There’s a lot of buzz from the Tel Aviv fashion scene these days, especially with the reemergence of the annual Tel Aviv Fashion Week as an international event in the past three years.

“We have our own ‘handwriting,’ so it doesn’t look like anyone else,” says costume designer Yuval Caspin. “It’s not like the French look or the Italian look or the American look. We have our own look.”

Adds fashion executive Ofir Lev, “Design in Tel Aviv is a statement. The main goal is to show the world something else about Israel – not only conflict and camels. We have a normal life, creative people, beautiful beach, great food and much more.”