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So the best lesson learned from FMarket was this: Israeli jewelry rocks. It’s new. It’s different. It’s hand-crafted. And it’s by and for individuals. I fell so deeply in love with O-Shan jewelry by the funky Israeli designer Shelley Leemor that I just had to go back. And I wasn’t just thinking of myself. Wearing [...]

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So I shopped my credit card off at the FMarket as the shopping bags above illustrate. Presents for the whole family from tee-shirts (for the man), cute things (for the little girl) and jewelry (for me). It seemed like accessories were the most exciting part of the FMarket. Not only because the items were incredible [...]

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Green Prophet has been featuring some amazing Israeli design items that also pique ecological interest including these awesome rocking chair slippers and this multipurposeful skirt/parachute. Both are the works of Israeli designer Yael Mer who, in her raw-edges design studio seems to bury whimsy and subtle meaning deep within the objects’ design. Take for example [...]

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Now that the excitement has passed - and the shopping has subsided for a while - I’d love to share with you my experience at Fmarket this past weekend. Many of Designist’s readers have asked what Fmarket is (or was) like - Is it like fashion week? Is it exclusive? Are there runway shows? Does [...]

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For those readers who have asked how to get to the FMarket and don’t speak Hebrew - or read the silly website which itself it not as informative as it should be - here’s some useful info.
The FMarket is at the Tel Aviv Fair Grounds - or Ganei Taaroocha in Hebrew.
It’s located on Rokach [...]

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Well, I just got back from the first night at Tel Aviv’s annual designer fair fmarket and let me tell you - I had such a blast but didn’t buy nearly enough stuff. And apparently, didn’t take any good pics - says the photographer in the family who was babysitting instead. So I’ll be headed [...]

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As you may recall, I love my Gitta bag diaper bag. Love it, love it, love it. The color, the design, the fabric, the inside organization. I sing its praises practically every day, as I sling what’s become more my bag than Tz’s diaper bag over my shoulder and head down Israel’s busy streets. And [...]

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Well apologies for missing in action but I spent the better half of last week with a cough and cold that knocked me and little Tz out for good. At the first sign of her getting better I conned her way back into a half-day at playgroup and got me some more sleep. But still [...]

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Designist shouts out a big welcome to the Middle Eastern blogging block to new eco-informed blog Green Prophet by blogger Karin Kloosterman. Karin is a contributor to blogs Treehugger and Carbon Copy and a writer for the Jerusalem Post. She also seems to have her ear to the ground because her posts are incredibly informed [...]

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We did it! ilook Israeli street fashion blog has won the Streetclash international street fashion tournament! In the amount of time it takes four fashion trends to come and go, Tel Aviv’s finest took on the academic boho’s of Vilnius, the retro hipsters of Minneapolis and the (Eastern) Euro trendy of Talinn and won by [...]

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