Paws and Palwins: fashion insiders and their pampered pooches gather for kiddush in Freud’s garden

Left to right: Candice Fragis with her dog, Winnie. Joe Dancey, Nicole Dancey Kahlani and Nicole Kahlani (Images: FABAA)[Missing Credit]

Welcoming guests, Lennard said: “Freud arrived in London in 1938 as a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria. The family had always been dog lovers, bringing their chow chow, Lun, with them when they left Vienna. His favourite dog was a chow called Jofi, who used to join him in his consultations with patients, and Freud admitted he often depended upon Jofi for an assessment of his patients' mental state.”

Left to right: Nathan Rosen with his dog Alan Al Capone and Hannah Mossman Moore; Damian Samuels with Lisa Armstrong OBE and her dog Mabel (Images: FABAA)[Missing Credit]Left to right: Sarah Blum, Morgan Fargo, Nikki Kravshik, Naomi May, Talia Lipkin and Julia Hikmet; Natasha Cowan and Damian Samuels with their dog Piper (Images: FABAA)[Missing Credit]

Speaking after the event, Lyons, who founded FABAA and was there with her dog Olive and mother Miriam, added: “Our connection to animals and the earth is more vital than ever; they ground us, comfort us and offer strength in ways words often can’t. It felt incredibly special to honour that bond and come together in such a meaningful and joyful way.”

It was a sentiment echoed by Lisa Armstrong OBE, Fashion Director of The Telegraph, who gave a speech prior to Kiddush extolling the spiritual energy of dogs and the synergy with Shabbat.

Left to right: Olive Lyons; Luke Hersheson enjoys a fishball (Images: FABAA)[Missing Credit]Left to right: club icon Philip Sallon with designer Reuben Sofer-Yadgaroff; Miriam Lyons with Olive, and harpist Noa Davies (Images: FABAA)[Missing Credit]

After the kiddush, guests and their dogs were invited to tour the Freud Museum, which is based in the Hampstead home where Sigmund Freud spent his final years. 

Olive, Piper and Mabel make themselves comfortable on Anna Freud's couch (Image: FABAA)[Missing Credit]

Fashion & Beauty Against Antisemitism was founded in the wake of October 7 to help foster understanding across minority communities in our industry. Their first event they organised was a Fashion Kiddush at Western Marble Arch shul with 100 fashion guests joining the regular congregation. In February, they hosted a Shabbat dinner in New York to mark fashion week in collaboration with The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), featuring a glittering guest list of fashion big-hitters, including Zac Posen, Andre Walker, Michael Halpern, Rebecca Hessel Cohen and Nicky Campbell.