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...more of a platform through which extremely talented individual designers could express themselves than the collective expression of the community,” says Tamara J. Harel-Cohen ’10, a co-producer this year...
...field of student groups, these fashion shows find their affiliations with cultural organizations and institutions a great financial asset. Last fall Project East, committed to remaining an entirely Asian-American and Asian enterprise, was sponsored by the Reischauer Institute, which supports research on Japan, and the Korea Institute. Says Harel-Cohen, “there are these very big student organizations associated with minorities. We were linked to different Asian organizations on campus because they can raise the money. It’s much easier to do it from that framework than to just decide to put on a fashion...
...featuring established Asian designers and student designers who attend Parsons School of Design or Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). By donating the proceeds of the event to benefit the China Tomorrow Education Foundation, Project East will help build a school in rural China. Organized by executive producers Tamara Harel-Cohen and Alexandra Clarke, Project East will take place November 14, in the Northwest Labs...
...Tamara Harel-Cohen: The previous two years Project East was held in tents with a raised runway. This year there will not be a formal runway—it will have a warehouse, industrial vibe, but a lot of the clothes we have are playful, resort collections. Two collections will have girls walking barefoot, so it will be a flirty feel. Our logo is red flowers so we are trying to bring that into the space—there will be a lot of flowers around and on the runway to create a floral, industrial chic feel...
...family of Harel, the founder of Migron, embodies that divide. Harel's father Israel was among the early settlers who crossed into Jordanian territory after the 1967 war. He says that settlers like him were driven by a collective Zionism akin to socialism. "Our motivation wasn't religious," says the elder Harel. But younger settlers, like his son, seek more "divine reasons" for spreading into the Palestinian lands. "This transition into religious nationalism is unfortunate. It makes us into a sect," the elder Harel says. "And it doesn't represent what the majority of Israelis think...