Monthly curations unveiling stories, episodes and events linked to past and contemporary fashion heritage, managed by European Fashion Heritage Association.
“Heraldics” collection, Yannis Tseklenis, 1969.
Cotton.
© Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion.
Tunic from “Henri Rousseau” collection, Yannis Tseklenis, 1986.
Cotton.
© Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion.
Hed Mayner, Israeli, born 1984
2012
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “The featured collections, comprising items of clothing, hand bags and shoes. This collection was inspired by rare sights I used to view in Jerusalem. The Project seeks to examine the body in relation to its cover. With this in mind, I have taken methods of thought and practice from costume traditions starting from the treatment of the sheet in relation to the body, to the perception of the pattern design in each part and connection, the weight of the fabric, the type and quality of the outlines, the creation of volume, the tactile and clasping possibilities.”
Item: 45
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e45
Hadar Layani, Israeli, born 1986
Mizrachiot
2012
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “That took place in the body image of the Mizrahi women from the 1950s to today. Those years brought about a supposed process of liberation and independence, yet in reality there are women who experienced and still experience oppression, exclusion and silencing, both in the public sphere and in the private sphere. The tension between oppression and liberation is underscored by the exposure and concealment of body parts, the construction of the garment in layers and folds, volumes and textures - contrasted with areas that remain plain and bare. The basic pattern for the collection is drawn from the Moroccan ( قفطان ) which simultaneously restricts, caftan and frees the movement of the body, while highlighting the area of the shoulders that carry the garment and give the body more presence in the space.”
Item: 1488
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e1488
Adi Karni, Israeli, born 1992
3D EMBROIDERY
2017
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
Photographer: Rotem Barak
In the words of the artist: “My final project deals with the gap between embroidery as a traditional craft work and technological developments, which achieve the effect of embroidery and hand knitting in 3D printing. As inspiration for the project, decorative elements were used, inspired by the Art Nouveau movement. Also there, as today, designers are faced with the challenge of personal expression within the language of design, in a new technological age.”
All the decorative elements on clothes, bags and flowers are printed in three-dimensional printers: FDM, DLP. And include flexible PLA-SOFT materials, and hard materials: ABS, PLA.
Item: 77717
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive:https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e77717
Hadas Ish Shalom, Israeli, born 1981
Cacoon-Body
2010
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “Our personal space or body territory is regarded as a protective sheath that shields our body and marks the boundary between internal and external. This visible or invisible shield may be perceived as an additional layer of skin that covers our spiritual body. This collection of clothing articles explores the physical sense of space within a protective cover. These designs were inspired by insect cocoons, which may demonstrate the ambivalent relations between living bodies and empty space. These models are based on basic figures and cuts, which are designed to be wider in certain parts. As such, they create empty spaces and distances between the garment and the wearer’s body. As a result, we are able to sense the pronounced difference between the body’s natural form and the boundaries of surrounding space. Conflicting sensations of attraction and repulsion, of concealment and exposure, are felt due to the tension between the stiff metal parts and the soft fabric filling.”
Item: 3860
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e3860
Noam Hoch, Israeli, born 1989
Fades Away
2017
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “My project relates to a reality that once was and is no more. To a place that was once my home. I gathered old family photos and architectural designs of my childhood home, but the more I tried to return to that place, the more it became distant from me. I created pieces of fabric from layers of images which were laser-cut out and re-pasted in a patchwork style. This, in an attempt to return to something that will forever stay in the past.”
Item: 76787
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e76787
Naomi Hertz, Israeli, born 1983
Wrapped
2007
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
Item: 10548
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e10548
Shiran Drix, Israeli, born 1985
Btweenus
2016
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “The project examines the relationship between my mother and myself. My mother was a woman who dreamt of creating and designing. In my childhood, that dream reverberated in our home, yet was never fulfilled. As I grew older and began to study design, I felt as if her dream was mixed with my reality and I asked myself about my identity and who I was as a designer, and what had given me my original inspiration for the creation of this collection. Her dream was juxtaposed to my reality and my action, and our different identities became one. This raised questions about identity and gender. In my collection, I have chosen to create harmony from the world of familiar identities. The graphical language and the various A-line weaves, are designed and influenced by the classical masculine suit and the laser cut patterns of a dress, with its exact symmetry, influenced by the need to preserve its stable frame, in contrast to the printed flowers of the shear fabric, which gives the impression of floating and dreams. All these create a collection which questions identities and the boarders that define them, the masculine and the feminine, juxtaposing materials and asymmetrical patterns with identical shoes for both sexes, and the clear backpack with its integration of leather, influenced in its design by the classical masculine bag.
Item: 74392
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e74392
Ayelet Birman, Israeli, born 1990
Valhalla
2016
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “The collection “Valhalla” (Nordic mythology heroes of The Hall of the Dead) comes from an ancient Nordic hieroglyphics manuscript from the eighth century CE. In an imaginary journey to a lifestyle of a Viking and a mystical world of that period, I found my dream on the edge of symbols fleshed out with leather and wool. By preserving ancient craft methods, which include building a modular loom, working with raw wool fibers and then hand-sewing the work, I have thus created a contemporary body of work with ancient values.”
Materials: wool, leather, linen, cotton, deer horns
Item: 64161
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e64161
