Graduates of Fashion Design Studies 2022: These are the talents that caught our eye

81 talented graduates from leading fashion design institutions presented their final projects last week.

What does it look like and what awaits them the day after?

The heads of the departments speak

Tali Arbel

12/07/2022

Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 10:27 Updated: 11:06

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Dorit Ravlis wears Lior Weinberg at the Shenkar show (Photo: Adi Segal)

This year, 81 young and talented fashion design graduates will enter the job market, equipped with tools and practices that promise to help them integrate as smoothly as possible into the depths of the bubbling local fashion industry, and even overseas for those who hold this dream.

We lined up in the front row to watch the original works the graduates had worked on;

Shenkar brought the show as always, with meticulous collections that resonated Ready-To-Wear for distances, and two students have already managed to win prestigious competitions in Europe.

At Bezalel, the design of the body in the spectacular final projects expressed the identity of the department and its uniqueness in the local and international arena, and on the stage of the diverse track at WIZO Haifa, quite a few interesting conceptual works were observed, raising questions and offering plenty of inspiration.

Now that the shows and exhibitions are invested behind them, are the graduates ready to get involved in the fashion industry?

And how many of them are likely to screw up in practice?

We approached the heads of departments at the three leading academic institutions for fashion design studies, and received quite optimistic answers.

Also browse to be impressed by the most interesting final collections.

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Adult Lehi Gelfand behind the scenes at the Shenkar show (Photo: Adi Segal)

Shenkar

At the Shenkar Department of Fashion Design alumni show, produced by

, 31 students presented their dissertations on an impressive track, while two students won first places in prestigious fashion design competitions in Italy and Spain.

This year the collections at Shenkar dealt with social issues, human consciousness, the individual, gender and more.

, With the head of the fashion design department at Shenkar: "With the processes that the students went through in the last two years with the outbreak of the corona epidemic, the study process also moved physically and practically to hybrid studies, which gave the research part more space and depth, and the practical part joined later. Their technological and virtual capabilities - all digital fashion, two-dimensional on screen and then virtual fashion which is already three-dimensional on screen. As a result, the topics the students have been working on in this year's final projects are the embodiment of a personal and new perspective, examining social and global moves. And decree.This creates a borderless creative atmosphere. "

"As part of the degree, students take integrated courses with the School of Industry and Management at Shenkar, which aims to provide them with significant tools in fashion management and financial management. In key positions in the local and international fashion industry, from top brands such as Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Marnie, Sapphire, Acne Studio, fashion chains such as H&M and Zara to renowned designers in the local industry. ".

Dolev Elron - "Random Swirl"

Dolev Elron, Shenkar graduate (Photo: Ido Lavie)

Five-pocket jeans, a T-shirt, a Perfecto jacket, a grandfather's tank top, a plaid shirt: these and other clothing items, which are between classic and cliché, have become a symbol of a rebellious and radical subculture in the 20th century for completely generic clothes.

In his final project Dolev injects them with new meaning and returns them to be exceptional.

The collection disrupts clichés of masculinity and presents an optical illusion of normativeness.

Shavit Lachan - "Eye-popping"

Shavit Lekach, a Shenkar graduate (Photo: Ido Lavie)

She grew up in a home that wore a strange, fantastic, maximalist and kitschy aesthetic, but one that was completely normal for her, even though she clashed with the values ​​of the "old-fashioned" kibbutz that advocated uniformity, simplicity and modesty.

The final project dealt with these gaps - between purposefulness and purposeless decoration, between the pursuit of uniformity and the multiplicity of details and clutter.

Bezalel

In the alumni exhibition of the Department of Jewelry and Fashion at Bezalel, Jerusalem Academy of Art and Design, 32 graduates presented their final projects that combined the areas of the body environment taught in the department and distinguished it: clothing, jewelry, accessories and objects, referring to what is happening here and now.

The focus of the department in the current cycle was to promote sustainability.

