Iconography

Part II. The Water Creature

2011-01-10T20:47:00.003+02:00

My favorite.

Heart Of Glass

2011-01-10T18:16:00.006+02:00

I went to the Dale Chihuly's show in Tel Aviv. It was just so beautiful.

January Fog

2011-01-06T20:54:00.002+02:00

2011-01-06T17:36:00.007+02:00

While I was trying to find inspiration for a paper on art and myth in ancient Greece, I found some beautiful ancient jewelry, and thought I should share. These are all from the Metropolitan Museum.

M I A

2011-01-06T17:25:00.004+02:00

Hello!
I've been away from this blog for so long. For a while I was contemplating on the idea of close this little thing here. But I kinda missed it. So if someone still visited, then thank you and hello again. I'll try to be a better blogger from now on. Hopefully.

MAGIC

2010-07-08T12:51:00.001+03:00

Givenchy. Fall 2010 couture.

2010-06-15T19:22:00.002+03:00

Here are a few photos I took in Paris last week

Can't Wait

2010-06-14T21:42:00.004+03:00

Oh, this is new

Au Revoir

2010-06-06T19:21:00.002+03:00

My stripes shirts and Repetto flats are already in the suitcase... I'm off to Paris!

Boo!

2010-06-02T22:49:00.002+03:00

2010-06-02T21:10:00.004+03:00

2010-06-02T21:01:00.002+03:00

Somewhere

2010-04-16T00:36:00.003+03:00

I am a bad blogger. Sorry for that.
This is my apology. A mixture of pastels, flowers, bows and chiffon, which never gets old, I guess.

Primavera

2010-03-18T02:39:00.001+02:00

Cinnamon

2010-03-18T01:29:00.005+02:00

Is it just me, or does Alix, the Cherry Blossom Girl, takes the most beautiful défilé photographs?

Colours

2010-02-28T20:32:00.002+02:00

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise,
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.
Blue's the colour of the sky
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
in the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn
In the mornin' when we rise,
In the mornin' when we rise.
in the mornin' when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
Mellow is the feeling that I get
when I see her, mm hmm,
when I see her, uh huh.
That's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
Freedom is a word I rarely use
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
Of the time, of the time
When I've been loved.

Lyrics - Donovan

Photos: Ronald Dick for POP #22, Spring Summer 2010

2010-02-19T11:47:00.004+02:00

It's my Birthday today.

Have a great weekend!

The Royal Couple

2010-02-12T15:43:00.002+02:00

Bird of paradise

2010-02-12T15:31:00.004+02:00

RIP Alexander.

2010-02-07T21:46:00.004+02:00

It has been a whole year since I've started blogging!
Thank you guys for visiting and leaving your sweet comments. I hope this little place has made you a bit happier or has inspired you in any way...

Dark Was the Night

2010-02-02T18:54:00.010+02:00

Pretty dresses for a cold, dark, morbid night. (yes, we all have those nights, don't we?)

Givenchy couture spring 2010

Winter Sun

2010-01-23T18:43:00.003+02:00

All photos from Lolita

III Things I would like

2010-01-20T20:55:00.004+02:00

To live here

To wear this

To lick my fingers after eating this

This is a new decade

2010-01-01T12:52:00.004+02:00

I wish you all a fulfilling new year. Filled with love, dreams, nature, friends and family.

A definition

2009-12-16T22:40:00.003+02:00

Romanticism is the primitive, the untutored, it is youth, life, the exuberant sense of life of the natural man, but it is also pallor, fever, disease, decadence, the maladie de siècle, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, the Dance of Death, indeed Death itself. It is Shelley's dome of many-coloured glass, and it is also his white radiance of eternity. It is the confused teeming fullness and richness of life, Fülle des Lebens, inexhaustible multiplicity, turbulence, violence, conflict, chaos, but also it is peace, oneness with the great `I Am', harmony with the natural order, the music of the spheres, dissolution in the eternal all-containing spirit. It is the strange, the exotic, the grotesque, the mysterious, the supernatural, ruins, moonlight, enchanted castles, hunting horns, elves, giants, griffins, falling water, the old mill on the Floss, darkness and the powers of darkness, phantoms, vampires, nameless terror, the irrational, the unutterable. Also it is the familiar, the sense of one's unique tradition, joy in the smiling aspect of everyday nature, and the accustomed sights and sounds of contented, simple, rural folk — the sane and happy wisdom of rosy-checked sons of the soil. It is the ancient, the historic, it is Gothic cathedrals, mists of antiquity, ancient roots and the old order with its unanalysable qualities, its profound but inexpressible loyalties, the impalpable, the imponderable. Also it is the pursuit of novelty, revolutionary change, concern with the fleeting present, desire to live in the moment, rejection of knowledge, past and future, the pastoral idyll of happy innocence, joy in the passing instant, a sense of timelessness. It is nostalgia, it is reverie, it is intoxicating dreams, it is sweet melancholy and bitter melancholy, solitude, the sufferings of exile, the sense of alienation, roaming in remote places, especially the East, and in remote times, especially the Middle Ages. But also it is happy co-operation in a common creative effort, the sense of forming part of a Church, a class, a party, a tradition, a great and all-containing symmetrical hierarchy, knights and retainers, the ranks of the Church, organic social ties, mystic unity, one faith, one land, one blood, `la terre et les morts', as Barrès said, the great society of the dead and the living and the yet unborn.

