Netflix doc tells Julia Haart’s story: Charedi world to top fashion designer

Prominent fashion designer Julia Haart will lay bay her former life raised in the Charedi community, in new Netflix documentary My Unorthodox Life, the streaming giant revealed this week.

Haart – who was born Talia Leibov – married at 19 but didn’t leave her Jewish community until the age of 43. 

After founding a successful luxury shoe company, in 2016 she became the creative director for Italian luxury fashion brand La Perla and in 2019 became the CEO of the international Elite Model Management agency. 

She’s also known for helping to design a dress made out of crystals for top model Kendal Jenner.

Haart’s four children include a TikToker, an app designer, a lawyer and a high schooler torn between two conflicting cultures. 

The documentary, which will air later this year, shows how the fashion mogul is helping them reconcile their Orthodox upbringings with the modern world.