The lecture begins, following two announcements to silence your phones, lest they disturb others. The lecturer, exhibit curator, Dr. Ya’ara Keydar, tells stories that breathe life into the exhibit, sharing her incentive, the history of objects, symbolism of objects, fashion trends, red lipstick, wedding gowns sewn from parachutes, explaining the daisy motif in Gottex swimwear.  But you can read about the exhibit, Heroines: Fashion and Hope in World War II, if getting tickets to the lecture and visiting it at Design Museum Holon isn’t an option. Keydar’s lecture includes anecdotes about the obstacles confronted when war with Iran delayed the exhibit opening.

Restoration technology and knowhow enabled replicating fabrics and designs from 1939, substituting for examples exhibited in Milwaukee. AI and 3-D printing produced heads for mannequins with WWII period hairstyles for women. Items from Yad Vashem collections were given a space of their own. Ways women found to sustain hope and humanity amidst war – whether in Nazi........

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