Nothing ever goes out of style for good? Tzitzit Chic

[one_in_progress]

You might have thought Hasidic fashion was behind the times, clinging to the dress of a antiquated aristocracy Jews were never even part of. Oops! Turns out they were just ahead of the fashion curve for an unusually long time!

Comments

[feygele]

I think the issue here is that while many cultures have been (mis)appropriated by the fashion industry, when comparing the Herchcovitch collection to the oh-so-many Asian "inspired" collections there's a major difference: Asian isn't a religion. So while elements are "borrowed" from Japanese, Chinese, and other "traditional" cultures' costumes, none have contained something akin to built-in tzitzit.

[one_in_progress]

That's true (or could be, since I don't really know whether elements of traditional dress in Asia sometimes have religious origins/meanings), but wouldn't that make it more and not less problematic?

[feygele]

(maybe it's a sign I need more coffee, maybe it's my study exhaustion showing, but I didn't understand your question)

wouldn't that make it more and not less problematic?
What "it" are you referring to there?

[feygele]

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