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Batsheva

Basic information

Country
United States
Founded
2016

Overview

BATSHEVA is a ready-to-wear brand founded in New York, USA, in 2016 by designer Batsheva Hay. Its offerings focus on womenswear and also include girls’ clothing, accessories, and home and furniture items. The brand references elements of historical American women’s clothing, including Victorian styles and high collars, and reworks them for contemporary wear. It also uses vintage, deadstock, and recycled materials and works to improve its production practices with greater consideration for environmental and labor concerns.

Concept

Batsheva plays with American styles of feminine dress – from Victorian to Pioneer; from Housewife to Hippie – by taking elements symbolic of restraint and repression (high collars, voluminous sleeves and skirts) and giving them a modern inflection. By retooling historical looks, Batsheva explores how to extract the strong and beautiful aspects of those styles while rejecting antiquated notions of womanhood.

Sub-brands

  • BATSHEVA Home 2022

    Derived from BATSHEVA, whose core is womenswear ready-to-wear, this line officially known as “BATSHEVA Home” covers furniture and home goods. It extends the vintage-inspired patterns and use of materials found in the brand’s clothing to upholstery, such as that on chairs, and interior products, broadening the apparel-centered assortment into the lifestyle sphere. It is positioned as a spin-off line that allows the aesthetic of BATSHEVA itself to be experienced through items beyond clothing.

    Extending the world of clothing into home and furniture