One fashion designer is using her platform during New York Fashion Week (NYFW) to rise above antisemitism and awareness for last year’s terrorist attack in Israel.
Hundreds of small yellow ribbons clung to the walls of White Space Chelsea located at 530 West 25th Street as models sashayed across the runway wearing designs inspired by Israeli culture and the repercussions of war between Israel and Palestine entitled, “Unclassified.”
“I actually found myself pretty paralyzed after Oct. 7, and feeling like what I do is somewhat meaningless compared to what is going on in the world. I felt really down and depressed and like I said, paralyzed. It took me a while to get to a place where I thought, okay, what can I do? How can I express what I’m feeling? Bring attention to the issue, contribute in some way? And this is what I came up with. I thought I get a spotlight on me for two minutes; Let me use it to kind of share my emotional experience,” fashion designer Gita Omri said.
Standing amongst a dozen models exhibiting her clothing designs, Omri donned her 10-year-old Israeli air force jacket and military medallions with her very customized t-shirt written in Hebrew that depending on the punctuation could be read as the word evil or kinship.
“The yellow ribbons and the yellow in the collection represent the importance and need to bring the hostages back and to ensure our existence and safety as Jewish and Israeli people,” Omri said.
Omri’s designs combined both the Jewish religion and Israel army with creation such as a brick-like pattern inspired by the Wailing Wall coupled with military green suits and combat boots.
“The print for this season that I designed is from a painting of the Wailing Wall that I did in Jerusalem. And I really wanted to incorporate that because that is our holy place, where we go and we pray and talk to God. I brought in a lot of the military influence from my pride from when I was a soldier and I feel…
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