Color Me Happy

Winter’s cold dreary days make us all want to stay at home and hide under the covers. As if to make matters worse, winter fashions often match our wintery moods and are mostly gray and black. We think that bright colored clothes, particularly fun bright colored dresses, are just what we need to chase the winter blues away!

Rony wore a mesh-sleeved A-lined yellow dress with a gray oversized jacket, black tights and black wedge heels, purple rope and gold statement necklace and pink bracelet.

The black wedges worn with black tights give the dress a classy elegant look and make Rony’s legs look extra long. The colorful jewelry compliments the bright color of the dress and makes it more playful and girly.

Vera wore a red lace and chiffon dress with a studded denim jacket, gray tights, black patent moccasins, and oversized geometric necklace.

The denim jacket gives the whole look a hip and fresh twist. The moccasins and architectural accessories make the sexy Spanish-inspired dress more edgy and business-like.

This is actually a dress that Vera purchased many seasons ago and was able to wear during pregnancy as it was loose and oversized. Don’t forget that you can always keep old clothes relevant by rocking the right shoes and accessories!

Wishing you a fashionable and fabulous winter. And don’t fret, Spring is coming soon!

xoxo
V & R

Filthy Animals

Hello blogging world, we’ve missed you!
Sorry we disappeared for a bit, we have both had the busiest couple of weeks. For those of you who don’t follow our facebook page, Vera had a baby girl!! We are very excited!

One of our favorite ways to cover up and keep warm in the colder months is by wearing cozy furry vests. For this post we decided to go totally animalistic and put together fuzzy and warm fur vests with some sexy animal print pieces.

Vera wore an oversized fur vest with buckles over a snake print tunic, studded olive green skirt, Fly Foot leather booties (more about Fly Foot’s amazing shoes here), and cream tights.

Dresses that become too short during pregnancy could still be worn as a tunic with the right skirt. Wear it with the right tights to achieve a long slim legs look.

Rony wore an oversized fur vest with a waist cinching belt over a puffy sleeved leopard print dress, pearl necklace, high heeled ankle boots and metallic tights.

The metallic tights added an edgy and unexpected flair to Rony’s outfit as well as a new kick of color. Rony kept the outfit classy by wearing elegant, monochrome jewelry and accessories.

When it comes to fur we believe in only wearing faux!

What are your favorite animal print pieces? Share them on our facebook page!

xoxo
V & R

The Perfect Sweaters from Everbuying.com!

When getting dressed in winter the first priority is to keep warm. Well, our first priority is to manage to stay fashionable while keeping warm. Therefore, our number one must have item in cold weather is a fabulous sweater!

Both of us hardly have time for shopping, which is why we love online shopping! We recently discovered Everbuying.com, an awesome online shopping website which has a wonderful selection of chic and warm sweaters to choose from, as well as any other winter must haves you may be looking for. The best part of this website is that their fashionable merchandise comes in very low prices and free shipping! Now that’s our kind of fuss free shopping experience!

Christmas is right around the corner; every year the holiday season brings with it fabulous knits with adorable motifs, from the heart print to animal patterns. The thing about these cutesy sweaters is that we feel the need to dress them up so that we can wear them everywhere, from the office to the weekend. A great way to do so is by layering them and piling on the accessories.

We picked out Everbuying.com‘s Rabbit Pattern Sweater, which is warm, chic and adorable!

Rony dressed up the sweater by wearing it over a patterned tunic, leggings, thigh high boots, a statement Perspex and stones necklace and big rings.

Vera made her adorable hearts print sweater more sophisticated by layering it over a polo shirtdress and putting it together with a silk scarf, knit tights and brown flats.

***Styling tip*** Play up your silk scarf by tying it into a bow. It makes the look more interesting and hip!

We like our sweaters a bit oversized so that they can be piled over shirts and dresses for a chic layered look. More ideas on how to style oversized sweaters here.

What are your favorite sweaters? Share them on our facebook page! More fashion and styling ideas on our twitter and instagram!

Wishing you all a wonderful week and a wonderful holiday season!
xoxo
V & R

Tomboys

We love being girls and we love being girly girls and dressing the part! We can also, however, really appreciate a sexy masculine look.

While we’ve explored the masculine power dressing before – see post here and here – this time we decided to unleash our inner bad boys, with a little biker chic, a lot of classic Black+White and a whole lot of winter must haves!

Our inspiration for this post was Diane Keaton’s effortless elegance as Annie Hall in Woody Allen’s 1977 film.

Photo courtesy of imdb.com.

Vera wore a button down white blouse and black leggings, patterned knit vest, black hat, masculine leather moccasins, and layered chain necklaces.

