Propulsive and unforgettable, Haart’s story is the journey from a world of no to a world of yes, and an inspiration for women everywhere to find their freedom, their purpose, and their voice. Along the way, her four children-Batsheva, Shlomo, Miriam, and Aron-have not only accepted but embraced her transformation. She was previously the creative director of the Italian luxury intimates brand La Perla and launched her career as a designer with her namesake shoe collection. Soon she would become co-owner and CEO of Elite World Group, and one of the most powerful people in the fashion industry. Julia Haart is the CEO, co-owner, and chief creative officer of Elite World Group, the world’s first talent media agency, which is composed of forty-eight global agencies representing the most dynamic and culturally connected talent in the world. Just a few years later, she was named creative director of La Perla. Within a week of her escape, Haart founded a shoe brand, and within nine months, she was at Paris Fashion Week. At the age of forty-two, she finally mustered the courage to flee the fundamentalist life that was strangling her soul. She started preparing for her escape by educating herself and creating a “freedom” fund. ![]() But when no one was looking, Haart would pore over fashion magazines and sketch designs for the clothes she dreamed about wearing in the world beyond her Orthodox suburb. In the ultra-Orthodox world, clothing has one purpose-to cover the body, head to toe-and giving any thought to one’s appearance beyond that is considered sinful, an affront to God. She knew that if she didn’t find a way to leave, her daughters would be forced into the same unending servitude that had imprisoned her. Eventually, when Haart’s younger daughter, Miriam, started to innocently question why she wasn’t allowed to sing in public, run in shorts, or ride a bike without being covered from neck to knee, Haart reached a breaking point. For the next twenty-three years, her marriage would rule her life. 'I congratulate Haart on the show and book, both of which I enjoyed. Julia Haart tells the story of her extraordinary journey, from leaving an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to her rise from housewife to shoe designer, to CEO and co-owner of the modelling agency Elite World Group. At nineteen, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she was married off to a man she barely knew. From the star of Netflix's My Unorthodox Life, a riveting, inspiring memoir. ![]() Written with great intensity and rare candor, Brazen is a story of longing for more and manifesting that vision.”-Tommy HilfigerĮver since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart’s life-what she wore, what she ate, what she thought-was controlled by the dictates of ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
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