SHANI
Gabay’s veins have always
run deep with fashion, and
one day it occurred to her - what if her fashion
ran deep with veins? As a result, this inventive
26-year-old from Tel-Aviv has turned models
inside out on the runway with her new 2016
collection, “A Fashionable Body”.
As a child, Gabay used to make clothes for
her dolls; now an honours graduate in fashion
design from Shenkar College of Engineering and
Design in Israel, Gabay finds herself enthralled
by the constant changes in the fashion
industry, which she considers to be the driving
force of fashion.
“It is the demand for new things, which
provoke and encourage me to learn and try
new things every single day,” explains Gabay.
Since finding new inspiration is crucial
to everything she does, Gabay insists on
constantly acquiring it through travel-experiencing and studying different cultures,
visiting exhibitions from diverse artistic (as
well as seeming unrelated) fields, and seeking
new and old techniques of “making” things.
“I’m constantly trying to challenge myself
and my work, and with it I wish to move,
innovate and make my mark,” says Gabay.
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