GQ Rates Lubavitcher as ‘Best Dressed’ at Awards Event
Jewish religious teachers are better known for their disapproval of contemporary fashions — but Rabbi Yosel Tiefenbrun is at the cutting edge of London’s sartorial scene.
Rabbi Tiefenbrun, who is also an apprentice at Savile Row tailor Maurice Sedwell, was so well-dressed at the Golden Shears Awards ceremony last month that GQ magazine named him “best in show”.
The Golden Shears Awards honor the best in British tailoring and design.
Rabbi Tiefenbrun was given the “best dressed” moniker in an article by GQ fashion editor Nick Carvell. The piece included a photograph of the rabbi at the event at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London wearing a matching trilby, bow tie and pocket square. “There is no reason why religious people shouldn’t dress well,” said the rabbi.
After two years working as a rabbi in a Chabad synagogue in Singapore, Rabbi Tiefenbrun, 23, studied design at Newham College in London.
The oldest of ten children, Rabbi Tiefenbrun was accepted as a student and apprentice under head tailor Andrew Ramroop at Maurice Sedwell.
The rabbi described his mentor as an inspiration and “very understanding” when it came to leaving early for Shabbat and yom tovim.
Rabbi Tiefenbrun’s father is the cantor at Hackney and East London United Synagogue, where the tailor ran first-night Seder this year. “The Jewish roots in tailoring are well-known. My family is very religious but very open minded and supportive,” he said.
Rabbi Tiefenbrun maintains that “my passion is designing clothes and tailoring”. Although he did not win this year, he said he hoped to win at the next Golden Shears, in 2015.
Yossel
Yosel Tiefenbrun is an example to all working boys. Proudly Lubavitch and working hard.
Go Yossel
Hey Yossel
Your doing great!!
We miss you out here serving you our hot potato kugel!
Love your cousins
Go Yossel!
Good to see you Yosel Iyh soon with a Gartel!
Classmate
True example of a great guy working hard and getting places all the while helping out shulchim every Shabbos and not taking no for a answer in shlichus or anything else he does this boy going places
Uncle Shmuli
Well done Yoselle, may you continue to be a shinning example for others.
Let me know when you design a kapote and gartel…
Uncle Ben and Family
Very proud to be your uncle, Keep up the great work, Its up to you as an individual to make it to where you want to go. god will help you, But you have to do the work.
Hey Yosel!
Come to America!!!!!
wow
I’m also from SH ( living in NY) with a passion for fashion and tailoring . u are living my dream! U are a shining example to all Lubavitch bocherim who want to have a profession by keeping ur beard etc! we need more guys like u in Lubavitch! well done and good for u!!
Huge fan
This is awesome! Your a rabbi rockstar
mendel
The rebbe would be SO SO proud!
What happened to tznius for men?
A Chassidic man’s clothing should be based on tznius, which means not standing out or trying to look like a fancy fashion model. That is why we wear dark colors and white shirts. We do not wear colored ties and certainly not bow ties. We do not wear fancy pocket handkerchiefs and look to win fashion awards. We wear hats that reflect modesty. When GQ is giving you an award for looking like this, then it should sound an alarm that something is wrong.
I am sure this rabbi is a very nice man who means well, but this is not men’s tznius. If you want to look like a London fashion dandy, don’t call yourself a Lubavitcher rabbi.
Would the Rebbe dress like this?
To #11
What are you talking about? People used to come to Rebbe dressed like in this fashion!
choice
just because people came to the rebbe dressed like that does not mean the rebbe approved of it!
there was plenty that the rebbe didn’t approve of yet either did not say so or chose which fight to fight
Look Again
B.H.
1) Dark colors and a white shirt
1.1) He’s wearing dark colors and a white shirt. In fact, he’s dressed very conservatively. Maybe that’s why he stood out!
1.2) Where are these dark colors and white shirt rules written?
2) Where did you get your rules abut ties?
3) Did you ever see photos of the Rebbe in the 1930s & ’40s? Is he not well dressed, albeit conservatively?
uk shliach
as an american friend of the tiffenbrun family just that much older than yossel to remember the good years by the rebbe.
the rebbe would not be proud of this.
the rebbe would be proud of yossel for holding on to his values even when in the fashion world, BUT the rebbe wanted bochurim to remain in appropriate settings even if they dont go on shlichus and for the few who were told it would be ok for them to study in university, it wasn;t let all loose.
yossel is a great guy but ah zoch un vey if this is help up as a role model for working boys in lubavitch
he is a lot better than this ‘award’ portrays him