under our skirts,” she writes, “mean we don’t have to choose between skirts and pants, between religious conventions and…
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Life Whatever Happened To Unleavened Shirts?
On Racked, Rebecca Jennings takes on the trend of the moment: deconstructed button-down shirts. Shirts so voluminous that they almost certainly qualify as chametz: [A]bout six months ago… something very odd began happening to shirts. Brands you can’t afford — brands with names you probably don’t even know — started doing things to shirts that…
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Community Israeli Fashion To Heat Up September NYFW
When the world shops for the best in fashion, beauty and lifestyle items, Israel has proven its place in the market. Around the globe, a savvy and chic consumer can find a product created by the vast talents nurtured in Israel: Gottex, Sabon, Ahava, Yigal Azrouel, Elie Tahari — the list is endless. The Tahor…
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