Tobi Rubinstein steps into a New Era of Leadership, Guiding the Future of Global Fashion Conversation. A Cultural Visionary Whose Influence Continues to Shape the Creative and Spiritual Direction of Fashion Worldwide.
Tobi Rubinstein, long regarded as one of fashion’s most thoughtful and multidimensional voices, is entering a new chapter of leadership as she assumes a key role as Chair Advisory Committee for Fashion Week Forum International and Moda Productions. Her appointment reflects a natural progression for a figure whose career has consistently blended creativity, cultural insight, and spiritual depth.
Rubinstein’s work has always extended far beyond traditional fashion trajectories. She began in the manufacturing world with Victoria’s Secret and JCPenney, later expanding into collaborations with Nicole Miller and the development of Crunch Gym’s activewear line. Her early disruption of the menswear space with Chedda — the first women-owned urban fashion line created for Kmart — signaled a pattern that would define her career: stepping into arenas where women were rarely centered and reshaping them with clarity and conviction.
Her influence broadened in 2009 with the creation of The House of Faith & Fashion, a project exploring the spiritual and emotional layers behind design. What began as a vision grew into an NBC reality series, a national speaker platform, and a syndicated radio program. Rubinstein’s commentary on WABC, WNBC, Lifetime, i24, HuffPost, and Page Six positioned her as a cultural interpreter capable of connecting fashion to the deeper forces that shape human experience.
In recent years, Rubinstein’s leadership has become increasingly global. Her appointment to the advisory committee of Fashion Week Forum International and Moda Productions allows her to lend her perspective to the next generation of designers and creative teams. Her guidance supports not only emerging talent but the broader shift toward storytelling that is culturally grounded, spiritually intelligent, and creatively fearless.
Her founding of The Tahor Group in 2014, and her later creation of Haute and Holy with Mana Fashion Services during New York Fashion Week 2022, further demonstrate her commitment to expanding fashion into conversations about identity, modesty, and modern culture. These initiatives now influence academic programs, media development, and community conversation.
Rubinstein’s bestselling books — The House of Faith & Fashion: What My Wardrobe Taught Me About G-d and Haute & Holy — along with her TEDx Talk and upcoming television adaptation, serve as extensions of a lifelong mission: proving that clothing is not superficial but deeply connected to spiritual and cultural expression.
Her recent recognition with the Fashion Icon Award during Paris Fashion Week offered a quiet acknowledgment of her decades of thought leadership, though Rubinstein herself views it simply as a moment that reflects the work still ahead.
“Faith & Fashion is one of the most powerful cultural languages we have,” she says. “Its meaning is limitless. My role is to help honor that meaning.”
As she steps further into advisory leadership across international fashion platforms, Tobi Rubinstein’s influence continues to evolve — not as an accolade-focused legacy, but as a living, expanding body of work guiding how fashion thinks, speaks, and transforms.
Written by Cheslie Ryan
Editor
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