Galia Lahav
{{Short description|Israeli fashion company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Galia Lahav
| caption =
| industry = Fashion
| founder = Galia Lahav
| hq_location_city = Tel Aviv
| hq_location_country = Israel
| website = {{URL|https://www.galialahav.com}}
}}
Galia Lahav is a fashion label established in 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel.{{Cite web |last=Manners |first=Ivette |date=2018-04-16 |title=Galia Lahav Bridal Spring 2019 Collection |url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/bridal-spring-2019/galia-lahav |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} It was founded by fashion designer Galia Lahav. The brand is primarily known for its bridal and evening wear.{{cite web| first=Shama|last=Hyder|publisher=Inc.|url=https://www.inc.com/shama-hyder/how-galia-lahavs-ceo-got-his-fairy-tale-ending.html|title=How Galia Lahav's CEO Got His Fairy Tale Ending|date=26 November 2018}} In January 2017, it became the first Israeli brand to be accepted by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and to present in Paris Fashion Week. As of 2019, the brand is represented by 70 stores across 40 countries.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shamahyder/2019/01/22/data-driven-yet-creative-centric-how-galia-lahav-built-a-fashion-empire-on-paradox/|title=Data-Driven Yet Creative-Centric: How Galia Lahav Built A Fashion Empire On Paradox|first=Shama|last=Hyder|website=Forbes}}{{cite web|url=https://wwd.com/runway/fall-couture-2018/paris/galia-lahav/review/|title=Galia Lahav Couture Fall 2018|first1=Alex|last1=Wynne|date=4 July 2018|publisher=}} Singer Beyoncé wore a Galia Lahav bridal gown to renew her vows.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/celebrity-style/a25731243/beyonce-reveals-galia-lahav-wedding-vow-renewal-dress/|title=Beyoncé Reveals Galia Lahav Wedding Vow Renewal Dress And You Can Totally Copy The Look|work=Elle UK|date=3 January 2019 }}
History
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Galia Lahav was born in Pinsk, Belarus in 1948.{{cite web|url=https://xnet.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4810224,00.html |title=Galia Lahav: How did the teacher from Ashdod become an international dress empire? (Hebrew)|publisher=Yedioth|date= June 1, 2016|first=Itay|last=Yaakov}} Lahav emigrated with her family to Israel in 1957, and grew up in southern Israel, in the city of Ashkelon. She taught crafts at a public school in Ashdod, until beginning to dedicate herself to a fashion business full-time at the age of 36, after giving birth to her youngest child.{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium.MAGAZINE-jennifer-lopez-is-a-fan-meet-the-first-israeli-haute-couture-fashion-house-1.5474801 |title=Jennifer Lopez Is a Fan: Meet the First Israeli Haute-couture Fashion House|publisher=Haaretz|date= December 16, 2016|first=Shachar|last=Atwan}} In 2005, after operating for more than 2 decades in the Israeli market, Galia's youngest son, Idan Lahav, had joined the company as the CEO and helped expand the company's operations to the international market. In a Forbes interview,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shamahyder/2019/01/22/data-driven-yet-creative-centric-how-galia-lahav-built-a-fashion-empire-on-paradox/ |title=Data-Driven Yet Creative-Centric: How Galia Lahav Built A Fashion Empire On Paradox|work=forbes|date= Jan 22, 2019|first=Shama|last=Hyder}} Lahav shared how technology and data-driven approach has helped the brand penetrate the global arena. "Galia Lahav continues to look to the paradoxes of the connected consumer to guide its data-driven, creative-centric approach, forging innovative inroads deeper into the ever-expanding social worlds of the most demanding (and fashionable) of all connected consumers."
Notable clients and projects
Galia Lahav dresses worn by
Flagship stores
Galia Lahav opened its first Flagship store in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2016, Galia Lahav opened the doors to their Los Angeles flagship store located on La Brea.{{Cite web |last=Hamanaka |first=Kari |date=2016-01-27 |title=Galia Lahav to Open First Flagship on La Brea |url=https://wwd.com/feature/galia-lahav-first-flagship-on-la-brea-10332333/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
In 2020, the brand opened another Flagship store in Miami, Florida, and in 2022 they opened their New York City flagship store.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.galialahav.com/}}
- {{Instagram|galialahav}}
- {{Pinterest|galialahav}}
- {{YouTube|u=galialahavchannel}}
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