ariel berka
Fashion Design BDes
Shenkar
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Apparel / Womenswear / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My location: Tel Aviv, Israel
ariel berka
First Name: ariel
Last Name: berka
University / College: Shenkar
Course / Program: Fashion Design BDes
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Apparel / Womenswear / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
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About
Ariel Berka is a Tel Aviv-based fashion designer whose work explores themes of female identity, autonomy, and the tension between form and control. Her design language is rooted in precision tailoring and material purity, using natural fabrics such as leather, wool, and silk in innovative and unexpected ways. With a strong emphasis on silhouette, structure, and the emotional impact of clothing, her aesthetic combines vintage references with a minimalist, architectural approach.
My graduation project, “First Person Feminine,” confronts male control over the female body through history, law, and culture, with a focus on reproductive rights and the politics of abortion. Inspired by the image of the hanger a brutal symbol of illegal abortions and by the economy of the body as a site of profit and punishment, the collection exposes how women’s autonomy has been systematically undermined. Referencing 1950s silhouettes, each garment is sculpted from leather, a material both strong and restrictive, manipulated through cutting, engraving, and molding to reflect the tension between imposed identity, financial control, and the fight for self-determination.
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