*This is a part of Isaiah Berlin's first chapter in the book "The Roots of Romanticism". Although it refers to the historical definition of Romanticism as a movement, I just thought it is beautifully written, and somehow fits in this little blog.

Please sir, may I have some more?

2009-12-16T00:10:00.002+02:00

You can't beat Repetto's ballet flats. I want them in every color.

Mille Feuilles

2009-11-26T21:33:00.007+02:00

Have a great rest of the week guys!
(click on the photos for credits)

Outside Looking In

2009-11-24T18:31:00.006+02:00

1, 4, 6 via Lolita; 5 via Bakerby; 7 Ivan Afanasyev via Rememo

A BUN

2009-11-13T15:10:00.006+02:00

I always try to do the perfectly messed bun, but years of ballet training have left me incapable of messing the perfectly neat bun.
Here are cute and helpful instructions from experience parisienne, via a cup of jo to all of those who struggle, like me, to look like they have just rolled out of bed... hmmm

Night Drive

2009-11-04T20:49:00.007+02:00

(Matteo Ferrari via knight cat; ?;Marie Claire Italy; Balmain via KC; tigerlace; via sabino;?;Backyard Bill; ?; ?; Aurora;)
Sadly I lost many of my credits and links to these gorgeous photos. If you might know the credits for them, please let me know.

Fall/Winter Wishlist

2009-10-27T21:21:00.005+02:00

United Bamboo Fishtail Parka; A.P.C. Wedge Corkie; A.P.C. Trench; Maison Martin Margiela Ligne 22Short Boot with Suede Heel; Opening Ceremony Suede Lattice Wedge;Daphne & Vera Correll Knit Mittens; (all from totokaelo)

Most of all I just wish it will be fall already.

2009-10-18T23:55:00.003+02:00

A new and exciting band, with a very 70's ABBA feel to it. I love their kitschy video and their so awful-that-it's-kinda-pretty dresses. They remind me of the vintage dress I just bought when I was in Cambridge Mass, where I imagine a Harvard professor's wife wore it in the seventies for a cocktail party (or more likely a swingers party...)

Into the Wild

2009-10-12T23:57:00.005+02:00

Some of the beautiful places I've been to this past month.
I feel like I've missed on all of the exciting things that happened on fashion weeks. I must start catching up!

2009-10-01T08:52:00.002+02:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I'm traveling in wild and beautiful places, and without my computer. Soon I will be on my home. I am also so so excited, as I'm going to a Bob Dylan concert. I can't even begin to describe my excitement!
Well, I will come back to the blogging world very soon. Thank you for still coming back here!

NYC

2009-09-21T05:15:00.005+03:00

I only had two days in New York, and I missed the fashion week by only a few days. Still, had lots of fun. My feet still hurts! Next stop, Vancouver!

2009-09-17T20:46:00.001+03:00

Sailing by night.

You can find me there when I'm not here.

The Lovely Universe

2009-09-16T02:52:00.007+03:00

From Circulatory System's show yesterday in Cambridge. Shot by yours truly. It was amazing.

The American Life

2009-09-16T02:16:00.005+03:00

Northampton, Amherst, Cambridge Massachusetts.

Desynchronosis

2009-09-13T03:38:00.006+03:00

Jet lagged. The only thing to watch on TV right now is Lost in Translation. How appropriate.

