A Man with Flair
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Designer Isaac Mizrahi will dish about life, his Judaism,
fashion and more at Hadassah’
s annual meeting.
ALICE BURDICK SCHWEIGER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
A
t just 5 years old, fashion icon Isaac
Mizrahi would rather dress a Barbie doll
then play with a G.I. Joe. Around his
sixth birthday, while at a local Brooklyn variety
store, his mom acquiesced and tossed a Barbie
set, complete with a change of clothes and black
pumps, in her shopping cart.
“I stayed cool on the outside, but, on the
inside, I was hopping up and down with joy,
” he
writes in his new memoir I.M. (Flatiron Books).
“I measured the minutes it would take to get
from that spot — out of the danger zone of
changing her mind — back to the security and
privacy of my bedroom.
”
That’
s just one of the revealing stories that
Mizrahi shares in his compelling book, released
earlier this year. His says childhood was wrought
with depression, overeating, insomnia and being
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