Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Found My New Black



When you need to pack most of your clothes and move to another country, you comprehend what you really have there. Dark Blue was always one of my favorite colors, but when I had to organize a new closet, I found out it is actually my new Black. When I thought about it I just understood it is the most elegant, cool, practical and beautiful color that matches e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. I'm not talking about jeans, but Dark Blue/Navy/however you want to call it. Sometimes, if it is dark enough it looks like black, but it's so much different. I guess I can go further and say it is really the color that can excite me and surprise me each and every time I see it. Try to match it to any other color, just as you usually do with black (or even grey) and see what you get. And by the way, it goes perfectly with Black, although people tend to think it is a big no-no. If you don't agree with me, I will be happy to help you see it :)

From my closet:

From left: Yael Mania perfect coat, Jackets: top - Gap, left: Alexa Chung for Madewell,
right: Men's suit store in Israel, left: Marni for H&M that I forgot at home :(


Even my laptop is dark blue

My wish-list:

 From left: Loeffler Randall rubber rain boots, Marni suede wood sandals and Stuart Weitzman pumps both from theoutnet.com, Superga sneakers

From the runway:

From left: Damir Doma Spring-Summer 2013, Derek Lam Spring-Summer 2013,
Celine Resort 2013, Dries Van Noten Spring-Summer 2013

From left: Celine Fall 2012, Jil Sander Spring-Summer 2013, Jason Wu Spring-Summer 2013 (both)


From the street:

Casual Navy by genius Scott Shuman AKA The Sartorialist

Elegant Navy by The Sartorialist

Casual-Elegnt Navy by The Sartorialist

Chic details by Tommy Ton for style.com

More details by Tommy Ton for style.com



P.S:

Thank you Hurricane Sandy for making me the time to write this post.


Runway pics from style.com
Street style pics by The Sartorialist from here
Street style pics by Tommy Ton from here

Friday, October 5, 2012

Dreaming about you, Paris

The thing with living in a different country, not at home in Israel, is that every day you learn something new and every hour you see something you did not see before. It is really great when you pass the phase when it's difficult to live far from home, and right after you get to the point you accept the new place as your new home, and love it. It took me a while, but I am definitely there. But in the past week I really wanted to be somewhere else - I wished to be in Paris. I wrote before about fashion week in New York, and it was really great to follow the shows, even it was only by style.com. Paris Fashion Week is different. I just wanted to be there. To feel the city, to feel the fashion, to live the inspiration. So each and every day I was attached to the coverage of the shows in style.com and tried to live Paris in the US. I couldn't find the words to describe what I saw there, it was just so amazing. The Parisian chic is just...see for yourself. These are my favorite looks from my favorite shows in Paris fashion week, along with what I did here, far away from there, while thinking about it all the time.The story, this time, is really just about the visuals, so try to look at the details like they were words to read. Enjoy.


Dries Van Noten, the genius

more Dries Van Noten

left: privat garden in Philadelphia, center: at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
 right: blue flowers fabric - a skirt by Dorin Frankfurt

Dries Van Noten, details

left: on the way from Philadelphia to New York, center: at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
 right: The second bank in the US, built in the 18th century, Philadelphia

Giambattista Valli

Giambattista Valli, details

left: rain in Philadelphia, right: Toulouse Lautrec painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Balenciaga

Balenciaga, details

left: A bank in Philadelphia, center: Henri Matisse painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
right: The Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Maison Martin Margiela

Maison Martin Margiela, details

left: outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, right: Pablo Picasso painting
 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Valentino

Stella McCartney

left: view from Williamsburg, Brooklyn apartment, right: rain in Philadelphia

Stella McCartney, details

Celine.
 ? Is there a chance designer Phoebe Philo making fun of all of us

All runway pics are from style.com, the rest - I took this week.