Off to America

2009-09-09T22:59:00.004+03:00

Tomorrow I will start my big American adventure! I haven't been in America for far too long (six years) and am excited to see and experience what it has to offer. I will spend the first two weeks in the east coast (Massachusetts and New York), and then i will fly to Vancouver and travel in Canada and then Washington and Oregon. i will definitely post some photos, as they are such amazing and beautiful places.

Have a great weekend!

Blogger's block

2009-09-02T13:26:00.010+03:00

Haven't post for a while. a bit lacking of inspiration. getting ready for America. (does anyone knows a nice and cheap hotel in new york??)

here are some photos of things i adore. love. like.
( Don Draper, Wes Anderson & co., Lauren Bacall, James Dean, Chelsea Hotel, Marty McFly)

Fallen leaves in the night

2009-08-29T00:58:00.004+03:00

Sessùn automne hiver 2009 2010

2009-08-22T00:57:00.012+03:00

A very Jane Birkin and family collection for the french label Sessùn.
Their lookbooks are always so beautifully shot and inspiring. I love the simple yet chic styling, which is the essence of the label.
oh, and i think they won me over with their wonderful playlist on their website, especially the enchanting Marisa Nadler's cover to Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen.

(Pictures are from Sessùn's lookbook)

"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of it's meaning"

2009-08-18T18:22:00.009+03:00

*Andy Warhol.

(1,2,7 via oh!; 3 ?; 4 via romeika's flicker; 5 via sabino; 6 via benedict's flicker;

Making it

2009-08-15T17:21:00.009+03:00

Now that I've got some time off from school, and I no longer need to read essays about a painter or some wars (as my second major is history), I'm trying to find some things to do until next month, when I'll fly to America...
so, I'm currently in a DIY mood! I just made some little presents for my sister's birthday. I made her a necklace (which i forgot to photograph) and some notebooks, inspired by the lovely Mila. (There is even an Iconography notebook! merchandise!)
Also, here are some of my purchases from Italy.
(sorry for the photos poor quality. I'm too lazy to use a real camera, and not my cellphone)

I hope you had a great weekend!

2009-08-13T01:44:00.003+03:00

Some of my Polaroids from Rome and Florence.

Back

2009-08-10T17:55:00.007+03:00

I came back from the amazing Italy last night, and already got a wisdom tooth removed this afternoon. Half of my face is currently sedated.
Now that i got the internet back in my life, i found these beautiful photos by Roni Knaani and styled by Yael Livne. See all of them in Walla Fashion.

Ciao

2009-07-29T23:09:00.007+03:00

I am leaving in a few hours for a much needed vacation in Italy. I'm very excited to finally meet in person Botticelli's Venus and Michelangelo's David, and see all the places I've studied about in the past year.

I will be in Rome for a day, and then a week in Tuscany. So if you know some nice places to go, see and shop, I would love to read your recommendations, as it has been far too long since my last visit to Italy.

I hope I will have the time to update the blog from there, but if not, have a great weekend and see you when I'll get back!

///Sharon.

(Roman Holiday; The Talented Mr. Ripley, La Dolce Vita)

Plans

2009-07-28T00:55:00.006+03:00

I am pretty much done with University for this year. These photos summarize what I want to do for the rest of the summer, until my whirlwind travels will begin.

What are you up to this summer?

(? via some required, Matt Sundin)

Channeling the 60's

2009-07-25T12:29:00.008+03:00

Anna Karina, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Francoise Hardy and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
How timeless is the style of that era.

(4th photo via so much to tell you)

Fly me to the Moon

2009-07-22T01:35:00.008+03:00

A small tribute to Apollo's 40th anniversary. All the movies I've seen in the past few days about it make me want to be an astronaut!

(Photos: NASA; Rodarte; Balanciaga from Style.com)

2009-07-15T00:41:00.004+03:00

I want her hair. and her style.

(via face hunter)

The little Mermaid

2009-07-13T23:03:00.007+03:00

These beautiful handmade tights are by an Israeli textile designer Gal Stern.
You can purchase Gal's tights here as well as at some shops in Tel Aviv.

They remind me of the amazing costumes Miki Avni made for Batsheva dance company in Sharon Eyal's Bertolina.

Another reason why I want it to be autumn already.

(via Walla Fashion)

2009-07-09T18:18:00.007+03:00

Things you can find in my room.

Mystic Sky

2009-07-09T00:07:00.007+03:00

It is too hot outside. I give up. I am done with summer. Next season please.

