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December, really?

It’s funny how I’ve been waiting for this month to start for quite a while now and now that it has, I’m pretty shocked that this year is coming to its end.
Big changes are coming my way and it’s way too soon to write about them here, but I can only say that I can’t wait for 2013 to finally start. I couldn’t be more ready for it.
This week has been quite eventful with collections previews, meetings, dinners with friends and, yeah, work. I started feeling my traveling need biting me a little bit too. Although I miss my friends in NY very much, and the city of course, I really want to go to Paris. I feel like I haven’t been there for too long, since March I think? I really miss it.
Here is the passing week in photos. You can find more in my Instagram at @HillaO.

 

I grabbed a couple of Noritamy rings and pilled them up on one finger. Here is the gorgeous result, I can’t have enough of those. You can check their amazing designs here at Nortiamy website:

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This one was taken at one of my favorite places to eat in Tel Aviv, Hotel Montifiore. I think I eat there about 3-4 times a week now, I love it! These are a couple of deserts we shared, it was amazing!

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And yeah I was so happy when Grace Coddington’s new memoir came in with a messenger at my place, I’ve been so curious to read it since I read about it. It’s here and it’s much thicker than I thought it would be:

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What can I say, elevators can be boring. My accountant’s office is on the 34th floor, I had to goof around while I was on my way up:

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I went to Maya Negri’s collection preview this week at the new boutique hotel in TLV, Brown Hotel. The lobby is beautiful, I loved the huge bookshelf, it’s amazing. Here’s me with Maya and her winter collection’s face-of.
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The famous bookshelf –

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One of the best things that happened to me was this – lunch with a very good friend, Shelly Gross. I’ve said it here before but I am never too lazy to say it again – besides countless great virtues Shelly has, she also writes the best fashion blog (written in Hebrew) in Israel. Hands down. It’s my favorite. If you read Hebrew, check it out here. Our time together is priceless and means so much to me. She is the best!

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She took this photo of me at the restaurant. I regramed from her Instagram straight into mine, I loved it :)

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Till next time,

xx

Hilla Ohayon

Sculptures in Sepia

I take my camera everywhere I go, no matter what. That’s why I chose a really good mini digital camera that can fit my smallest clutch bag :-) You can never know when you will see a moment or a frame worth capturing. I try not to miss those moments. When I’m too lazy, I just use the camera on my iPhone. Sometimes it’s good enough.

I saw these beautiful sculptures at an opening of a very big fashion store in Tel-Aviv. Needless to say, I couldn’t think about the clothes after I saw them. They are full of humor, life and naive all together.

 

 

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Self Service Magazine Issue 34 – Explore on Video

I know it’s not the same. I can also tell you this – don’t skip purchasing the real think, in paper and all. Hours of joy are guaranteed.

Treat this as a teaser or as a sneak peek:

 

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Fashion journalists presentation at Banker boutique

Hi!

I haven’t been around lately, I know, and I’m so sorry! I swear it’s all for good reasons though – I come wearing good news only.
After a long time of debating with myself, I’ve decided to do more of what I love best :-) You’re now reading the blog of the new accessories (shoes, bags, jewelry, sunglasses, scarves… you got it by now) journalist of Haaretz! So, besides my regular fashion news column, red carpet events coverage and fashion sales columns, I’m going to write a whole lot more :-)

These wonderful news made me very happy, and I started visiting shops and designers, guided by their PR people, and been trying to get the hang of what’s going on in the fashion world, in all these fun accessories and other things I have never reviewed before.

 

 

I started with Banker (unfortunately their site has been “under construction” for years now), and I loved the interior design of the 2 stories boutique and, on top of all, the shoes and jewelry they import. Here are some of the pics I took there:

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Banker boutique, a set on Flickr.

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Burberry Prorsum Womenswear Automn/Winter 2011

I’m no fan of real fur. In fact, it’s where I draw the line. They say “never say never”, and still, here it goes – I will never wear fur. It’s too brutal for the poor animals, fake furs are just as beautiful these days and are well done, and even if not – the world is full with beautiful fashion besides fur.

