How orthodox Jewish modest wear is going high fashion
Vice.com:
Meet the women creating a quiet way of dressing inspired by the The Row and Céline. Coogee Beach, Australia is one of many perfect, sun-blessed suburbs that fan out from the center of sydney. It's the kind of neighbourhood where it's hard to find a restaurant in which flip-flops aren't actively encouraged. And it is a weird place to grow up as an Orthodox Jew.
Orthodox women usually dress conservatively, covering their collarbones, knees, and elbows according to the Torah's principle of tzniut, or modesty. For sisters Chaya Chanin and Simi Polonsky, whose father was an Orthodox rabbi in Coogee Beach, that meant they had to become resourceful dressers early on.
"Imagine the West Village by the beach," Polonsky says, of her hometown. "It was super chic and super casual. We stood out like sore thumbs. We became really good at fusing those two worlds, of modesty and beach culture."
