Monthly curations unveiling stories, episodes and events linked to past and contemporary fashion heritage, managed by European Fashion Heritage Association.
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
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
Hadar Friedman, Israeli, born 1990
Corals
2015
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Jewelry and Fashion department
Graduate Exhibition
In the words of the artist: “The collection was inspired by the wonderful underwater world, especially the beauty of coral reefs. The clothes were created using a technique called Shibori, a Japanese handicraft that binds beads of various sizes into the fabric while it is wet. The silhouettes, the fullness and the shapes were all determined by the tight folds and fullness that remained in the cloth after the beads were pulled out. This creates rich textures that resemble an underwater world.”
Materials: silk, synthetic fabrics, glass beads and plastic.
Item: 59148
Link to the item in The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Archive: https://archive.bezalel.ac.il/skn/123/c7/123/e59148
Palazzo Spini Feroni was the subject of one of the first foulards created by Salvatore Ferragamo in 1961, based on a drawing by the artist Alvaro Monnini. The foulard was produced in four colour variants by the Ratti silk manufacturing company in Como.
Florence, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo. Photo Arrigo Coppitz, all rights reserved.
(Source: europeanafashion.eu)
