Remember when Jean Paul Gaultier presented that controversial collection based on the Hasidic Jewish community’s “lewk”? (Chic Rabbis, A/W 93/94.) Israeli photographer Tair Adato likewise examines the crossover between fashion and religious tradition in his series The Rest Is Still Unwritten, in which he documents a stylish Orthodox Jewish teenager — and TikTok talent — unconventionally exploring his identity. This dynamic subject, Michael, resides with his devout family in Bnei Brak, while going out with liberal friends in Tel Aviv. In certain ways, Michael doubles as a stand-in for Tair himself, who has been uncertainly navigating his selfhood and his queerness within religious ritual.

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