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Nudie Cohn, Glittery Jewish Tailor to Elvis and the Grand Ole Opry

Something interesting started happening, fashion-wise, among America’s country music stars of the ‘60s and ‘70s. It seemed anyone who took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry—from Hank Williams to Gram Parsons—was decked out in flamboyant, rhinestone-embellished suits. For that, they had Ukrainian Jewish immigrant Nudie Cohn to thank. Born Nuta Kotlyarenko in Kiev in […]

By Molly Tolsky

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Lane Bryant Was a Jewish Orphan From Lithuania Before She Became a Household Name

In 1897, a 16-year-old Jewish orphan from Lithuania named Lena Himmelstein arrived in New York City and found work in a sweatshop for $1 a week. After her first husband, David Bryant, died at a young age, Lena supported herself and her son by making and selling tea gowns. When she applied to open a bank account, […]

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Immigrant Jews Created Preppy High Fashion

Ever wonder why your grandfather loves that coral-colored polo so? It might be because Jews, as demonstrated by a snappy new video from the fashion magazine Racked, had a hand and a presser-foot in creating the preppy, popped-collar style that arrives in the window of Ralph Lipschitz — er, Ralph Lauren — every spring. The video captures the […]

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Nudie Cohn, Glittery Jewish Tailor to Elvis and the Grand Ole Opry

Lane Bryant Was a Jewish Orphan From Lithuania Before She Became a Household Name

Immigrant Jews Created Preppy High Fashion

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H&M pulls tallit-like scarf from Israel, apologizes ‘if we have offended anyone’

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