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The Schmooze Instagram’s Most Popular Jewish Designers and Models
Insta, Insta on my phone, who’s the most popular of them all? Designers and models in the fashion world know that selling your clothes is one thing, but selling a lifestyle is a whole other ballgame. Having a strong social media game plan to appeal to the average shopper is key and no platform is…
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Life Dior’s Pretty New Face? An Unknown Israeli Teen Model
Fourteen-year-old Sofia Mechetner from Holon, south of Tel Aviv, is the newest Israeli model to make it big in the international fashion world. Mechetner has signed a two-year contract with the famous Dior fashion house in Paris, where she will be an in-house model – although she has no prior experience at all. The new…
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The Schmooze Melissa Rivers Will Co-Host ‘Fashion Police’
Joan Rivers certainly won’t be rolling over in her grave over the newest addition to her old show, “Fashion Police.” Melissa Rivers, Joan’s 47-year-old daughter and sometimes partner-in-crime, will co-host the show when the newest season airs, . The new episodes will also feature the two returning hosts, Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski, and add…
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Art What’s Under Your Fashion Exhibit?
When the State of Israel first came into being 67 years ago, it harbored certain aspirations: It hoped to be not only a national homeland for the Jews and a light unto the nations, but also the fashion mecca of the Middle East. Most of us are familiar with the first two beau ideals; the…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham and Leandra Medine Talk Hasidic Fashion
We all have that friend we turn to for last minute fashion advice. For Lena Dunham, that friend is Leandra Medine, a.k.a. The Man Repeller. This text-message exchange, posted to Dunham’s Instagram account on Tuesday, has them discussing a Very Important question: Despite what would have you believe, the runways have recently been clogged with…
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The Schmooze Is John Galliano Poised For a Comeback?
John Galliano, the star designer sacked by Dior for a drunken anti-Semitic rant, has been successfully rebuilding both himself and the Maison Margiela fashion brand since he took over its helm in October, said the man who gave him the job. Diesel founder Renzo Rosso, chairman and main shareholder of Maison Margiela’s parent OTB group,…
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Film & TV How Iris Apfel Became a 93-Year-Old Style Icon
Iris Apfel is not your bubbe’s bubbe. But by the end of the documentary “Iris,” you’ll wish she was yours. Apfel, a spunky 93, has spent a lifetime successfully navigating the fine line between eccentric and icon. She mixed charity goods from flea markets with designer clothes to create looks that made her a fashion…
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The Schmooze Inside Iris Apfel’s (Many) Closets
Age, fashion and wisdom fuel the late great filmmaker Albert Maysles’ documentary, “Iris,” a loving homage to Iris Apfel, the inimitable 94-year-old empress of style and chutzpah. Philosophically embellishing the subtext of fighting the clock while continuing to astound and surprise, Iris Apfel — in a sequence in which she is stacking so much jewelry shoulder…
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