Fashion Observer Magazine June. 2014 | Page 22

UNITING DIFFERENCES THROUGH FASHION In the holy land of Israel there are extremes, separation even conflict but despite the tension there is a unity that permeates the culture and its people through their love of their country. Our preconceptions of Israel are born by an evening news cycle fixated on the world’s woes but thousands of miles from the madness of the Middle East lies a city that is seen as an oasis, an island of sanity away from the insanity that surrounds Israel.