28 Jun 2009
Hey everybody 
If you read Hebrew and want to read my second review on last week’s chapter, you can see it here and tell me what you think of it:
http://www.bamoda.co.il/fashion/Articles.aspx?id=665
Enjoy!
Hilla
26 Jun 2009
It’s Friday morning, and I’m at the office. I have to work till noon 
Can’t wait to go back home, go down to the gym, spend 30 minutes on my treadmill, shower and get some beauty sleep before dinner.
Tomorrow is all about partying – two of my very close friends are having two separate birthday parties, at the same time. One of them involves pool and sun, the other one is all about clubbing. I have no idea what to wear for both events.
I also plan to do so much writing this weekend – I have 3 articles pending and one blog post for http://www.vetrinas.com waiting to be edited. I’m pretty sure I won’t manage to pull everything through but I sure hope that I get to finish at least some of it…
And now for my pending thoughts
I’ve decided to pay a little attention to what people have to say about me lately. Usually, I tend to let people talk and get it over with. Especially at the office. Every day when I walk in, I go through at least 5 people (women, of course) that simply must say something about the way I look. There has to be something about what I wear in general, the way my face look (makeup? that too) and my total look. Every day.
Last night I was sitting with the girls at the end of the day, and they were asking me questions about clothes, fashion and what I do outside of the office in general. For them, it all seems like a lot of work – dressing up every day, putting on a little makeup, and taking care of the way they look instead of pulling the first thing that falls on them when they open their closets and run out the door.
The truth is – it’s really not that hard. I can be ready to go out in less than 30 minutes, shower included. It’s all about knowing your closet and needs. I think about my closet when I shower, so I know what I’m going to wear when I’m done. My closet is very well organized so I know where every thing is, so that’s easy too. I get dressed in 5 minutes, put on some foundation, mascara and some blush, and I’m out. It can’t be That difficult…
And yes, I’m updated with it all. Fashion, trends, blogs, magazines, you name it. I can’t really say that I imply every thing that I read on the way that I dress and look. I’m in to keeping it simple, clean, classic and… mostly monochromatic. Of course, 90% of my closet is black and full of dresses. It’s who I am, I feel very comfortable in what I always wear, and I think it’s what is best for me. I think it’s the best advise I could give to anybody. Keeping myself updated and deciding what’s best for me gives best composition on my look.
I also keep reading other fashion blogs and it always makes me wonder. I can never see myself go out to a market and buy clothes that cost less than a good dinner. Just can’t. And I’m not even talking about second hand purchases. I’m just not that type of a girl.
The only “cheap” shopping I’m more than willing to do is on this one – http://www.net-a-porter.com/ Their Sale page is sooo fab, I hardly keep myself from adding it all to my imaginary cart! If only I was still naive to think that credit cards are magic cards and has nothing to do with money 
like the opening line of Confessions of a Shopaholic (don’t go to see that movie, it’s crappy, besides the fashion in it, of course).
I just much rather buy quality and little of it than tons of crap that would never survive my laundry machine…
Concluding with a winner’s summer dress by Sara Brown, sitting at my favorite NYC spot:
Have a great weekend everybody!
Hilla
24 Jun 2009
It’s boiling hot here. Steamy. Nobody leaves the AC for no reason. It’s all about moving from the ac in the house to the ac in the car and then to the ac at the office/restaurant/cafe or anywhere else. No meetings outside for no reason.
That’s what the summer in Israel is like. And since it’s mid summer here already, I feel like moving on to the Pre-Fall collections. I haven’t seen any yet, but I hope that they are full of nice dresses like this summer is.
In order to wrap this summer up, I just wanted to take a last look on two of my favorites, Balenciaga and BottegaVeneta ‘s Resort Collections RTW for 2010. I can’t stop loving these two, especially because I think that their designs are endless and has very little to do with trends. The best part about them is that you can wear their designs anywhere, any hour of the day, and every year, again and again. They’re classic, flattering, forever comfortable and beautiful. Just one last sneak peak. promise
I’ve missed very little of it. I know them all, I’ve seen them all. Besides all that I have uploaded here already in my previous posts, I just wanna have these (very) few and I’m done.
The first four are from Balenciaga -
1. A short beige classic dress, so nice!
2. Another one in beige from Balenciaga, RTW anywhere -
3. Balenciaga in grey, gorgeous!
4. Last one – Balenciaga’s white top and white skirt. I just love it:
Now moving to my last Bottega Veneta’s picks for this collection:
1. Bottega Veneta’s black balloon dress -
2. Bottega Veneta’s outfit in black and prune:
3. And for the last one – Bottega Veneta’s forever classic outfit – black and white -
I am now officially ready to move on with the seasons and check out all that is new and I haven’t yet seen.
Hope you liked it,
Hilla
18 Jun 2009
For all of you Hebrew readers, here’s a link to my first review on the first chapter. Stay tuned, I plan to write one after each chapter from now on
http://www.bamoda.co.il/fashion/Articles.aspx?id=659
Feel free to share your feedback, comments and anything else (that is nice, please ) here or at the attached link.
Hope you’re gonna like it!
Hilla
14 Jun 2009
I just couldn’t stop watching this one again and again.
