Just a few years later, she was named creative director of La Perla.
Within a week of her escape, Haart founded a shoe brand, and within nine months, she was at Paris Fashion Week. At the age of forty-two, she finally mustered the courage to flee. She started preparing for her escape by educating herself and creating a ‘freedom’ fund. But when no one was looking, Haart would pour over fashion magazines and sketch designs for the clothes she dreamed about wearing in the world beyond her Orthodox suburb. In the ultra- Orthodox world, clothing has one purpose – to cover the body, head to toe – and giving any more thought than that to one’s appearance is considered sinful, an affront to God. She knew that if she didn’t find a way to leave, her daughters would be forced into the same unending servitude. For the next twenty-three years, her marriage would rule her life.Įventually, when Haart’s youngest daughter, Miriam, started to innocently question why she wasn’t allowed to sing in public, run in shorts, or ride a bike without being covered from neck to knee, Haart reached a breaking point. At nineteen, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she was married off to a man she barely knew.
Julia Haart tells the story of her extraordinary journey, from leaving an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to her rise from housewife to shoe designer, to CEO and co-owner of the modelling agency Elite World Group.Įver since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart’s life – what she wore, what she ate, what she thought – was controlled by the rules of ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
My review is based on my experience of the book and any thoughts expressed here are solely mine alone.įrom the star of Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life, a riveting, inspiring memoir. Thank you to Anne Cater, Random Things Tours & Octopus Books for my lovely, gifted copy and for having me on the blog tour for this book. My unorthodox journey from long sleeves to lingerieĪvailable: 12th April 2022 in Hardback, eBook & Audiobook
0 kommentar(er)
