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Project Runway

Israeli-born designer's fashions will
be paraded at this year's Fash Bash.

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

Directed by Kayla Gordon
Featuring the hilarious song parodies of Allan Sherman, Hello Muddah,
Hello Fadduh follows the life of Barry Bockman and his beloved Sarah
Jackman, From birth to summer camp (Camp Granada, of course) to
suburbia and retirement in Horida, you will be treated to a zany cast
of characters inspired by the Grammy Award winning title song,

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Tweeds and wool are softened with
cashmere and silk as ruching, pleating
and ruffles enter the mix.
ash Bash, the annual fund-
Runway colors range from jewel
raiser for the Detroit Institute tones and brisk violets to smoky grays
of Arts, will make a real style
on silhouettes that are long and lean
statement this
with a focus on the
year — and have
waist. There are volu-
a Jewish connec-
minous skirts, cropped
tion to boot.
pants and jackets.
Elie Tahari,
Men will see items
the trend-setting
that are utilitarian and
designer raised
sophisticated. Washed
in Israel and
leather, hand-oiled
being brought
nubuck, sueded cotton
to town by Saks
and stretch poplin are
Fifth Avenue, will
formed into tailored
be launching his
and raw-edge cuts.
menswear col-
Removable layers
lection as part of
and linings appear in
the show planned
shades of chocolate,
for Saturday
olive and beige accent-
Elie Tahari: Fash B ash attend-
evening, Aug. 26, ees will be the first to see the
ed with dark blues and
on the rooftop of designer's new men swear line.
deep reds. Drawstring
General Motors'
corduroy trousers and
new Beaubien Place parking structure
artisan hardware add to the look.
on Detroit's riverfront.
Tahari, who grew up in an orphan-
The show, organized by the DIA's
age and came to the United States in
Founders Junior Council, promises to
the 1970s, started out selling clothes
reveal how women can balance delica- from a Greenwich Village boutique,
cy and structure with touches of silks
moved on to designing for women and
and chiffons layered with brocades,
operating his own store and eventu-
jacquards, velvets and sheered mink.
ally developed a $500-million busi-

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launched the psychedelic Country Joe
Band with original band mates Cohen,
Barthol and Hirsch (Melton. is a suc-
cessful practicing attorney). In addition
to touring, the Country Joe Band issued
a new CD, Live in Berkeley, which
includes a new song, "Cakewalk to
Baghdad': in addition to 12 old tunes.
"I grew up with a full knowledge of
the Holocaust and a lot more informa-
tion than I think a child should have:
says McDonald, whose paternal grand-
father was a Presbyterian minister. "The
fear of being disintegrated, captured
and tortured by people who might have
hated me because of my birth stays
with me forever.
"I was an atheist, but I'm not any-
more. I believe in a higher power, broth-
erhood and world peace. I was fortu-
nate to have a moment of grace and get

some spirituality into my life. I remain
clean and sober one day at a time."
McDonald, whose first wife was
Jewish, is married for the third time
and has become an activist for the
nursing profession because of the work
of his current spouse.
Seven Ann McDonald, the oldest
of his five children, is picking up on
her dad's work by helping to manage
the career of musician Harper Simon,
the son of Paul Simon."I'm glad the
Hippiefest tour gives me the oppor-
tunity to criticize this administra-
tion in front of large audiences': says
McDonald. E

Hippiefest 2006 begins 6:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at the DTE
Energy Music Theatre in Auburn
Hills. $35.50 pavilion; $10 lawn.
(248) 377-0100.