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Art In a Jewish artist’s stunning photographs, a Holocaust story with a happy ending
Erwin Blumenfeld excelled in the worlds of fashion and the avant-garde
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Culture Jewish prophet, trailblazer, iconoclast, inventor of the topless bikini
In Rudi Gernreich's centenary year, a look back at a one-of-a-kind fashion phenomenon
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Culture This Halloween, antisemitism might just be the scariest look around
Timely and terrible costumes to terrify your Jewish friends and neighbors!
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld is now wearing your bubbe’s upholstery
Modeling for the fashion line Kith, Seinfeld wears some collegiate looks — and some weirdly garish ones
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Culture Iris Apfel’s bold new H&M fashion launch is perfect for Passover
Iris Apfel is living proof that it’s never too late to follow your dreams. Today, at age 100, she’s launching a fashion collection with retail giant H&M. Yet until she was 84, she’d never worked professionally in fashion as a designer or model; her career was in interior decorating. Her brightly patterned, brazenly clashing outfits…
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The Schmooze Timothee Chalamet’s gender-bending Oscar outfit broke rules — and the internet loved it
Everyone agrees that Will Smith slapping and cursing at Chris Rock was the most memorable moment of the 93rd Academy Awards. Somehow, it seems just as widely agreed-upon that Timothee Chalamet’s outfit — a black sequined Louis Vuitton women’s jacket worn with nothing but bony chest and blingy Cartier necklaces underneath it — was the…
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Culture Yes, Christian Dior’s designs were beautiful — but they come with a lot of Jewish history no one talks about
Any exhibit of haute couture is obviously stunning. How could it not be, with palatial displays and flashy gowns, shining embellishments and vibrant colors? Fashion is meant to be striking to look at. And yet, in “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams,” currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum, it feels like something is missing. The…
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The Schmooze Larry David loves fashion, just not at New York Fashion Week
Being famous comes with obligations — meet-and-greets, red carpets, late night shows. It might sound glamorous, but also, sometimes, you’d rather curl up on the couch and watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and fall asleep. At least, that seems to be how Larry David feels about it. During New York Fashion Week, which concluded on Sunday,…
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