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How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel

June 23, 2023, 5:13 am

How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Fashion designer and artist Akiva Alpert. (Courtesy)

May 15, 2023, 4:29 am

Neurodivergent fashion designer-to-the-stars wears his Jewish identity on his sleeve

Akiva Alpert got his start battling a controversial Urban Outfitters release by issuing his own Judaic-themed line. Now he works with celebs such as Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish

By Cathryn J. Prince

Ben Platt arrives at the premiere of 'Dear Evan Hansen' on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

May 2, 2023, 6:51 pm

Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume

The necklace choice comes as the performer stars in a play that tells the story of the 1915 antisemitic lynching of Leo Frank in the US, and whose opening drew neo-Nazi protests

By PHILISSA CRAMER

At the House of Jaffa fashion show during Kornit Fashion Week in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

March 23, 2023, 5:56 pm

Genderless collection hits runway on last day of Fashion Week

House of Jaffa presents contemporary resort collection, embroidered with sequined camels and hamsas

By Jessica Steinberg

Fashion designer David Weksler's models battle it out on the runway in Tel Aviv Kornit Fashion Week, March 19, 2023 (Courtesy Haydon Perrior)

March 21, 2023, 1:56 am

Tel Aviv Fashion Week sees anti-overhaul protest on the runway

Designer David Weksler places placards in some models’ hands; another, dressed as a police officer, hands out ‘fines’ to audience members

By Jessica Steinberg

David Bowie, shown with his wife Angie at home in Kent, England, in 1971, is wearing a dress that he famously wore on the cover of his 'The Man Who Sold the World' album. (Peter Stone/Mirrorpix/Getty Images via JTA)

January 24, 2023, 11:17 am

Museum wants David Bowie’s dress for exhibit on UK Jews in fashion

Museum of London Docklands puts out call to public for famous garments created by Jewish and immigrant designers who shaped industry

By David I. Klein

December 30, 2022, 12:15 pm

Victoria’s Secret names transgender actor Bell Agam as Israel brand envoy

Reality TV star has acted in young adult series, honored as ‘educator of the year’ in 2018 for work with transgender youth

By Michael Horovitz

Kanye West attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, February 9, 2020. (Jean-Baptiste Lacroix/AFP)

October 21, 2022, 11:04 pm

Fashion house Balenciaga drops Kanye West after antisemitic outbursts

Parent company says it will no longer collaborate with rapper, who had worked extensively with Spanish brand, including recently modeling its clothing during Paris Fashion Week

By AP

The gray sweater pays tribute to the Upper West Side food emporium and retails for $495. (Coach)

March 16, 2022, 10:17 am

For $500, this Zabar’s sweater can be yours

As part of its spring/summer 2022 line, luxury fashion brand Coach is drawing inspiration from the iconic Upper West Side Jewish grocery

By julia GERGELY

'Dreamworld' cape designed for volunteers with 'Stewardesses of Peace' on the Poland-Ukraine border. Joint project of RISK Made in Warsaw and artist-activist Jana Szostak. (Courtesy of RISK Made in Warsaw)

March 13, 2022, 7:50 am

These heroes wear capes: Warsaw label decks out volunteers aiding Ukrainian refugees

To make helpers easily identifiable on the border, RISK Made in Warsaw’s Antonina Samecka and Klara Kowtun team up with artist-activist to design meaningful uniforms

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Lior Cole (Photo courtesy of IMG Models)

March 8, 2022, 4:09 pm

After walking high-fashion runways, model Lior Cole reads Torah with her rabbi bot

Scouted in summer 2021 and signed to major agency, 21-year-old Cornell student starts international modeling career while launching AI projects for spirituality and philanthropy

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Fashion designer Rachel Antonoff at the Animal Haven Gala in New York City, May 22, 2019. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Animal Haven Gala 2019 via JTA)

January 21, 2022, 12:19 pm

Rachel Antonoff employs Jewish comedians to model her latest

Bob Balaban and Susie Essman, clad in bright knits and patterned outfits, put on a show for fashion designer’s spring 2022 collection

By Shira Hanau

Susan Alexandra opened a physical storefront, offering her trademark beaded products, on 33 Orchard Street on New York's Lower East Side, October 29, 2021. (Eric Petschek/ via JTA)

November 21, 2021, 6:06 am

First-ever Susan Alexandra store is a colorful homage to NYC’s Jewish history

As celebs and designers fawn over Susan Korn’s handbags, she doesn’t forget her roots, saying that opening her 1st shop in the Lower East Side’s former textile district was a must

By Shira Telushkin

Recho Omondi, right, pictured in 2016, was accused of antisemitism for calling Leandra Medine Cohen, pictured in 2020, a "Jewish American Princess." (Getty Images via JTA)

July 21, 2021, 11:43 am

Fashion podcaster accused of antisemitism apologizes to Jewish community

Recho Omondi says she’s ‘not ashamed to learn more,’ after claiming many US slave owners were Jews and calling her guest a ‘Jewish American Princess’

By Ben Sales

Revital Nadiv (left) and Viktoria Kanar, founders of textile innovation organization Re-Fresh Global, with designer Doron Ashkenazi jacket made from recycled fabric (Courtesy Re-Fresh Global)

July 14, 2021, 11:40 am

Something old, something new? Fashionistas urge industry to use recycled rejects

The women behind Re-Fresh Global aim to find new ways to embrace tons of new and secondhand clothing

By Jessica Steinberg