(lina scheynius, Matt Sundin, NASA, Kelsey Genna via Daydream Lily, Mark Borthwick via Lolita)

2009-07-04T20:51:00.006+03:00

Stunning Photo from Glastonbury 09.

Wish I was there.

The Boss

2009-07-04T20:38:00.006+03:00

Rendez-Vous

2009-07-03T21:33:00.003+03:00

Old Travels

2009-06-29T00:00:00.005+03:00

The Making of a Dream

2009-06-26T15:00:00.010+03:00

"I tried to reproduce the dream day of a modern girl: a couture fitting in the private salons of Dior, a bicycle ride through the streets of Paris, a stop at at a famous florist's shop, a snack in a fabulous pastry shop, kissing her boyfriend..."

That is, the dream.

(Sofia Coppola on directing the Miss Dior Cherie L'eau commercial. via ID mag.)

via here and here

Silver Lining

2009-06-25T00:11:00.006+03:00

Unfortunately, I am in the midst of finals exams. and even though i like studying about the history of Latin America and renaissance art, I much rather be planning my summer vacation...

Here are some of my favorite Hedi Salime's photos, just to get me going//

I hope you are all having a great summer and that it's not too hot.

I'm here to take you now

2009-06-22T20:49:00.003+03:00

One of my favorite music videos to one of my favorite songs.

Playing Pretend

2009-06-19T00:36:00.009+03:00

Photos taken by Cory Kennedy, on the set of Jalouse magazine photoshoot with Mark Ronson, Josephine de La Baume and friends.

À bout de souffle

2009-06-13T22:27:00.004+03:00

Godard-like Stunning photos by Shanna Fisher.

Dance with me

2009-06-13T16:48:00.000+03:00

Wishlist

2009-06-10T22:42:00.004+03:00

(Chloé blouse and shoes; Paula Bianco scarf with peter pan writings.)

Daydreaming

2009-06-07T14:53:00.009+03:00

Beautiful and dreamlike images by Asaf Einy. Styled by Lilach Elgrably. (GO magazine June 09)

Awakening

2009-05-30T23:59:00.006+03:00

(v.moon and unknown. if you know the credits for these please tell me...)

La Belle Vie

2009-05-28T01:47:00.005+03:00

Lovely Polaroids from ugly smile blog.

Innocent Summer

2009-05-23T13:31:00.015+03:00

I love this editorial by Yaniv Edry (who is one of Israel's top photographers) in 360 maalot magazine, from two years ago. Just timeless.

Can't Wait

2009-05-20T19:48:00.005+03:00

Film Noir

2009-05-19T23:20:00.004+03:00

Who can resist a movie by Karl Lagerfeld, starring Lara Stone?

Perfection

2009-05-15T15:37:00.003+03:00

This is what I want to wear all summer long.

(the sartorialist)

Jonathan+Olivia

2009-05-08T00:14:00.010+03:00

I came across this blog which is apparently of a Canadian boutique by the same name. They store the coolest and trendiest designers out there like Vanessa Bruno, Band of Outsiders, Isabel Marant and opening ceremony to name a few. I love the simple but chic presentation of the garments in the pictures they post in their blog. It's just effortlessly cool.

Jonathan+Olivia.

Prada Look Book S/S 09

2009-05-04T20:28:00.006+03:00

The new Prada look book for spring summer 2009 is incredible. The use of sculptures as models (well, I guess they are real models, but still) is such an original idea, and as an art history student I love it even more. I might never look at a classical sculpture the same, as I'll start dressing it in Prada garments. What could be better?

The collaboration is between Miuccia Prada and the architect Rem Koolhaas and his Amo agency team. The photos are by Philip Meech.

(Via View of Fashion).

Starry Night

2009-04-30T23:44:00.012+03:00

La Blogotheque is one of my favorite blogs out there. The videos they film are so magical. The idea of taking the musicians out of the stage and into the streets, while breaking down the barrier between them and their audience is touching.
The concept was created by two Parisian guys, Chryde and Vincent Moon in 2006, and what started as a small and experimental music videos has now expended to quit a large scale website with followers from all around the world who pursue Moon's beautiful filmmaking.
When I lived in Paris last year I secretly wanted to "bump" into one of their shoots, but unfortunately I never did. Ironically Vincent Moon shot some videos in Israel while I was still in Paris...
Here are some stunning stills taken from the videos, found in Moon's Flicker.

