The Jewish Museum Archive
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Isaac Mizrahi: Playful Pushing of Boundaries
Posted on April 25, 2016In 1989, esteemed fashion editor for The Washington Post Nina Hyde wrote of Isaac Mizrahi’s fall collection for the year: “Everyone is rooting for Mizrahi. Why else would they travel […] -
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For Helena Rubinstein, Beauty was Power
Posted on February 24, 2015Ivy Sanders Schneider — Makeup can act as a symbol both of liberation and oppression. Contentious and unavoidable, ads for lipstick line the subway, and giant mascaraed eyes blink from […] -
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Women with Good Taste: The Cone Sisters and Matisse
Posted on August 8, 2011When modern artists like Picasso and Matisse first started trying to sell the public on their work, the experience was extremely difficult—everyone knows just how successful Van Gogh was, after […]