Are Magazine | 300 days – the graduate who dedicated a design from her final project collection to the hostages | Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Are Magazine | 300 days – the graduate who dedicated a design from her final project collection to the hostages

Department of Jewelry and Fashion
Published on
1.8.24

“On that day everything changed for most of us and also for me, as an Israeli designer. I felt that I needed to harness all my professional abilities to support the fight to return all the hostages.”

Noa Goldstein, a fourth year student in the Department of Jewelry and Fashion, chose to dedicate a design from her final project collection to the fight for the return of the hostages.

The design presents an ensemble that resembles pajamas, and features family photos of all the hostages. However, they themselves are missing from the photos, leaving behind an empty space. The outfit is accompanied by a large, heavy, yellow scarf that symbolizes the hostages and is draped over the model’s shoulders like a weight, manifesting the heavy emotional burden and the gravity of the issue.

Read the full article in Are Magazine