Gindi Tel Aviv Fashion Week to Launch the Winter 2017 Fashion Season
Tel Aviv is Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Fashion Week with International Guests and Leading Israeli Designers.
Tel Aviv: Gindi Tel Aviv Fashion Week, taking place between January 29 – February 1, 2017, will be opening this year’s season of Fashion Weeks worldwide and present again a wide range of both, established and upcoming Israeli fashion designers to an international audience.
Founded in 2011 by Motty Reif, a visionary and chief producer in Israel’s fashion industry, Fashion Week in Tel Aviv has very soon gained international claim through the participation of guest designers and fashion houses such as Roberto Cavalli and Missoni. Its fifth edition coincides with the 60th anniversary of one of Israel most famous fashion houses – the swimwear brand Gottex, which in the past has boasted super models such as Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer as its presentors. A special Gottex homage fashion show is going to open Gindi TLV Fashion Week’s gala event on January 29th.
Further highlights will include a fashion show by students of Shenkar College, whose Fashion Design department has for the second time in the row been ranked within the top 10 in the world by Business of Fashion. (Please find the full list of designers below).
“Producing Fashion Week in Tel Aviv for the 5th time is seeing our vision come true to give back the Israeli fashion industry its pride and status”, said Motty Reif. “We are very thankful to Gindi Group for being our chief partner throughout the years and together with us for believing in the huge potential, which lies within todays Israeli fashion designers.”
Fashion Week is going to be held at the exclusive Gindi TLV Fashion Mall to be opened in the heart of Tel Aviv in February 2017. This first of a kind commercial center in Israel, which hosted Fashion Week for the past four years, will hold over 300 prestigious international and local fashion and retail brands, for many of which this will be their tribute in Israel, as well as selected Israeli designers.
THE GINDI GROUP
With 50 years of vast experience in development, the Gindi Group is a leading international real estate player involved in development and management of hundreds of thousands sqm of commercial areas and shopping malls, and dozens of thousands of residential units in luxury towers and neighborhoods all over Israel and Europe.
MOTTY REIF PRODUCTION
Motty Reif is Israel’s top event and TV producer, with over 25 years of experience. Motty began his career in fashion production and for many years created, produced and directed all fashion & lifestyle television programs in Israel. Motty was partner in Abot Reif Hameiri between 1999-2011, one of the largest event and media production companies in Israel.
Motty was also the owner of the largest model talent agency 'LOOK', and is responsible for the discovery of many major talents in fashion, film, stage and music. As of 2005 Reif produced two documentaries that received international success: "Life After Tomorrow" for 'Showtime' starring Sarah Jessica Parker and "Brave Miss World" directed by Cecilia Peck, which was nominated for an Emmy award in August 2014. After successfully producing the Beverly Hills Fashion Festival in Los Angeles in 2010, Motty took upon himself to turn Tel Aviv into a new fashion capital by initiating the TLV fashion week. The event has become a major milestone for Tel Aviv. Motty Reif has become the key figure in the fashion industry in Israel.
Participating designers include:
Galia Lahav
Gideon Oberson
Tovale+
Noveau Riche Dog
Gadi Elimelech
Idan Laros
Shai Shalom
Tamara Salem
The following designers will show at Gindi TLV Fashion Week for the first time:
Vivi Bellaish
Maskit
Keren Wolf
Chana Marelus
Flamingo
Ariel Toledano
Dror Kontento
Elen Lukash
Portay