Clothing

11 May Book review: Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhoods

Posted at 06:44h in Artifacts, Bookshelf, Clothing, Education, Gender, OTD 2 Comments

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a special book, with an essay from my blog!...

28 Apr Purim 2022 in Hasidic Williamsburg

Posted at 09:52h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender, Vlog 0 Comments

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Costumes, music, drinking - quite the festival!...

03 Mar Remember: “more coverage is better!”

Posted at 11:16h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 1 Comment

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A guide to women's headgear...

12 Jan With Elena Solomon: on shpanyer arbet, a special part of Hasidic garment art

Posted at 13:16h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender, On the tours, Vlog, Williamsburg 3 Comments

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A look at the art on men's atarah...

07 Jan Williamsburg is stuck in the 1950s, part 2

Posted at 20:42h in Clothing, Food, Gender, History, Williamsburg 4 Comments

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Women’s clothing are extremely influenced by mid-century western styles...

28 Oct Special cleaning-lady dress without pockets

Posted at 15:17h in Artifacts, Clothing, Economy, Gender 1 Comment

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Apparently, over six thousand of these "dresses" have been sold. They...

22 Oct Fashions of the shtreimel

Posted at 15:02h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 8 Comments

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The shtreimel is the Hasidic hat that married men wear...

29 Aug Returning from the afterlife to battle the turban

Posted at 16:37h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 3 Comments

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The above document is an extraordinary case of superstition that...

02 Aug Street poster: blaming illness on immodesty

Posted at 06:38h in Artifacts, Clothing, Covid19, Gender, My Essays, On the tours, Street posters 0 Comments

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Analysis of how faiths link tragedy to what people wear...

24 Jul Masks and modest clothing

Posted at 09:16h in Artifacts, Clothing, Covid19, Gender, Juxtopositions, Street posters 1 Comment

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If you had been brought up in the Hasidic community,...

23 Jan The people who police others have templates

Posted at 10:20h in Artifacts, Censorship, Clothing, Education, Gender, My Essays, Street posters 2 Comments

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A template for sending friends, neighbors, relatives anonymous "notices" about...

10 Jan Sewing classes; Satmar girl’s school

Posted at 09:50h in Artifacts, Clothing, Education, Gender 1 Comment

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The Sewing courses in a Kiryas Joel girl's school....

16 Apr Violent cidelock cutting

Posted at 12:09h in Clothing, History 0 Comments

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Here is an answer from history:[1] Paraphrased and copied (with...

22 Mar How to style sidecurls (payos)

Posted at 09:28h in Clothing, Gender 0 Comments

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This is how I did up side-curls nice and neat....

18 Mar Hasidic Jews and the Amish

Posted at 12:12h in Clothing, Juxtopositions, On the tours 2 Comments

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I gave a tour of Hasidic Williamsburg to a group...

01 Mar Hasidic men’s fashion: the shtreimel

Posted at 12:03h in Artifacts, Clothing 0 Comments

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A reader asked: What is that furry, circular hat that...

07 Jul Hasidic women’s swimwear

Posted at 17:11h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 0 Comments

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A reader asked: What do Hasidic women wear to swim,...

06 Nov Hasidim in media: ‘Talk Yiddish to Me’

Posted at 19:01h in Artifacts, Clothing 0 Comments

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https://youtu.be/sX2rm-jLLFY Among my circles, we often discuss the inaccurate portrayals of...

27 May A list of Hasidic female headgear, with illustrations

Posted at 18:40h in Artifacts, Clothing, Gender 1 Comment

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Hasidic women customarily wear a head covering after they get...

A modestly dressed woman is sweating in the heat and thanking someone for telling her she looks hot

28 Jun On Being Hot

Posted at 20:22h in Cartoons, Clothing, Gender, Outsiders-Looking-In 16 Comments

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So it's summer! Oh, sunny, lovely, sweaty summer. The time...