Lola Beer Ebner | |
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 Lola Beer in her Studio on Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1950s | |
| Born | (1910-08-06)6 August 1910[1] |
| Died | 3 March 1997(1997-03-03) (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Israeli,Czech Jewish |
| Known for | Designer |
| Movement | Israeli fashion |
| Spouse(s) | 1939-1945: Joseph Beer 1945-1997: Adolph 'Dolfi' Ebner |
Lola Beer Ebner, bornCarola Zwillinger[1] (6 August 1910 – 3 March 1997) was an Israelifashion designer.
Lola Beer Ebner was born inMoravian town ofProstějov, that became part ofCzechoslovakia in 1918. She studied at theAcademy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In 1939, she left forMandatory Palestine.
In Israel, she became known as the "national dresser" for designing the clothes of the wives of Israeli prime ministers and politicians. In the 1950s, she designed uniforms forEl Al stewardesses and in the 1960s, the uniforms forIsrael Defense Forces women soldiers. She designed the academic robes of theWeizmann Institute and theater costumes. She also designed a ready-made line of dresses forATA, which had previously made uniforms and sturdy work clothes,[2] and marketed two perfumes, "Dimona" and "Dimont."[3] Beer Ebner took her inspiration from Paris and quipped that it would “at least five hundred years” to develop uniquely Israeli fashion.[4]
An exhibit of Beer Ebner's work was held in 2010 at Tel Aviv's Czech Center.[4]
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