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Fashion Trend:
Shlock to Chic

ALBERT DAYAN

Special to The Jewish News

S

omething strange has
happened to Israeli
men. After several
decades of wearing plain, sim-
ple clothes, elegant fashions
are fast coming the rage.
Although young men-are still
happy to sport the ubiquitous
jeans and T-shirt, the mature
man has taken to the "Euro-
pean look": well-cut suits,
fashionably baggy trousers,
tailored jackets, and above
all, ties — wide, narrow, spot-
ted, striped, flowered and
abstract. In a country where
open-necked shirts have long
been the norm — even for
government ministers in
televised appearances — this
is change indeed.
Socio-psychologist David
Kagan, 70, explains Israeli
men's former reluctance to
"dress up." "In the early years
of the State, the economic
situation was difficult and the
early pioneers were too busy
building a country to worry
about clothes. Simple
garments that could be worn

BRUCE, DEBRA & LAUREN GARELIK

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health and prosperity.

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GEORGE & JUDY VINE & CHILDREN

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THE NUDELLS
LINDA, HOWARD, SHERI, WENDI, TAMMY

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
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A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

Store owners are
in no doubt that
the average Israeli
man's outlook has
changed.

to work and for social occa-
sions became the fashion. It
took a very long time for peo-
ple to accept that wearing
elegant clothes didn't
necessarily indicate a vulgar
show-off."
Store owners also are in no
doubt that the average Israeli
man's outlook has changed.
"Israeli men were always
happy wearing the same style
of clothes for work and leisure
but not any more," says Eli
Ohana, owner of the Pigat
boutique in downtown
Jerusalem. "In the last cou-
ple of years I've noticed an
enormous change. May-be it's
because Israelis now travel
abroad more and see how
foreign men express
themselves through fashion,"
he says. "Delicate fabrics in
pastel shades, once con-
sidered feminine, are also
becoming more popular."
Mr. Ohana's suits sell for
$300-$400, jackets for around
$100 and trousers start at
$40. "It used to be very dif-
ficult to get men to part with
that kind of money to look
fashionable. But not any
more."
Moshe Malchan, owner of a