Designist Dream

Seven days left until Hanukkah and four more incredible gift ideas at your disposal: (from top left, clockwise) * Please note: all items are available for purchase online. Links provided below. Just because your man has a jobby job these days, doesn’t mean he’s no longer cool. Remind him of his hipper, younger times with [...]

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As I mentioned before, Israel has advanced into the quarter finals of the international street fashion tournament over at Street Clash. Normally, I would turn to you, dear readers, with a plea to vote for Israel well, simply because supporting Israel is cool. But now it turns out, you should really go vote for Israel [...]

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Eight days left until Hanukkah and four incredible gift ideas at your disposal: (from top left, clockwise) Tell your man he’s electrifying with this cityscape-inspired tee from Israeli clothing designers 220VOLT. Ironically, I’ve seen more of these electricity poles in the US than I have in Israel, but trust Tel Aviv artists to make street [...]

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Sorry I’ve been AWOL lately, visiting family stateside has been a welcome vacation. My little baby doll is enjoying playing with friends new and old, while Harry and I rack up the Starbucks coffee treats. With a few fun posts underway for when I have some more time and access to a computer, below is [...]

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Internationally renown Israeli tailored fashion company Bagir recently revealed a new green line of their expensive fabric perfect for upscale, smart looks. The line, called EcoGir, includes organic components, all natural cottons, and recycled fibers all not normally associated with high-end suits – because having Post Consumer Waste on the labels doesn’t exactly appeal to [...]

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The scene: Fashion Street, Internetland Three young women are walking towards each other. From the left, she exudes cool, comfort and an urban-punk attitude. Although she’s got a tune stuck in her head, she’s moseying on by as if her boom-box bag were blasting. From the right, two best friends, hang all over each other, [...]

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Before I continue recounting my adventures in Tel Aviv’s Gan HaHashmal neighborhood last weekend, I thought it only fair to provide some history about this newly-renovated-and-now-super-trendy area. Gan HaHashmal, or “the Electric Garden” in Hebrew, named after the city’s first power plant, is an old area of Tel Aviv that used to be a haven [...]

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What started as a small test-run with an $11 strip of leather and seven hand-made bags five years ago has recently turned into an internationally sold and sought-after label for Israeli designer, Tali Epstein Segal. Sumptuous leather replete with subtle details and more obvious studs and fringes have come to define the eponymous TES brand [...]

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While pregnant, I found myself surfing tons of baby/ pregnancy sites for diaper bags. Like shoes, diaper bags aren’t contingent on gaining or losing weight (before or after baby) so I often found myself hunting for the perfect bag: part backpack, part messenger bag, wholly stylish, mostly large and very organized. turns out, I didn’t [...]

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