THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year Israeli leathers are in fashion BY GREER FAY CASHMAN Tel Aviv — This year's leather fashion collections from Israel are notable for their extraordinary individualism. Each collection bears the distinct mark of its de- signer, who has obviously created and not copied. Crafting of leather has not changed much over the centuries. Unlike the textile industry, which is being taken over by com- puterization, production tech- niques in leather are still depen- dent on human skills. Modern technology, however, has succeeded in making leather more pliant, more colorful and more luxurious both to the eye and to the touch, giving suede and softness and sheen of velvet and imbuing nappa and a silky sur- face. Stiff, conventionally styled leather which crackled with every movement, is a thing of the past. Designers in Israel are so enamored with the flexibility of leather that they are incorporat- ing it in knitted and woven ap- parel. Tamara Yovel, one of Is- rael's most avant-garde de- signers, effectively uses nappa to- gether with velvet and lace in elaborately contrived trimmings on tweeds and dramatic knitwear. "I like to hint at the folkloristic in my creations without pinpointing the exact influence," she explains. Oded Gera, resident designer at Jerusalem-based Scharf's Furs, developed a strong feel for leather during the two seasons for which he was commissioned to design collections for the famous Israeli leather house, Beged Or. His crea- tions for Scharf's include many layered jackets with fur vests over leather, leather over fur or leather trimmed with fur. Among the best buys in this collection is a fur-vested leather battle-dress jacket with under-seam zip-off de- tachable and reversible sleeves which are leathr on one side and fur on the other. The total pos- sibilities in this design offer seven garments for the price of one. Reversibles are also big sellers. Scharf's Furs export and local market sales have soared since they began producing swakara lamb reversible coats and jackets in which the underside of the curly fur has a suede -surface. Seams are geometically banded by strips of leather or satin result- ing in a sporty suede coat on one side and an elegant fur on the other. Scharf's prices these coats from $1,000 to $1,500; tourists enjoy a 25% reduction as they do on all leather and fur purchases which are exported. Meanwhile, defying the restric- tions of conservatism with a rich, exotic group of swirling cannon gray coats and capes, emblazoned with peacock's eyes and feathers and a three-dimensional vag- abond look with suede darns over uneven patches is the Tadmor col- lection. The bright new sparks in the collection have been lit by two young designers, Anat Hefetz and Tali Gavish, both graduates of Is- rael's Shenkar College of Fashion and Textile Design. Through the versatile efforts of such designers as Yovel, Gera, Hefetz and Gavish, more Israelis than ever before will be wearing leather this fall. FERN & HERB BAKER & FAMILY Best wishes for a happy, healthy New Year MR. & MRS. ALEX SPINNER & SON nalz run to all our friends and relatives MINDY, SAM, JOSH & LONI HERMAN varan 15117 ill t13"2 to all our friends and relatives 11TIDT1 111115 NW'? Best Wishes to all our friends and members of the Herut SIMON & HELEN CIECK May the coming year be filled with health and lanDri 11111 1lt13 62 MR. & MRS. NATHAN WOLOK & FAMILY, LAUDERHILL, FL GERALD & LISA BRODY We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year INEZ & MEL KEPES A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family THE BLAZ FAMILY all our family JERRY, ILENE, ALISA & NEAL and friends 111111111EVINIW11111111 WM. SIMON & JEANETTE GOTTLIEB year be filled with health and happiness for to all our friends and relatives We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year happiness for May the coming GEORGE & LIBBY WEINGARDEN Friday, September 28, 1984 15B May the coming year be one filled with health, happiness and prosperity for all our friends and family. BARRY, CELIA, RIVKA, TZVI, SHOSHANA BRAVER all our family and friends IRVING, HELEN '& RITA KOZUCH We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year SAM & BARBARA PRESS & FAMILY To All Our Relatives and Friends, Our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity SAUL & BESSIE ROTT CHILDREN - GRAND-CHILDREN & GREAT-GRANDSON Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness MR. & MRS. JOSEPH BERMAN REPIEFiziriq May the New Year Bring Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness CLAUDE & TERRY OSTER, • SONS ALLAN, JAY & SCOTT Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness MR. & MRS. MOE R. MILLER To All Our Friends Health, and Family Joy, Prosperity and Everything Good in Life THE WILSONS EDDIE & LINDA, SCOTT, • MARK, LISA & STACY