Academic Style

New year resolution

2010-09-08T11:11:00.001+03:00

So tonight is the Jewish New year.
My online resolution is to be more active here and at the relevant sites - the fashion forum, where I'm a member since 2005 or 2006.

So I saw in Vogue's September issue this amazing pair of booties by Nicholas Kirkwood.

Obviously I don't have a reason to buy it because I have nowhere to go to with them, but, it gave me the inspiration to get lack socks and to wear it with black flats or heels.

Also, I think about getting a stand collar jacket, like Heidi Montag has on the 2nd season of the hills, like this one -

Shana Tova!

It's been a while

2010-08-07T15:18:00.001+03:00

Last night for a pub -->

<-- Thursday eve for a friend's birthday

I'm blue da-ba-di-da-ba-dai

2009-10-14T15:29:00.000+02:00

Out in a pub in Nahariyya

peacock feather earings

2009-09-30T23:14:00.003+02:00

I'm not sure what I think of it.

I had a pair when I was 14 and went for a summer camp in France. Now, I don't think I'll wear those if not for a custom.. But it looks like it makes some kind of a comeback.

If I knew where my pictures from that camp are, I'd upload the combo I did back then. It was with a black long-sleeved (but partly seen-through) short and a jeans.

I wore it to the airport - "Please try to keep a low profile, don't speak Hebrew loudly, or at all if you can", we've been told at the briefing before the flight, because it was a tensed period.

Neotiating about heels

2009-09-25T19:45:00.002+03:00

Oh boy!

Reminds of the happy days of the last winter, when YSL booties were out with its remarkable heel, and left me dreaming for a while.

I adore heels, but have almost no where to wear them: to the lectures it's totally too much, and, well I barely do other things, but when I do - it's with the friends from the uni. And as classy students - they are pretty sloppy..

I love the German Colony

2009-09-12T11:33:00.004+03:00

Last night we went there to celebrate a friends new job

This place is amazing:

And this was my birthday outfit - a little black dress, and a purple silk shawl:

I'm in love with this bag

2009-08-29T16:08:00.003+03:00

My mom bought this little brown leather bag when I was 2 years old. Yesterday I adopted it, hooray!

Some outfits from the past.. months? (most of them taken at the elevator - a good usage of the time):

She made me TA-NAH NAH-NAH-NAH

2009-05-15T13:31:00.004+03:00

This is me kind-of bartendering, you can recognize by the outfit from the previous post:

The summerish-springy weather makes me wanna do light (light materiels, like lace, bright colors) combos, like in the above pic.

Neglection

2009-05-07T08:25:00.002+03:00

Sorry.....

I went to the beach in this outfit. The light blue halter is my swimming suit's top, and the light blue shorts are there because the dress has a deep slit.

Every inch of my love

2009-04-24T14:01:00.003+03:00

I <3 Led Zeppelin

A close-up, isn't it an adorable combo?

Have a great weekend!

Are we human?

2009-04-18T23:27:00.005+03:00

Or are we dancers?

A lab on a boat -

And some gym outfit -

A hike in Pesach

2009-04-14T08:28:00.005+03:00

I've been hiking in the Golan mountains this weekend, it was beautiful:

Hooray for the spring break!

Never been so hoarsed

2009-04-02T18:41:00.004+03:00

It's the first time it lasts more than couple of hours - hooray!

An average studying for exams evening:

Have a great weekend!

Are those my underpants?

2009-03-27T21:00:00.002+03:00

My apartmentmate expresses an opinion on this outfit:

Have a great weekend!

Coffee is no a drug

2009-03-25T11:12:00.002+02:00

It's a vitmain.

I started managing our faculty's coffee corner, and I'm pleased with that. I adore coffee so much!

My first time at the gym since 2007 (I think) -

Mama knitted this for me

2009-03-23T19:05:00.003+02:00

when I was 4:

I still use it.

Cow

2009-03-19T17:46:00.009+02:00

I crave for meat so much now, I'd eat a whole cow.
Forgive me all vegetarians out there, if your feelings were hurt. This hunger is stronger than me.

My St. Patrick's morning-outfit:
(forgot to take a pic of the night one)

The upper hat is from this year, the other is from last year:

The royal houndstooth carpet leads to the outfit:
(it's the skirts' pattern)

As you can(t) see, those are my dear leather like leggings:

And the spring semester started on Sunday, Hooray!

The dead sea

2009-03-12T09:32:00.009+02:00

Finally i'm done with my exams, and so I went with my family for a vacation at the dead sea. Since it included 5 meals per day, i did felt kind of dead, and the largest thing I did was a mineral mud shower. and the view from our room was amazing:

It was very hot so I dressed up pretty summerish:

But there were many elder people there, which made me feel a little uncomfy so I covered myself with random things most of the time:

And we had PURIM, which is kind of our Halloween, and I planned to dress up as Mia from Pulp Fiction:

but since we went to the hotel I thought there is no point in it, and so I didn't, but when I came home my apartmentmate took me to a salsa-custom party, and we had to improvize customs. Hebought me bunny ears, and I completed to a non-trashy outfit:

And some outfits from my folks house, after not seeing friends from there for more than a month:

And some random outfits:

I already miss the winter so much..
but have a happy spring!

"You're not a grandma...