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, head of the jewelry and fashion department at Bezalel: "Sustainability is a very big challenge and we started the processes so that each course will have a sustainable aspect. We must pay attention to this. Computerized and then there is no paper scraps, etc. This is the first cycle I got and in which the department basically allows students to decide whether to specialize in a particular field, whether it is jewelry, clothing, shoes or accessories, or decide not to specialize and learn it all.Then you can really see projects that are both and also".

"I think we have a world war in fashion right now and there is a shock, we need to be very aware of that and it is my responsibility to bring out the graduates with as many tools and skills as possible so they can fit into the industry. To that end we make two very strong moves: The students build a portfolio that includes professional photography, they actually go out to do an internship and this is recognized as a credit to them. "Lawyer copyright. What is story-telling, press, etc. Today, the big brands and even smaller brands do everything, the total look, and designers who finish with us get the tools to do it."

"I do not have. This is an important question, but perhaps it should be much broader, such as - who continues to work in the field? Even if it is a master's degree, and whether it is as a self-employed business or as employees who integrate within existing brands, .

So I think there are quite a few integrating into the industry, and I think there is success. "

Cute Yvette - "Picture from the Road"

Yvette Hamoud, Bezalel graduate (Photo: Shalev Ariel)

The collection was inspired by a statement in Arabic that translates to "the way home is more beautiful than the house itself."

Through the experience of distance and the long and regular journey that Yvette experienced every week for four years from Yarka to Jerusalem, she created clothing systems that relate to the love of travel, music, changing landscapes and stratification, with a desire to reach a destination versus the desire not to end.

Maya Kaplan - "Human Doll"

Maya Kaplan, Bezalel graduate (Photo: Shalev Ariel)

The collection, which includes clothing, shoes and accessories, deals with her own image as a puppet who doubtfully controls her body and is doubtfully controlled, raising questions about the human freedom to move and behave in the world independently and uniquely, despite limitations and environmental influences.

The design language ranges from organic to mechanical, with all parts threaded into costumes that serve as a body shell and are interchangeable.

Maya has combined traditional craft craft alongside innovative technologies.

WIZO Haifa

On a track set up in the Sami Ofer Stadium hall in Haifa, produced by

, 17 female and male students presented their final projects that dealt with issues that come from their personal world.

, Head of the Fashion Design Department at WIZO Haifa: "In the current cycle, the facilitators' focus and direction is on the study of the subject in its broad historical and cultural aspect, and in-depth textile research that follows. Personal, physical injury, etc. What they all have in common is that they are burning social issues and thus the graduates are emerging as designers for the future with increased social awareness. At WIZO we also emphasize tools that will prepare students to work in the industry "At the end of the third year, in which the students are integrated for two months in the design industry, in working with designers and in the various fashion companies."

"Our department graduates are leading designers in the industry. Companies such as Golf, Delta, Mania Jeans and more are led by designers who graduated from the department and developed into key figures in the local fashion industry, as well as around the world. There are also graduates who work as independent designers. "He also gives his graduates a teaching certificate, which is why we also find graduates who are leading the fashion studies revolution in design trends in high schools in Israel and in academia."

Kemer Abu Hatum - "Excessive or not being"

Kemer Abu Hatum, a graduate of WIZO Haifa (Photo: Nir Steinberg and Thea Frank)

The project deals with the culture of excessive consumption, the desire to stand out and class gaps - those who are bigger or richer are more important.

Kemer examined collars from the 15th-16th centuries in the courts of the European monarchy as an illustration of that obsessive and excessive need to reach a long-awaited status.

The use of the collar in the collection expresses the attempt to stand out, produce exaggerated uniqueness and immediately look for the next exaggeration.

Shirel Abergel - "I used to be you"

Shirel Abergil, graduate of WIZO Haifa (Photo: Nir Steinberg and Thea Frank)

Street dwellers are a transparent population facing a harsh reality.

The collection presents stages of transition from a normal life of stability to physical loss of shelter, mental loss and more.

Shirl focuses on the coat as a shield, hats, load and layers that express the everyday reality of all those transparent people, and presents this in contrast to the intense and strong colorfulness of their emotions, feelings of hope and points of light.

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