The Graduate

2009-04-30T13:06:00.008+03:00

One of my favorite movies. Such a classic. I love everything about it. The styling is so simple, but so right to every character and every scene.
Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross are just stunning. And Dustin Hoffman, well, he's Dustin Hoffman. No words needed...

Absence

2009-04-29T21:09:00.003+03:00

So sorry for the lack of posts... kind of lacking inspiration.

A.P.C. MADRAS

2009-04-16T15:41:00.009+03:00

A great new collection for summer 09 by A.P.C Madras. A very Cape Cod feel to it...

Elisa Nalin

2009-04-11T18:43:00.015+03:00

I first saw Elisa Nalin's styling work after I saw her amazing apartment in The Selby. The amount of shoes and other accessories she's got in her little apartment is so incredible! It's almost as if she's got a little thrift shop going on there. Then I saw a link to her portfolios, full of lovely and inspiring work by Elisa for magazines like Lula and Dazed & Confused and photographers like Lina Scheynius.

Take a look...

Indian Summer

2009-04-08T00:47:00.012+03:00

Feathers; Ocean; Bright Colors; Sun;
Summer is on it's way.

(Photos: Mark Borthwick, The Cherry Blossom Girl, Inbruno's Flicker, Nylon, MGMT, The Darjeeling Limited, Jak & Jil).

You Belong to Me

2009-04-05T18:36:00.011+03:00

See the pyramids along the Nile

Watch the sun rise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling, all the while
You belong to me.

See the marketplace in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
But remember when a dream appears
You belong to me.

Ill be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too---and blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
Watch the jungle when its wet with rain
Just remember till you're home again
You belong to me.

(Lyrics by the Duprees; Photos by Aimee Brodeur).

Sessun Printemps-Été 2009

2009-03-31T14:10:00.014+03:00

Beautiful pictures for a beautiful collection. Sessun always have girlֿy, hippie chic and very french collections. Their clothes always reminds me of Feist, I guess it's because her music was always played in their store every time I was there.

En Vacances

2009-03-29T21:55:00.003+03:00

I need a vacation.

Ghosts

2009-03-25T22:57:00.007+02:00

Beautiful photos by Alon Shafransky, styling by Tamar Markovitz Yigal for a collection by Israeli designer Sharon Brunsher. Her site is also beautiful.
I love the play between the light and shadow and the crisp white garments.
So dreamy.

INSPIRATION

2009-03-22T21:08:00.005+02:00

I love this editorial "The Art Apprentice" from Vogue Italia from December 2008. The photos are by Bruce Weber and featuring the oh so lovely Lara Stone.

CocoLove

2009-03-22T14:59:00.017+02:00

I'm kind of obsessed with Chanel handbags, like any girl I guess. I mean, who can resist these beauties? They are making me wish it was spring already!
Anyway, as I can only dream at the moment of having one of those, I stumble across the blog "Vintage Paris" which is the blog of the Parisian boutique "YUKIKO". It's located in the Marais, and is beautifully decorated. I remember being there last year and craving all of the bags and vintage jewelry. So go check the blog or shop out, for some Chanel eye candy.

Have a Great Week!

Happy Purim!

2009-03-10T13:56:00.007+02:00

Polaroids from a photo shoot i did with my friends at Studio 16/23.
It's sort of a Gareth Pugh and Tim Walker inspired.
The original photos are here.

Missoni Fall 2009

2009-03-06T22:48:00.003+02:00

I always loved Missoni, but this season Angela Missoni created a unique collection which incorporates different inspirations to a whole new and fresh look. The color palate stands out from the usual winter colors and is very sweet and calm. It's almost reminds Stella McCartney's colors, but what makes it unusual is Missoni's famous knits which are phenomenal this season. It looks as though the models just stepped out of a ballet class or rolled out of bed with very rich and beautiful bedding. The styling here is very smart and we will probably see a lot of this style on the streets next winter.

Blue Steel

2009-02-18T22:28:00.005+02:00

Great test shots for model Leonardo Nessim, styling by the talented Korin Gold-Megadim, make up and hair by Sharon Ben Arroch, photos by Shay Cohen Arbel.

Beauty Icon: Catherine Deneuve

2009-02-07T23:18:00.005+02:00

pictures are from here and here

Paris in the winter

2009-02-07T18:38:00.002+02:00

Welcome

2009-02-07T18:27:00.005+02:00

welcome to Iconography!
Here I'll post stuff that inspire me, and also some of my own work as a stylist.
Enjoy!