When the keffiyeh turned couture
One Israeli designer brings the day’s headlines onto the runway
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
The keffiyeh — the Arab headdress meant to provide protection from sun and sand which became a symbol of Palestinian nationalism — was draped over Israeli models during one show of Tel Aviv Fashion Week.
Designer Yaron Minkowski said he imported the keffiyehs from Hebron, and turned the black-and-white and red-and-white keffiyehs into a symbol of coexistence.
The scarves were made into six day- and evening-wear dresses for his collection.
Meanwhile, Minkowski’s 14-year-old daughter, Ori Minkowski, had her own capsule collection within her father’s, featuring lots of pink hearts and leggings for the tween-teen crowd.
But she also included an Israeli flag bathing suit, perhaps in a nod to the times.
Typical father-daughter clash? Didn’t look like it.
The Times of Israel Community.