- Designer:
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Bio:
- American, b. 1961
- Title:
- Star of David Belt
- Place Made:
- New York, New York
- Date:
- 1991
- Medium:
- Brass and leather
- Dimensions:
- Belt: 1 1/2 × 36 in. (3.8 × 91.4 cm); Buckle (diameter): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sarah Haddad Cheney
- Accession Number:
- 2017-13
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The fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi has always operated at the intersection of high style and popular culture. In his fall 1991 collection he mixed cultural influences from his childhood in irreverent ways, from Native American to American Jewish. “If crosses are everywhere,” he reasoned, “why not make the Star of David ubiquitous too?”
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