***Pregnancy styling tip*** When pregnant, all you want to wear are leggings, but that doesn’t mean you have to look like you’re going to the gym! Style up your leggings with a nice blouse, cardigan, and lots of fabulous accessories.

Rony wore a white button down blouse and pleather shorts over tights, embroidered vintage vest, wide brimmed hat, leather ankle boots and layered necklaces.

***Styling tip*** Wearing a high waisted cut and black tights makes your legs look super long and sexy!

Hats are very big right now and are the perfect way to add a bit of a hip twist to your outfit.

In motion: We always try to deliver great content that is more than just fashion. Here’s our little attempt at artistic fashion phototgraphy.

We’d love to see how you style your masculine inspired fashion! Share your ideas on our facebook page. More What We Wear on twitter and instagram.

Photos taken at a Tel Aviv parking lot.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

xoxo
V & R

Little Red Riding Hoods

Capes were all the rage in the fall collections, and for good reason; what’s more fun than feeling like storybook heroines while braving the rain and the cold?!

We decided to give capes a go in one of our favorite colors – Red. Red is a very powerful, feminine, eye-catching color; exactly the kind of mood lifting color we need for those dreary cold winter days!

Rony wore a hooded Urban Outfitters cape with an Asos faux fur stole.

Under the cozy coverup she wore a button down feather print blouse, print skirt, rhinestones necklace, earrings, rings and cuff, and Steve Madden velvet peep toe wedges.

Rony’s faux fur and piles of accessories made this outfit lavish and fit to impress.

Vera wore a knit turtleneck cape.

Under her cozy coverup she wore an asymmetrical top, velvet leggings, blush red flats and a gold geometric necklace.

The great thing about Vera’s cape is its versatility: it can be worn as a cape or a scarf and create different looks.

Velvet is coming back in a big way this season. We suggest wearing little touches of velvet here and there for a cool wintery effect.

One of our fun joys in life is makeup. We love playing around with it as much as we love playing with our outfits. Being the busy girls we are, our makeup routine is usually very basic. We recently received a wonderful gift: the book Makeup is Art by the Academy of Freelance Makeup, a book filled with amazing ideas and inspirations. We decided to take this opportunity and really get inspired and explore looks we don’t usually wear.

Vera went for earthly tones of brown, gold and light pink. These are the perfect makeup colors for fall and they beautifully compliment her red cape.

Rony decided to mix colors and went for turquoise and antique pink on her eyes and bright pink on her lips. These colors bring out Rony’s brown eyes and give her outfit an edgy flair.

Along with the fabulous book, we also received a massive package of Joy treats (oh the perks of being fashion bloggers). Joy treats are a new product launched and manufactured by Strauss Group, an international food and beverage company based in Israel.

The idea behind “Joy” is to give consumers just that – a big joy they can enjoy for breakfast, on their break at work, or when they get home from a busy and exhausting day. The treats come in awesome flavors (our favorite is the chocolate with coconut bits) which include fruit chunks and chocolate sprinkles and other delicacies.

Strauss also launched a Joy %0 fat treat so we can enjoy all that chocolaty taste without feeling guilty.

What we like to enJOY when we get home: Fashion magazines and Joy treats!

Besides fashion, sweets are definitely some of our greatest joys in life, especially when they come packaged in such pretty fall colors! Yes, we see fashion in everything!

More tips for makeup that can transition from day to evening here and here.

Photos taken at Cinematec, Tel Aviv.

Follow us as we report on some of the most fabulous fashions for the cold months ahead! More What We Wear on facebook, twitter, and instagram!

xoxo
V & R

A Ginzburg Wonderland

In a world where fashion is accessible anywhere and everywhere on the web, every designer item has a knockoff and when a trend becomes trendy every self respecting fashionista wears it (case in point: the Zara skort), we want unique!

It has always been our goal, and we know that many girls share these feelings, to wear something that not everyone has, something more special and rare.
In comes jewelry designer Liat Ginzburg.

Ginzburg jewelry can best be described as works of art. All pieces are hand made by the designer and no two pieces are exactly the same.

Liat creates her jewelry using unique components, from vintage pieces from the 70`s and the 80`s, which she collects on her travels in streets and markets around the world, to various plastic, perspex, rubber and wood components, combined with pieces created by laser cutter.

Ginzburg’s unique jewelry has been featured in the most prestigious fashion magazines around the world, from Italian Vogue to French Grazia, to Spanish Harper’s Bazaar, to Belle Mode. She has become the darling of stylists and celebs and women from across the world. While we were photoshooting at Liat’s studio, jewelry was getting picked up for Trinny and Susannah’s Tv show, currently being shot in Israel.

That’s pretty impressive for a designer who doesn’t even have a PR or marketing team. She must not need one, her stunning jewelry speaks for itself.

