Publications

התערוכה החדשה במוזיאון מזמינה את המבקרים למסע בזמן, בחזרה אל תקופה של טלטלה עולמית, אל סיפוריהן של נשים במלחמת העולם השנייה. אופנה אינה הדבר הראשון שעולה במחשבותינו בהקשר של מלחמת העולם השנייה, אך היה לה תפקיד חשוב באותה עת. בזמן המלחמה הפכה האופנה לדבר שונה מכל מה שהכרנו קודם, והתערוכה חושפת את כוחה בתקופה של משבר קיומי. ״גיבורות״ מתמקדת בתפקידם של בגדים ופריטי לבוש בסיפוריהן של נשים שמצאו דרכים להתמודד עם מציאות בלתי אפשרית, לשמור על צלם אנוש ולהיאחז בתקווה. את התערוכה ילווה ספר מהודר בן 250 עמודים בכריכה קשה, המשמר את חווית הביקור ומאגד את אוצרות התערוכה כולה. הסיפורים האנושיים על היצירתיות ועל ניצחון הרוח נכרכים בספר לצד מאות תצלומים היסטוריים, תצלומים מהתערוכה עצמה, טקסטים שנכתבו במיוחד וציטוטים בלתי נשכחים. דפי הספר מזמינים לצלול אל הדרכים שבהן בגדים, אופנה ותרבות היו למקור של כוח ושל תעצומות נפש בזמנים הקשים ביותר. ​ החלה רכישה מוקדמת של ספר התערוכה בהטבה מיוחדת.

Alber Elbaz was an international fashion legend. He was born in Casablanca, grew up in Holon, immigrated to New York, conquered Paris, and left behind an extraordinary legacy that changed fashion forever. The exhibition book Alber Elbaz: The Dreams Factory is an exciting and touching tribute, celebrating the man and designer's life and work. The book brings together the treasures of the entire exhibition in a one-of-a-kind printed edition. Its pages reveal, for the first time, the full and inspiring story of a boy who dreamed and who became a shining star in the sky of international fashion. Hundreds of photographs, fashion illustrations Elbaz illustrated from childhood to adulthood, photographs from the exhibition itself, his life story, his unforgettable texts, and quotes preserve the experience of visiting the exhibition and invite you to meet Alber—and fall in love.

“The Ball,” Design Museum Holon’s summer exhibition for 2021, explores the relations between fashion, dreams, fairy tales, and escapism. The catalog presents the exhibition's story in 250 color pages, which forge a connection between the history of balls in the West, the fashions designed for them, and the creations of leading local fashion designers. The catalog documents more than 120 contemporary and historical "haute- couture" gowns made of luxurious materials and surprising everyday materials. It also features 50 accessories, 22 models of Cinderella slippers printed in 3D, a gown composed of optic fibers, 6,500 macaroons, and 17 hats inspired by desserts - all created especially for the exhibition. The exhibition book enables visitors to preserve their experience of the exhibition while offering a close-up look at the creative dialogues that it celebrates: those between the festive and the every day, as well as between the fantastic and the real. This book also offers a reflection on the role of fashion in everyday life, on the desire for escapism and larger-than-life experiences, and dreams, riches and happiness.

The book, published with the opening of the exhibition in Design Museum Holon in 2017, includes six original articles written especially for the Exhibition. It gathers pictures of Ronit Elkabetz from her cinematic career as an actress, screenwriter, and director, along with personal photographs, professional images, and modeling images from the early 1990s and throughout her career. The articles that appear in the catalog in Hebrew and English deal with cinema, fashion design, gender, feminism, politics, and other subjects by looking at Elkabetz’s extensive work and career. Included in the book are “Dreams from Ronit Elkabetz’s Wardrobe,” an essay by curator Ya’ara Keydar, a personal essay by the exhibition artistic director Shlomi Elkabetz, and an artistic biography by Yigal Nizri, as well as essays by Zohar Elmakias, Shula Keshet and Raya Morag.

Is a shoe a work of art? Is a shoe that cannot be walked in still a “shoe”? Through more than 60 extraordinary examples created by the distinguished alumni and students of Israel's prestigious academy – Bezalel- the book “A Walk Of Art” parallels art and fashion. Thanks to their iconic shape, loaded history, and symbolism, shoes have become the ideal objects through which to evaluate these questions, to break the perceived boundaries of design, and transform shoes into objects of significance in their own right. The book includes an academic, curatorial essay on the history of extreme shoes and explores the relationship between the art and fashion worlds through shoes.