Entries from July 2009

July 19, 2009

Clothes like days

Jerusalem Post–July 17, 2009
“It’s a kind of a dance,” says Michal Bassad. The designer is perched on a table next to her sewing machine. Her studio, which also serves as her store, has only a few racks of clothing, reflective of her artistic approach to fashion.
Though the space is minimal, its energetic, loud music streams [...]

July 3, 2009

A Different Light

Haaretz–July 4, 2009
“Le Chante des Mariees” (“The Wedding Song”), directed by Karin Albou
Two young girls dressed up as brides are playing outside their home in Tunis in the years leading up to the German occupation. One sings to the other a haunting song: “The bride has blackened her eyelashes, made up her lips … hennaed [...]