Ruth Dayan, the founder of Maskit, a fashion house that expressed her social justice ideals by employing the artistic traditions of Jewish immigrants and Arabs, died Feb. 5 at her home in Tel Aviv. The ex-wife of the Israeli soldier-statesman Moshe Dayan, she was 103.

Maskit had stores in Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and sold Jewelry, housewares and textiles as well as modish clothing. You could find Maskit at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. There were collaborations with Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior.

“Maskit was an aesthetic melting pot,” said Tal Amit, director and curator of the Rose Archive at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art in Ramat Gan, Israel. “It incorporated what Israel stood for, this mix of traditions and societies, and it all came together in one modern aesthetic.” The company closed in 1994.