Trinny and Susannah rocking Ginzburg jewelry. Photo courtesy of the designer’s instagram. More photos of beautiful women in Ginzburg jewelry on the designer’s facebook page.

Some of our favorite Ginzburg Jewelry pieces:
We admit it was very hard to pick because we loved everything!

There’s a city on my cuff!

Be sure to wear some flowers on your neck.

Queen V!

R makes new friends!

What we wore

The styling idea behind our outfits for this post was to create a blank canvas for Liat’s beautiful jewelry. After reading our friend Diana of Manhattan Image and Style‘s post on colors that go with your skin tone, we realized we love clothes in light yellows but never actually wear them because we always assumed they would look bad with our fair skin! Diana inspired us to give these colors a try!

Vera wore a plaid yellow strapless dress with a sheer banana blouse and light beige sweater on top.

Vera is now starting the third trimester of her pregnancy so she has quite a big belly, which by now is pretty difficult to hide.

Vera likes to show off other parts of her body, like her legs which have stayed skinny throughout her pregnancy (some girls are just lucky!).
Vera’s outfit, composed of layers, knits, and tights, is perfect for fall and as the weather gets colder.

Rony wore a cream sheer top with Topshop banana tweed shorts and a vintage beige masculine blazer.

Rony’s shorts do a great job showing off her long legs; since they are so short, wearing them with oversized pieces on top keeps the outfit elegant and interesting.

We do believe opposites attract when it comes to fashion so to set off our sexy outfits, we both rocked masculine flat booties, perfect for fall!

This photoshoot was taken at Liat’s studio, a wonderland in its own right, rich with colors and textures and adorable animals that model jewelry!

We had so much fun playing in Liat’s studio, we really felt like little girls in a candy store!

Rony chilling with Lady Gaga.

Mostly we enjoyed discovering that besides being insanely talented, Liat is an absolute sweetheart!

Thank you for everything Liat Ginzburg!!

Coming up next: We model some of our favorite couture creations by one of the most talented young designers around!

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xoxo
V & R

Tel Aviv Fashion Night

Last night we attended one of our favorite fashion events of the year: Fashion Night Out Tel Aviv, the kick start event for Tel Aviv Fashion Week. This is only the second year the event takes place in our city, last year’s event was such a success that it was bound to become an annual fashion tradition!

As in last year’s event, FNO was held at Kikar Hamedina, Tel Aviv’s central square of luxury shopping.

The square’s luxurious boutiques opened their doors to fashion enthusiasts, society ladies, models, journalists, and innocent passers-by enjoying the celebrations.

This year’s event was extra special though, as it featured a modern art exhibit by artist Eran Shakine, held at the square’s Zemack Gallery.

We really enjoyed this exhibit; you know how much we love our art, and especially art inspired by fashion. The bronze heels sculptures could be likened to three dimensional fashion illustrations.

“John Galliano trying on one of his creations” Genius!

We browsed the amazing sales the boutiques had to offer. We were obviously blinded by all the Gucci, Burberry, Lanvin, Prada, etc, but our favorite boutiques were the ones selling local labels, from the well-known to the obscure, and really unique clothing.

Mother to be Vera admiring the lovely kids’ clothing boutiques.

Amazing prints and textures at Manoush.

Some store displays were especially festive and eye-catching!

Theatrical drama at Amor.

We sipped some bubbly (Well, Rony sipped bubbly while pregnant Vera enjoyed her soda). and developed a serious sugar high from all the amazing sweets!

Vera wore a maxi button-down flannel dress with a rhinestone studded denim jacket, fringe booties, thin waist-cinching belt, gold jewelry and a leather tote.

Rony wore a vintage bow tied blouse with a striped skirt, asymmetrical cut studded leather jacket, high heeled booties, striped quilt bag and a hair bow.

Follow us as we report on more events from the upcoming Tel Aviv Fashion Week. Coming up next are photoshoots with our favorite designers!

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Have a wonderful, fashion-filled weekend everyone!

xoxo
V & R

Flower Power

Hello fellow fashion lovers!

We find that there’s no more inspiring fashion scene than the one found on the streets. The styles found on the streets of New York during the latest New York Fashion Week were no exception! From Olivia Palermo to Miroslava Duma, the ladies of New York fashion wowed us! One theme we particularly loved on the ladies were the different modern takes on flower prints.

Fashion big guns Natalie Joos, Miroslava Duma and Anya Ziourova wearing flower prints. Photo courtesy of elle.com.

Here are some of our ideas:

Flowered Romance
Vera’s version, a romantic pleated frock in subdued fall colors, is perfect for evenings as we transition into fall.

Vera wore a one shoulder pleated flower print dress with a vintage Prada bag, peep-toe kitten heels, gold chain necklace with leaf pendants, and a link cuff.

