The Jewish fashion conspiracy is presumably my business, so I am always on the lookout for compatriots. I just stumbled upon a beautiful line of clothing from Gytha Mander that’s apparently been inspired by priestly rainments. Even the humblest tie has a name like Matityahu, Simon or Akiva.

Our fall 2006 collection for men and women, entitled “The Urim and the Thummim,” a reference to Exodus 28:1, is a meditation on diaspora, through the lens of Jewish history. The line is punctuated by wooden ties, high collar trench coats, Yeminite t-shirt patterns, prisoner stripes, dark denim dress shirts and crocodile holsters.

Okay, I don’t know that Aaron wore crocodile holsters, but she’s at least got the requisite rich color scheme down. I love this description of the t-shirt pictured here:

By David’s hand alone (or more precisely with a stone) did fortunes for the Philistines plummet. Determination, dear friends, is what bridges the distance between a vertical might and his horizontal ruin—just ask Goliath. Way to go David. But imagine what David might have accomplished had Gytha Mander been around to play tailor. Perhaps he would have been an even greater warrior, blow-for-blow Judah Maccabeus’s equal—or Alexander’s. Guesswork notwithstanding, you can vanquish enemies of your own with a Gytha Mander t-shirt, a strong sense of self and a score to settle.

I don’t know if this stuff is priestly but for sure I’d wear it to shul.