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The real people on Scott Schuman’s photos


I feel like it’s one thing to admire The Sartorialist photos (we all do) and it’s a whole different thing to know the people he is photographing again and again at different times, events and venues. This video is not only well-edited and beautifully done, it is also very interesting and give a glimpse to these real people, not necessarily in high positions in the fashion industry, yet they are fascinating because of who they are and thanks to their simplicity.

The Sartorialist – Personal Portraits from ACTA on Vimeo.

Told you, it’s inspiring and beautiful.

p.s. If you still don’t own The Sartorialist books, I highly recommend them both. I always go back to them for inspiration. You can view and purchase them here through Amazon:
This is the first book –

And this is the second book –

xx

Hilla Ohayon

Mantra for Sunday morning

By Jim Jarmusch -

 

xx

Hilla Ohayon

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

The week that has been

They say that November was energetically evil and brutal to all. It is December 1st, and I saw a beautiful full moon last night.
To add just a couple more cliches to it, I would say that good things happen to those who wait, and also that no dream will ever come true if you don’t work for it. Very hard too.

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Hoping for a better month to end a pretty complicated and eventful year :)

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

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At work

 

What is up with me and my phone? So what my friends say is true, I guess – I just can’t let it go! These were taken at Accessorize London fashion show for spring/summer 2012:

I took the sitting-down pictures. My texting ones were taken by one of my best friends, Karin Bar, who is the most talented photographer I know and such an amazing friend. You can see her stunning work here, here and also, yeah, here.

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Thursday to Thusday: my week

 

 

It’s been a really intense week, but also very exciting. We are finally starting to work on the next fashion conference here in Israel, which will be the second, and there is so much to so and plan! I can only tell you this for now – it’s going to be so amazing! We set down to work on the schedule this week. I was early at the producer’s office:

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The meeting went really well, and after stressing out over the list of things we need to do, I started to get really excited too. I hopped on another cab and rushed to the office, not before I got some coffee.

 

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As you can see, I’ve been really tired lately. My face can’t lie! It’s all there. The day after ended with a really cool event I will write about a bit later, presenting spring/summer 2012 makeup trends by MAC Cosmetics. When it ended, I was waiting for the car to come and take me home, and I saw these great sandals. I think they are Louboutins but not sure.

 

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It was really hard to take good photos at the makeup event, as I was sitting in the back (being late has its price. always!) and the screens are not very photogenic. But I did love the colors and shades, and the hair! Oh my it was a neon party all around.

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I was home by 10pm. Really long day! The morning after started even earlier, with a press preview for Mango spring/summer 2012, which I blogged about here. It was really nice, actually. I will always have love towards Mango, I basically grew up inside their sweaters in the 90s. I got this straw bag from the new collection:

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My Saturday was the most perfect day ever. I went outside of the city, all the way in the nature with friends. It was a gorgeous sunny day. We had a nice fire outside, great food and lots of laughs. I even found a local dog to play with, she was so friendly and spoiled, a true hugger.

 

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Two more days of work and off to the weekend. This is me in the car on the way to the office.

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Top is by Zara, sunglasses are Botega Venetta, lipgloss is Chanel.

After a long day at the office, I was heading to see Manaolo Blahnik’s new collection at 7:30pm. It was beautiful! Very colorful, fun and very feminine. No brutal wedges, just gentle stilettos. Beautiful.

 

 

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And that was  wrap! Grabbed another green tea on my way back home and went through my Flipboard while stuck in traffic. I found an amazing shot of Patti Smith, I just had to have it:

 

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And… that’s a wrap, all ready to start the weekend! I was so exhausted by the last day of the work week, I just had to wear something super cosy and warm. I chose Maya Negri’s coat-dress in light Beige. It’s made of the softest fabric I’ve ever touched, it’s like your softest favorite sweatshirt, just very elegant and chic. Sunglasses are Botega Venetta. Have a great weekend!

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xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

 

 

Self Service Magazine Issue 35 is out

In Paris only, for now. I can’t wait to get my hands on the new issue. Here’s a sneak preview of it:

 

xoxo,

Hilla Ohayon.

Corner of inspiration

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My day in fashion – pics

While waiting for my cab to pick me up to a fashion preview, I took these:

The beautiful tree below my window

 

The window of my favorite vintage gallery:

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The sidewalk. A typical Tel Avivian sidewalk:

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At the fashion preview, I couldn’t help myself and took some feet pictures, mostly of the shoes my colleagues were wearing, and of the beautiful poster on the wall, and my favorite sweater from that collection, by Yossi Katzav:

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The poster on the wall:

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And last, the sweater, hanged on a hanger on the side, just like that:

the sweater

 

xoxo,

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.