Chabad rabbi made the podium Tiefenbrun fashion statements

It's not every day that a mention Chanel 2.55 bag Chabadnik enthusiasm gets in the men's fashion magazine but the rabbi Yosel Tiefenbrun, 24, was not surprised to find his name in the online journal to see "British GQ." The young rabbi, an apprentice at Savile Row tailors Maurice Sedwell, visited the Golden Scissors Awards in March, the "Oscars of British fashion." He did not win, but his creation of a trilby, bow tie and matching handkerchief Tiefenbrun won the "Best in Show" award from GQ. "I am interested in clothes since I was small," Tiefenbrun said in a recent telephone interview from his home in London. "Clothing is very important in this world, and before big events people still buy new costumes. Was I spoiled, and I persuaded my father to buy me a suit before every holiday. Did I always. Wanted new T-shirts, and since I long 12 or 13 years, I was dressed differently from the rest of the world means that I was subversive., I do not wear clothes that were very different from each other, but there was always something that made me out of them: had. my black pinstripe suit and had my black shoes white piping secrets, for example, there was an attempt to be rebellious, but remain within the strict rules of the Orthodox dress. than you This is your own personal style. "I was not trying to be something special by force. I just appreciate clothes and I buy what I like," he added. "It was not against the rules, I just wanted to draw attention to what I love and enjoy., I always pay much attention to my clothes. Chabad, we get a new hat Borsalino every few years. Mine still looks after several years new, but my friends hats faded after two months., if I was transferred to another yeshiva, remember a note in my file that I received says interest in clothes. In their view, it must be more to the domestic working life. But I love my external self. I like to dress. " Yosel Tiefenbrun in Brooklyn was in an Orthodox family moved to London when he was born young, he attended a Yeshiva there, and one in France and one in Holon. He then became a Chabad emissary in Singapore. This mission was a turning point for him. He began to dress more freely there, took more of an interest in fashion, met designers and others in the industry and started thinking about a career in this field. However Tiefenbrun not to rush into the world of fashion. "I thought it might not be the place for me," he said. Said: "The fashion world is not a place of worship from afar, it seemed to be full of falsehood and sequins." Tiefenbrun first in a course enrolled in interior design in Singapore, but soon realized that it was not the right place for him: "I love the design in general, and I took a course in design furniture, but I was still thinking about fashion . If I designed a room, I realized that I put fashion in the spaces and objects. then I also realized that I had returned to my old dream., I returned to London and took modeling and returned to London. " After his return, he immediately went to famous Savile Row, the London street for his sewing elite men. He tried to accept a teaching position and was sent to a sewing school. He left after six months. "I realized that it was not good enough," he says. "There were a lot of students, and I do not have the proper attention sewing kit. So I decided to enroll at the Royal Academy of Arts, and from there I was the person my boss, Andrew Ramroop is questioned now." Ramroop, the funny and a bird in the British world institutions tailoring, came to the capital of England from Trinidad, where he was a tailor. He studied at the London College of Fashion and completed the program with honors. He tried to find a job in one of the settlements along Savile Row tailor, but encountered many rejections before their place among the veteran men and women fashion house Maurice Sedwell, he made his way and is now its director and Chanel bag owner.