**maternity styling tips** The empire cut of Vera’s dress is a comfortable and flattering shape for maternity, because it is sewn above the belly and from there flows down.

This dress can be worn during the day with a cardigan and ankle boots, or in the evening with high heels.

Rose Garden
For those of you who are having trouble letting summer go, as we are, bright colors and mismatched prints are still in style and sure to raise the mood of any fall day.

Rony wore a pop art inspired flower print top by Blueberry, flower print peplum skirt, vintage pumps, pearl and satin flower earrings by designer Lee Kodo, and oversized bright colored cocktail rings.

The Fall 2013 collections boasted accessories and jewelry that were as colorful and intricate as the clothes.

The fun advantage of being architects is that we have access to cool construction sites!
Photos taken at a Givat Ada construction site.

More ideas on how to wear flower prints here.

Follow us as we report from Israel’s fashion week, fashion and street art exhibits, and the most fabulous trends for fall!

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xoxo
V & R

Animal Instinct

Happy Monday friends!

We don’t know if it’s the youtube cat video craze that brought this on, or maybe sir Grumpy cat is to blame but lately fashion has had a serious love affair with anything animalistic. Leopard prints have of course been around for a while and are making a serious comeback along with zebra, snake, giraffe, etc. Half the zoo can be found on the runway!

This time, however, the animal print has taken on a new graphic pop-arty persona. Case in point: Christopher Kane’s animal face dresses and model of the moment Cara Delevingne’s lion face tattoo.

Cara Delevingne and the lion face. Photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk.

Here are some ideas on how to wear animal prints both for day and for night:

Rony wore a chiffon overlay leopard print strapless dress with a snake print ribbon belt, leopard print slipper flats and clutch, and a gold and rope necklace.

Wearing triple leopard print works in this outfit because each item has its own variation of the print and color, rather than being too matchy.

The tribal, ethnic style of Rony’s necklace compliments the animal theme of the outfit and the gold spikes give it a bit of cool edge.

Vera wore a stretch tiger print dress with a gray vest, studded purse, rhinestones collar necklace, black hat and studded sandals.

**maternity styling tips** For women who like to show off their bump, as Vera does, stretchy dresses are very comfortable but should be worn at a size bigger so that they don’t look too tight.

Don’t be afraid of wearing edgy, punky looks; we believe women shouldn’t have to change their style when they are pregnant, in fact they should embrace and flaunt their pregnancy!

Photos taken at the beautiful rural “jungle” of Givat Ada.

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xoxo
V & R

Tropical Urbanity

August is coming to an end this week and soon the weather will start to cool down and fall will arrive. Where we are it’s too hot to even start thinking about a fall wardrobe so we like to take advantage of this time before the seasons change and wear some of our favorite summer trends and staple items.

1. Tropical prints: These colorful prints are summery and fun and will always remind us of our favorite tropical get away. They can be worn during colder months with tights and a darker palette.

2. Sea-inspired fashion: We could live at the beach and love fashions that reminds us of the sea. More ideas on how to wear sea-inspired and nautical fashion here.

3. Gladiator sandals: The gladiators in their many versions have ruled the sandals scene in the past several summer seasons. Both practical and chic for the hot and humid summer months, our prediction is that the gladiators are not going anywhere anytime soon!

4. Cropped tops: While this is a trend that isn’t for everyone and isn’t so easily wearable, we absolutely love it for day and night. The crop top can go retro and romantic with a high-waisted midi skirt or sleek chic with wide legged trousers. Our little bit of advice is: don’t show your belly button and don’t wear the crop top with anything tight on bottom; no one wants to look like a 90’s teeny bopper!

5. Oversized, colorful jewelry: The fashion world has been taken over by lavish statement making jewelry. Our favorite designer is Liat Ginzburg; she makes unique one of a kind creations that can go with anything from jeans and a T-shirt to cocktail dresses.

6. Fancy slipper flats: The pointy slipper flats are so elegant and sexy that we would wear them for evening as well!

Rony wore a backless cropped top with tropical print high waisted shorts, Liat Ginzburg necklace, yellow clutch, and pointy-toed slipper flats.

Vera wore a tropical flower print dress with a thin plaited belt, seashells necklace, and metallic gladiator sandals.

**Maternity styling tips** The wide A shape of the dress is a perfect fit for comfort. The bright print blurs the developing pregnancy bump while showing a bit of skin as well!

As much as we love the hustle and bustle of the city, there’s no better surprise than finding a gorgeous garden with a fish pond to get away to! This little urban jungle not far from our offices  allows us to get away for a bit and take a break from our busy schedules.

Photos taken at Kiryat Sefer Garden, Tel Aviv.

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Have a wonderful last week of August everyone!
xx
V & R