Yet, Burberry Prorsum’s latest fashion show was beautiful with and without the fur they use. The wool coats are my favorite, especially those in the beautiful color of mandarin. Here are all the looks from the latest show, enjoy!

 

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon

An Interview with me at WWD Magic

Michelle from www.hercatwalk.com came to me at WWD Magic, after watching our Teen Vogue Bloggers Panel, and asked me a few questions about fashion blogging. Here is the interview:

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Enjoy!

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon

Best 2010 fashion moments

Fashion blogs, websites, newspapers and magazines have all worked really hard to sum-up 2010 in fashion. The list of great posts is quite enormous, and as it is a big part of my job to read them all, I collected the ones I liked best. Here they are:

1. The New York Times: Cathy Horyn’s Key Fashion Moments of 2010

Phoebe Philo. Source: Glamour.com

Phoebe Philo. Source: Glamour.com

Alexander McQueen. Source: askmen.com

Alexander McQueen. Source: askmen.com

2. The New York Times:  The year in style: Daphne Guinness, Fashion’s Wild Child

Daphne Guinness. Source: wmagazine.com

Daphne Guinness. Source: wmagazine.com

Daphne Guinness. Source: nypost.com

Daphne Guinness. Source: nypost.com

3. British Vogue’s Best Dressed for 2010 – in pics

4. Stylite’s Style Icons of 2010 – photos

5. Style.com’s Front Row Reports: The Regulars

Leighton Meester. Source: Style.com

Leighton Meester. Source: Style.com

Natalia Vodianova. Source: Style.com

Natalia Vodianova. Source: Style.com

6. Tommy ton’s Best Dressed of 2010 pics on Style.com – don’t skip this one!

7. NYmag.com’s The Cut: The Best of the Best and Worst dressed Lists – a great slideshow

8. British Vogue’s Best of Street Chic

9. Refinery29′s 2011 New Year’s Resolutions – Fashion Designers Resolutions

Jason Wu. Source: Refinery29

Jason Wu. Source: Refinery29

10. Vogue.com’s The Impact List of 2010 – great read!

And here are my best happenings in fashion of 2010, in tags, of course :-)

Pheobe Philo for Celine, Preen, Alexander McQueen, Sophia Coppola’s movie Somewhere, boyfriend blazers, boyfriend jeans, oversized everything, my visits to New York, my subscription to wwd.com which brought fashion closer to me, twitter and especially the fashion friends I have on Twitter, Topshop, Jackie O.

That’s it, Happy New Year Everybody!

May this year be filled with best of happiness, health, love and prosperity to you all :-)

Hilla Ohayon

Hilla Ohayon

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Happy New Year | Shana Tova :-)

There’s nothing I’m looking forward to more than going out of the city tomorrow. It’s a long holiday weekend, and I really need to get some air that doesn’t come out of my laptop.

May this year be the breakthrough it seems already to be,

May it be sweet, and tendering,

Loving and easy,

Healthy and inspiring,

Interesting and always surprising.

(in the picture: symbol of nature to me: the Daisy by Marc Jacobs ad campaign)

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon

Living in Fashion

I just took these pics today when I somehow found out that these are the things I do every day! I pack two bags: 1 handbag, 1 laptop bag, go out to my favorite cafe to work, get a big coffee and go over my favorite fashion blogs and websites. Here are a few of my everyday to-do’s.

You can always trust that life in fashion will be beautiful and interesting :-)

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source: http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

My bags with my everything in them :)

My favorite cafe

source: http://jakandjil.com/blog/

source: http://jakandjil.com/blog/

source: http://jakandjil.com/blog/

http://www.garancedore.fr/en/

A bag on the floor. A perfect hairy dude.

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon

FCUK – French Connection Fall/Winter 2010

I was invited to FCUK lunch and presentation for press today. It was pretty special. It was held at a private room of a nice restaurant, and the presentation was really pleasant. For just one hour, it was really nice to forget that it’s a Monday and it’s 3pm, practically the most stressful part of the week. I have always loved French Connection’s designs and chic, and of course, I always love meeting my fashion journalists friends. Along the way, I’ve made some great friends in that field, and we inspire and help each other a lot. That’s fun. I love my jobs. All of them :-)

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.