To ♥ Japanese Street Fashion

You probably remember that I lived in Japan for Four good years. From the moment I landed in Japan, in Tokyo, it hit me – the colors, the freedom to choose and combine as you will, and the freedom to wear whatever you want. And they don't call you weird, they call you cool! I just fell in love with Japanese street fashion from the moment I saw it. 
Look at the photos below and see what I mean...
(and I have a challenge for you at the end of this post)

You can never go wrong with red, black & white stripes with jeans in Tokyo

Colorful layers always get some attention (when you want it)

This is how you buy a pair of knee socks in Tokyo...Where else have you seen it?

Like my belief that creativity calls for true freedom in creating whatever from whatever…  so the freedom to wear whatever makes YOU feel good is true fashion with no limits but the material you have and the way you choose to use it.  The bigger the freedom - the funkier the outfit, the more attractive and appealing.

I admit, sometimes out of context these outfits might seem bizarre, however you must try it at least once. Free your mind, choose the colors, the feel, the flow you have and wear it, go outside and don't care if no one else gets it. It's true freedom.

It is common knowledge that Israel has wonderful summers, and you can find sunny weather nearly year round… slightly problematic though if you fall in love with the Japanese street fashion trend of layers.  You see, in the Japanese winter Tokyo is COLD. The more layers the warmer you feel, the more color you can add the warmer you are – simple colorful logic. I miss it, though I've got up to 4 layers here… well, thin layers ;-)

How colorful you might be asking yourself? Here are two of my favorite Japanese street fashion blogs (that make me want to jump on a plane and go back there right now…)

http://tokyofashion.com/

http://www.japanesestreets.com/

* all the photos in this post were taken from these blogs

And now I have a challenge for you –

Let's try layers… 
or anything you wish as long as you think it's different. 
I dare you to dress up with no limits and 
add the photos to your Facebook page and tag me.
Here's a link to my page
I'll post the best ones here and promise a treat for the 
one that blows my mind.

Enjoy :-)

All my LoVe,

Hila.

Few Free Hours, Lots Of Inspiration

After a long time at home with two kids, my mom decided to give Eyal (my husband) and me a special treat of a few free hours and babysit the kids. We took the offer with two hands.  We drove not far away, just off the main road to a enchanted place named Heftziba, an old farmhouse and water mill from the early 19 hundreds. 

 

When you reach Heftziba you feel  like you've stepped into a dream, blooming nature, eucalyptus groves, a stream, green grass, birds, fish and funny large lizards who decided to run away from me instead of me running from them.

I believe inspiration is all around us, and Heftziba surely inspired me. Fascinating textures, color combinations and complex creatures, I had to photograph … and run home to create.

Wood textures:

Stone textures:

Combination of textures:

So, a day out isn't complete without the perfect outfit, here I am in my black H&M mini dress, Zara Jeans shirt, and amazing 20$ sneakers from Japan.
The jewelry I'm wearing here is part of my designs. 
You can see more of my Black & White collection here.

The day was just perfect, and I hope my mum gets the hint when I suggest we make it a monthly ritual. Just look how happy we looked at the end of the day ;-)

This is a good place to say, THANK YOU MUMMY !

All my LoVe,

Hila.

My Animated Life :-)

Anime, I love it. If I could animate life it would be great, just make everything possible. I still like the physical world, I like feeling the materials and creating things in 3D in a 3D life. And thinking of it, how could I be a jewelry maker in the 2D world, should I make a jewelry app to make people happy

I found this great zebra dress for 500yen in a recycle shop in Japan (recycle shop sounds so much nicer than a second hand shop, doesn't it ;-) 500yen is about 5$, I got the lace skirt at Zara for about 25$ and then the boots from Ebay for 38$ postage included!
the necklace is my own work: 

I had my good friend Eliya Tsuchida To animate this photo for me as I just love animal prints, he and his wife are amazing artists. You can see their work here.

I think I'm going to my studio now; I need to feel my materials after this post!

All my LoVe

Hila.