International Singing Star Ofra Haza in "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008"

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Ofra Haza wasn't just a fantastic singer, highly successful world-wide. She was also a fashion icon who inspired designers with her unique performance garb which incorporated her cultural heritage.

One of these outfits included this Yemenite coin hood, which was worn in Yemen by all Hebrew newly weds and which was in fact their survival kit. A type of portable "bank" from which they can draw money in case of need.

Inspired by this type of hoods as well as by the Beduine facial coin chains - in the 60s "Maskit" designer Fini Leitersdorf incorporated golden coins in her original Israeli designs thus turning them into one of the typical aspects of Israeli style. Lea Gottlieb of Gottex also adorned her unique colorful ethnic beachwear with coins.

Later on, other Israeli fashion designers such as Shai Shalon and Silvia Vered used coins in a more up to date designs. To see them and read about them - you are invited to go to the coins chapter of "Israel Fashion Art 1948-2008" called " Coins – from a Portable Bank to the Sexiest Beachwear" .

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Silvia Vered design. Iddo Lavie Photo.

"שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל 1948-2008 ‎"Israel Fashion Art 1948-2008" FACEBOOK's Book FAN CLUB has now over 900 FANS!!! On this happy occasion here is a great image from the book's chapter devoted to the Israeli use of coins in fashion. The creation is a 1998 design by Silvia Vered Of Shenkar. Photographer: Iddo Lavie. Model: Maya Yeshaayahu.

This modern design along with some other unique creations included in the chapter devoted to the subject of the use of coins in Israeli fashion enables one to realize how far and how contemporary Israeli designers went since the times when coins decorated garments, such as the Yemenite hood  (shown on Ofra Haza) and the Bedouin face chains of coins served as a means of survival for women who had to carry all their property on their own body.

Among the additional coin photos included in the chapter are a Castro-Men tuniqe, a Shai Shalom's one shoulder red-carpet gown, and a Silvia Vered (now called Silvia Versano) coins bra worn under a maxi off-white wool coat.