![]() She demonstrates that it’s never too late to go for what you dream of (remember that, all you bloggers who are wannabe writers!) It goes without saying that she’s highly intelligent, too – and beautiful, as is to be expected from someone who works in fashion! The book came across like spending several hours in the company of a really nice new friend who’s telling you all about their incredible early life. I must admit, I really liked and admired her. So what did you make of Julia after spending so long in her company? It’s quite a long book… (441 pages!) Within a few years she became creative director of La Perla, the luxury lingerie brand, which is about as far from her previous life as it’s possible to come! ![]() So she began to squirrel away an escape fund, and, at the age of 42, made her escape into the real world, finding a job in fashion – and climbing the ladder incredibly quickly. It’s only when her youngest daughter started to question the stringent Jewish clothing laws that Julia realised if she didn’t leave, her children would be stuck in a similarly restrictive life. So she ended up getting married off to a Jewish man? I used to see Orthodox Jews passing my friend’s hairdresser, around the Eastwood area of Glasgow where most in the city live, and my partner worked for a time as security guard for a Jewish primary school there – and the fact that that was needed in this day and age is both shocking, and sad! She explains the complex Jewish Orthodox rules for women in layman’s terms – and they’re shockingly limiting! I admit to finding her explanations of them fascinating and educational too, though. She’d sneak looks at Vogue and sketch fashion designs in her spare time, but it looked as though her future lay in being an obedient Jewish wife and mother. The one thing that did interest her, apart from becoming a good Jewish woman, was fashion. Her life began in the strictest, most limiting – particularly for girls and women – community of Orthodox Judaism, which she followed to the letter. It is – and she’s a hugely inspiring character. This is a biography about a woman who went from one highly unusual world into an entirely different one, isn’t it? ![]()
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