Sruli Recht

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Sruli Recht
Born1979
Jerusalem, Israel
Education Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
OccupationDesigner
Labels
  • Sruli Recht,
  • Sruli Recht Shoes
AwardsPremium Young Designer Award, Kvosin competition for Reykjavik City Center, IDA – International Design Awards
Website srulirecht.com
Horset, 2012. Satin-woven horsehair men's corset. (RISD Museum) 2012 Sruli Recht corset, called "Horset", made from satin-weave horsehair.jpg
Horset, 2012. Satin-woven horsehair men's corset. (RISD Museum)
An Emperor's New Untangling, 2012. Knitted sheer shirt made from Biosteel, a synthesized spider silk made from genetically modified goat's milk proteins. (RISD Museum) Sruli Recht - An Emperor's New Untangling, 2012. Shirt knitted from Biosteel 01.jpg
An Emperor's New Untangling, 2012. Knitted sheer shirt made from Biosteel, a synthesized spider silk made from genetically modified goat's milk proteins. (RISD Museum)

Sruli Recht (born 1979 [1] ) is a designer and artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and holds Australian and Icelandic citizenship. [ citation needed ]

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Recht studied Fashion Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. [3] In 2005 Recht left Australia to London where he worked with British designer Alexander McQueen before relocating to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he has been based since 2005. [4]

Work

Recht's work is considered to be innovative in its use of indigenous, new and unconventional materials and technologies [5] though also seen by many to be controversial due to the use of materials such as minke whale foreskin, spider silk, seal and human skin. [6] Although he is known mostly as a fashion designer, some garments and show pieces from his seasonal collections are seen to blur the relationships between art, design and fashion. [7] [8]

Examples of this are:

And arguably his most controversial piece:

Collections

His solo commercial career began with the launch of a shoe collection under the Sruli Recht label in 2007, described by WGSN as "...one of the most intriguing and imaginative footwear collections seen."[ citation needed ] This collection was highlighted by the controversial use of one boot made from minke whale skins. [12] Prior to the 2008 economic downturn Recht began to release one product a month under a collection titled Non-Products, while preparing to launch the main clothing line. Recht launched the seasonal clothing line in Paris in 2011 that he had developed during the crash in Iceland, in 2010 from his studio based on the outskirts of Reykjavik [13] He has been presenting as part of the Paris Fashion Week runway schedule since January 2012 [14] [15]

"Luxury of Choice" is a collection released by Recht in 2020. It is a collection of 19 objects designed to be "Not an attempt to glamorize or promote taking one’s own life, but to consider self-deliverance as a worthy act; the one that requires a sense of the personal and intimate." These objects span four main methods, listed as "by breath," "by fire," "by water," and "by earth." This collection was inspired by the suicide method of a friend of Recht's, involving a "300 kronur rope used for pulling cars."


Notoriety

Wallpaper magazine selected Recht's store Vopnabúrið, an Icelandic word for "the Armoury", among the ten most interesting shops in the world in 2010, along with stores such as Hermes in New York, Comme de Garçons in Hong Kong and the Stella McCartney store in Milan. [16]

Recht's studio was raided by the Icelandic police in August 2009 where they seized stock of The Umbuster (a combination of an umbrella and brass knuckles) and charged Recht with prohibited weapons importation, prohibited weapons manufacture, and intent to sell prohibited weapons. [17] Recht initially lost the case brought against him by the police, though appealed, while at the same time opening a new case with the supreme court of Iceland to de-categorise The Umbuster as a weapon. In October 2010 Recht won the case, the court deciding that The Umbuster was not a weapon, and was acquitted of the earlier charges. [18]

Publications

Interviews

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  2. ↑ Staff writer. "An Emperor's New Untangling". risdmuseum.org. RISD Museum. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tailor-made art suits Sruli". 5 September 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "JC Report | Inside Global Fashion Trends - FEATURES – Sruli Recht Slows Down Fashion". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Haute Wooden Menswear". TrendHunter.com. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "London, Paris, New York, Lima?". Financial Times . 13 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sruli Recht, Designer, Creates 'Forget Me Knot' Skin Ring Featuring Slice Of His Own Flesh (GRAPHIC VIDEO)". The Huffington Post . 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Hannar föt úr forhúð" . Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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