What a perfect combination of two of my great loves – classic ballet and Chanel. I have spent 13 years of my life dancing classic ballet and have always admired Chanel. This creation actually brought tears to my eyes! I wouldn’t have found out about it unless I had the Chanel application for iPhone, which is so beautifully designed and so user friendly.
I wish I could embed it to here, but the Chanel website is all about Flash. Oh well, all there’s left for me to do is HIGHLY recommend to you all to enter this link, sit back in your armchairs, volume up, and watch this very moving piece:
http://www.chanel.com/fashion/8#8-fashion-trends-a-ballet-for-karl-lagerfeld-0,96
Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do
Hilla
12 Jun 2009
Oh, it’s a long one.
I started writing as I learned how to. I have always had a personal diary. Ever since I can remember myself. Always.
(The bad part is that I threw them all away)
That was me. The writing girl. When I didn’t have my diary with me, I wrote on everything I could: pieces of paper, school books, school notebooks, post-its, you name it. I used to save all the written pieces and save them till I get home, and then post them to my diary, so I won’t miss a single word.
As I got older, I started writing only when I was sad or having a bad time. Those were the times I wrote most. I sometimes couldn’t stop writing and did it for hours. I used to wake up at nights and hurry to get a piece of paper because some random thought or a sentence crossed my mind while I was asleep and woke me up.
Some people say I don’t talk enough. That I might be too quiet. I guess it’s true. If only they could hear how loud and clear the words are inside my mind, they would probably think differently. I talk to them all, all the time, inside my head. As far as I’m concerned, I’d write them all emails, letters, messages or whatever they’d like as a conversation tool, as long as I don’t have to actually use my voice. I’d much rather write instead.
And then came my thesis, which I made the main theme for it up myself, and it’s mine, and I’m creating it from scratch, and I love it. At the beginning it was surprising and so different. I wasn’t used to write despite my emotions. It’s research, it’s based on facts, it’s a big pile of notes, documents, tables, pictures, memoirs, and more that I have been collecting for two years now. I love writing it, yet it has nothing to do with my writing-out-of-emotions kind of writing.
Writing is endless. It’s another world, parallel to this one, and only those who write can grasp its wonder. I’m so happy I can understand the value of writing. I do feel privileged.
After all this came this brand new year with its world shaking changes. One of them was trying to write about favorite topics. As a career. So this is basically what I do here – I write here about anything I want.
So now I basically write in four different favorite places:
1. My thesis;
2. http://blog.vetrinas.com/ – My blog about http://www.vetrinas.com, which is such a lovely website that I love (oh, and work for );
3. http://www.bamoda.co.il/ – A fashion designers index in Hebrew I also just started writing for (in Hebrew);
4. And here. My home. Where I can lay my hat on
It took me a little more than 20 years to finally write freely without locking my diary and placing the key back in my key chain. Growing up can be sometimes nice. Writing about it is another topic I try to handle by writing about with
11 Jun 2009
Finally, I have written my first blog post for http://www.vetrinas.com.
It’s right here: http://blog.vetrinas.com/
I’m very happy about it and would love to read your comments and see you there too. Oh yeah, it’s what I do And it’s so much fun. Just wanted to let you all know.
Hilla
7 Jun 2009
I’m picky and I’m almost monochromatic, I know.
Now, how’s that for trying not to call myself snobbish and boring?
I did go through all of them, one by one, saved more than a few I liked, and then I made up my mind with the top last four to be uploaded here. Surprisingly enough (or so not), the outfits are either black or white or both.
Allow me to start with my pick from Carolina Herrera‘s white dress. The look is so interesting, classy and clean, gotta love it:
Moving on to Narciso Rodriguez in two versions of the classiest outfit ever – a white top and a black skirt – version I:
And here’s another version of his to the same look (I can’t even decide which I like better. I’d wear them both anywhere!):
And the last one I chose as a favorite black and white outfit – a dress by Zac Posen:
I find it all such a big comfort, I get to be stylish and still boring next year as well, this is just great news!
Hope you all liked it,
Hilla
4 Jun 2009
I was planning on writing this one for a week now, but didn’t have time. I guess this post will soon be called “Part I” and there will be a “Part II”, because I haven’t finished going through all of my favorite designers online yet.
Summer 2010 will finally be a classy one. Sleeky fabrics, soft and pleasant colors, and great shades.
Here’s a sneak peek OF what I had to save and upload because I was very excited to find
First comes Bottega Veneta, one of my favorites:
How would you call this gorgeous color? Is that prune?
Another one of hers – the perfect everyday outfit: Black stunning pants and a beautiful white blouse -
And last item from Bottega Veneta – the perfect summer night dress. In a dark shade, of course -
Now moving to another favorite of mine, forever classic, forever for me:
Donna Karan – summer dress in black and flowers, a very flattering silhouette and a soft and light fabric -
And what a surprise – an outfit I fell in love with, even if its color’s nude and not dark. This one’s just beautiful, also by Donna Karan -
And my last one, just for now, is from a designer I only found out about last summer. This is Elie Tahari, an Israeli (like me!) who is so talented! Check out these classic items of his – a black classy skirt with an interesting white blouse -
I know, I still have a lot to cover. And I promisse that I will Sooner than expected, for sure.
What do you think of this little peek so far?
xoxoxo,
Hilla
