Batsheva Hay
{{short description|American fashion designer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Batsheva Hay
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|39|2020|04|02}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/fashion/coronavirus-fashion-bankruptcy.html#:~:text=Hay%2C%2039%2C%20founded%20Batsheva%20in,50%20stores%20around%20the%20world | title=Will We Lose a Generation of Designers? | work=The New York Times | date=April 2, 2020 | last1=Friedman | first1=Vanessa }}
| alma_mater = Stanford University and Georgetown Law
| occupation = Fashion designer
| organization = Council of Fashion Designers of America
| spouse = {{marriage|Alexei Hay|2012}}
| website = https://batsheva.com/
}}
Batsheva Hay is an American fashion designer.{{Cite news |last=Mac Donnell |first=Chloe |date=2019-01-24 |title=Meet Batsheva Hay, the New York designer redefining what sexy looks like |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/meet-batsheva-hay-new-york-designer-redefining-sexy-looks-like/ |access-date=2019-04-07 |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |date=22 October 2018 |title=STUDIO VISIT / BATSHEVA HAY |url=https://www.atelierdore.com/features/studio-visit-batsheva-hay/ |access-date=2019-04-07 |website=Atelier Doré |language=en-US}}
Career
In 2016, Hay visited a dressmaker to have a favorite vintage Laura Ashley dress remade, and decided that she wanted to focus on fashion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/batsheva-hay-prairie-dresses|title=This Designer Will Make You Want to Dress Like Laura Ingalls Wilder|website=Glamour|date=2 August 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-04-07}} She established her own label, Batsheva.{{Cite web |url=https://www.glossy.co/fashion/batsheva-hay-on-her-vision-board-goal-of-becoming-the-next-laura-ashley/ |title=Batsheva Hay on her 'vision board' goal of becoming the next Laura Ashley |last=Manoff |first=Jill |date=27 April 2022 |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=glossy.co}} Her designs are modest yet whimsical - stiff collars, tiered skirts, and "prints that are almost uncomfortably naïve." Hay's designs have been worn by Gillian Jacobs, Jessica Chastain, Lena Dunham, and Natalie Portman.
In 2017, one of Hay's dresses was included in Vogue in their roundup called “How to Wear Fall’s Least Sexy Trends, from Clogs to Corduroys.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/10/batsheva-hay-rethinks-the-traditions-of-feminine-dress|title=Batsheva Hay Rethinks the Traditions of Feminine Dress|last=Russell|first=Anna|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2018-09-03|access-date=2019-04-07|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}
In 2018, Hay was a finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/schmooze/410186/batsheva-hay-presents-at-new-york-fashion-week/|title=It's Official, Prairie Dresses Are In: Batsheva Hay Presents At New York Fashion Week|last=Honig|first=Michelle|website=The Forward|date=14 September 2018 |access-date=2019-04-07}} and was awarded $150,000. She was part of New York Fashion Week in September 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/09/batsheva-celeb-favorite-prairie-dresses.html|title=The Woman Behind All the Prairie Dresses at New York Fashion Week|last=Spellings|first=Sarah|date=2018-09-10|website=The Cut|language=en|access-date=2019-04-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/nov/25/batsheva-hay-interview-fashion-designer-former-lawyer-new-york-frills|title=Batsheva Hay: 'Old people are way more punk'|last=Hicklin|first=Aaron|date=2018-11-25|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-04-07|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}} Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Hay co-designed Emhoff's inauguration day dress in January 2021.{{Cite web|last=Specter|first=Emma|title=How Ella Emhoff and Batsheva Hay Came Up With An Inauguration-Worthy Dress|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/ella-emhoff-inauguration-dress-2021|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Vogue|date=20 January 2021|language=en-us}}{{Cite magazine|last=Goldberg|first=Carrie|date=2021-01-20|title=Ella Emhoff Wears Miu Miu and Batsheva to the Inauguration|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/a35267494/ella-emhoff-inauguration-coat-style-2021/|access-date=2021-01-20|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|language=en-US}}
Hay has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) since 2019.{{Cite web |title=CFDA |url=https://cfda.com/members/profile/batsheva-hay-2 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=cfda.com}}
She attended the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards as a VIP guest along with other professionals in the fashion industry (designers, creative directors, CEOs, etc.) such as Alexandre Birman, Brett Heyman, Carly Cushnie, Christian Siriano, Cynthia Rowley, and Dao-Yi Chow.{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=FABUK |date=2021-11-14 |title=Winners Announced at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards |url=https://fabukmagazine.com/winners-announced-at-the-2021-cfda-fashion-awards/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Fabuk Magazine |language=en-GB}}
Early life
Hay grew up in Queens, New York, in a secular Jewish household.{{Cite web|author-last1=Spiro|author-first1=Amy|website=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/jewish-modest-fashion-designer-batsheva-hay-grabs-celebrity-attention-585752|title = Jewish modest fashion designer Batsheva Hay grabs celebrity attention| date=7 March 2019 }} She graduated from Stuyvesant High School. She earned a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.A. in psychology, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.{{Cite interview|interviewer=Periel Aschenbrand|subject-first1=Batsheva|subject-last1=Hay|date=2018-01-03|title=The Chosen Ones: An Interview with Batsheva Hay|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/252448/the-chosen-ones-an-interview-with-batsheva-hay|url-status=live|access-date=2019-04-07|website=Tablet Magazine|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814035308/https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-chosen-ones-an-interview-with-batsheva-hay|archive-date=2024-08-14}}
Personal life
She is married to fashion photographer Alexei Hay, and they live on the Upper West Side with their two children. They observe and practice Judaism.
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Category:American fashion designers
Category:American women fashion designers
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