Rikma was a label from Israeli designer, Rozi Ben-Josef. Her father, a tailor named Shlomo Hananel, started a small family textile business in Bulgaria in the 1940s. His business was the original Rikma and he made fabrics for the Royal Family of Bulgaria. Rozi trained under her father, and in 1948, she married Yosef Ben-Josef and moved to Israel where she discovered “Molidor” - an inexpensive woven cotton fabric that was mostly used for towels. In 1962 she created her first collection, inspired by the clothing that was worn by Nomads of the desert, under the Rikma label. A long hooded beach dress named Silema was chosen to represent Israel in 1972 at a fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She retired from the fashion world in the 1980s.
