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Community 10 Stylish Ways to Beat the Summer Heat — And Stay Modest at the Same Time!
The hottest days of summer are upon us, which can make dressing modestly a challenge— but it can be done! Here are 10 outfit ideas to beat the heat, maintain your modesty, and look chic all at the same time: 1) Cover up the Cold Shoulder (As seen on Salvatore Ferragamo, Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2016.)…
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Culture How Jews Made London the Fashion Capital of the World
“Virtually every Jewish tailor was a showman,” reminisces Brian Bilgorri. His father, Harry (Sonny) Bilgorri, was owner of one of the most successful tailoring businesses in London’s East End, a contributor to the fashion revolution scene of the 1960s and one such showman. In Sonny’s obituary, in 2001, The Independent newspaper described Bigorri’s as, “a…
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Life Get Ready for Summer With Modest Swimwear — It’s Also Super-Sexy
“The only options we were finding were these long, flowery dresses that just weren’t our style or skin-tight surfing-style wetsuits,” Wolf says. The company specializes in casual, sporty mix-and-match tops and bottoms. The tops come in all sleeve lengths — from sleeveless to long sleeves — and the bottoms are pants, skirts, shorts or skorts…
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Fast Forward Paris Fashion Maven Guilty of Discrimination — Against Other Jews
The French-Jewish owner of a chain of clothing stores was found guilty of discriminating against a Jewish job seeker. because he gave non-Jews, whom he could ask to work on Shabbat, preference over Jewish applicants. The ruling Wednesday by a judge from the Correctional Tribunal of Paris against Dan Cohen, co-founder of the Eleven Paris…
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Life Kate Middleton Effect Brings Frum ‘Fascinator’ Hats to Synagogue
The so-called “Kate Middleton effect” — by which anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears becomes an instant best-seller — seems to know no bounds. She has graced the covers of countless magazines; entire blogs are devoted to what she wears. And, as it happens, the duchess is the perfect style icon for observant Jewish women….
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The Schmooze Vogue Hails Orthodox Fashion as Fall’s ‘Sexiest Trend’
That’s not any old behind-doors frock! It’s now high fashion. The traditional sexy slip dress for Orthodox women is getting a modern, yet still modest, upgrade that’s bringing it out to the streets, and to the top design house runways. It is almost 2016, after all. Vogue that Rag & Bone have given the slip…
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The Schmooze When High Fashion Meets Hasidic Tunes
Last week, audiences at Tel Aviv’s Fashion Week were surprised when Tovale+, a label run by mother and daughter team Tovale and Namma Chasin, “Maaminim.” Ben David, an American Hasidic Jewish singer popular in the Orthodox community, was an unlikely choice for the high-fashion event. The festive tune was a change of pace for the…
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Art Is Donna Karan Offering TMI About DKNY?
One day, when fashion icon Donna Karan was 11, she went up in the attic of her home and discovered old family photos hidden away in a trunk. In one, she saw her mom with an unfamiliar man. When her mother, known as Queenie, discovered her there, she became physically abusive. According to Karan’s newly…
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