2009-02-27T10:35:00.006+02:00

So stop dressing up like one". Told me one of the apartment mates the other day.
The other one, went over my closet with me, trying to decide what should I wear to an evening with a friend, and declared that I have lots of clothes, none of them matching, and that I should go shopping today.
But come on - who doesn't think that polo shirts\dresses and V-sweaters are a great match?:

And I'm back to my red nail polish, its adorable:

I had to hand in an assignment by midnight, and it was pouring rain. But hey - a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do, and a little good rain (that we barely have) never harmed anyone. It just did a wet and rainy hairdo:

And we had a rainbow!

And that made me think, that the last time I saw one, was 2 years ago, and it a double-raindow:

Exam session

2009-02-19T16:15:00.006+02:00

In the last post I said it's not wintry enough for February, so the passing week and the next one was and will be pretty cold, which is excellent.
And it also means that just like last year, I wear my ugg(lys) daily:

Today 2 students fainted out during the cs test, luckily (or not? I mean, I missed a good chance for a good grade with no effort lol). At least I can seriuosly say it was not easy.

This dress can be tied (like in the below pic) or untied (like in the above pic). I prefer it tied.

It's pretty sad that I get to take most of the photos in the elevator. YAY for free time!

Mrs. stewardess

2009-02-13T00:54:00.005+02:00

Kermit!
I worked as a guide at an opened day for girls at my faculty - EE (Electrical engineering) at the Technion (yes, we don't have many of those), and I've been told that I dressed up like a stewardess:

And this is a new sweater I bought (not second hand, but you know how those things slip away every now and then) in size XL so I use it as a dress, and you can't see the ugg but they fit here pretty well with their sandy color:

Happy new government!(:

Summertime

2009-02-06T08:48:00.004+02:00

The weather here is quite summerish, especially considering it is only February. I almost started being sad that the winter was over andnever even started this year, but then my friend reminded me that in Purim (our Halloween) it always rains, and Purim will be in the beginning of March, so it's ok.

This weather gave me a summerish mood, and most of this week I wore mini-skirts:

My roomate mentioned I look like unfinished ice-cream or cream-cake in the above outfit.

And this is something pretty boring I wore last week, when I was sick. But notice the lovely hair-ribbon - I felt like momm'y little girl again:

Have a great weather and a great weekend!

2 weeks to go

2009-01-29T09:15:00.003+02:00

Until the end of this semester.

The skirts pattern, I love it enen though I don't find pink and black a good combintaion:

All pictures were taken at random bathrooms, since I don't have a decent-sized mirror in the apartment.

Weekend at the parents

2009-01-25T22:19:00.003+02:00

This weekend I went ti see my parents, and the friends who stay there, and we went out:

This I wore to the way home, I love dressing elegant to long rides (or short ones), even though the Israli train is so crowded and stinky Thursday nights, but it is for a great reason - all soldiers who return home for the weekend fill the train, so god bless them, and thank him that they are well.

Here is something I planned to wear today, but then decided it is too much, and replaced the bottom part with white skinny pants.

And I need another tip (I ask so many questions I might actually get an answer):
How do I wear these super-high waist red-label levis 501?

Have a great week!

My desired leggings

2009-01-22T10:20:00.007+02:00

.. arrived today!

Here are some outfit ideas I came up with after doing a small research on how to wear them:

I love those pumps.

Some daily outfits:

I generally prefer second hand, but most of the items above are from Zara. I guess it could have been a great shop if only:

1. The prices were more affordable for a non-working student like me

b. Less people would buy there

And some outfit ideas I had the other day, when I have had enough with studying:

Well it's actually the same outfit, only minus the sweater, as I am sure, can be seen.

Have a great weekend!

But if you smile when they mention my name

2009-01-17T15:11:00.004+02:00

Those are cute leggings I got from my mom.
I wasn't sure whether they are too childish or just cute, so I wore it with an outfit that steals some of the attention, because the top is too short to be a skirt but too long to be a shirt.

And this is a random not-even-oufit that I wore at home, and one of the apartmentmates told that it's illegal to combine so many colors and texturs and that it makes him blind.
Is it this bad? opinions please!

Leather-like tights

2009-01-13T11:36:00.006+02:00

Some daily oufits for classes:

The last outfit is something that I wanted to wear, but it didn't look in the mirror the way it looked in my imagination. I don't know whether I like this or not.
Opinions please? (Worn with black flat\boots)

And I am proud to say I currently do a good - I help some girls with no international credit card (therefore no paypal therefore no ebay) to get this leather-like tights, for about 1/4 of its price in AA (that has only 2 branches in the center of Israel - how unconsidering!). And it's not like those sre for free, it's just that Israeli AA is more expensive than the American one - how unfair!

Can't wait for it to arrive!

Please god

2009-01-07T11:40:00.008+02:00

Protect all of our soldiers, please let it be that my apartmentmate is missing just because he works late and not called to duty, please make the rumors about the TA called to duty a missunderstanding, and please let all my friends come home safe, becauseI know that they won't return the same as they were when they left to the front.

The texture of the tank from the last photo

And some more clearer new years eve outfit photos:

Update:
Thank you god, the rumor about the TA, were indeed a missunderstanding.

So this is the new year

2009-01-05T21:39:00.011+02:00

So we had sort of new years eve celebration at my place with some friends, while my apartmentmates went out to celebrate with their friends, the neighboors from upstairs dropped by for a while with a bottle of vodka, and after they went, we ate this onion soup, made by my man:

And a little after midnight we noticed that it is 2009, so we opened the champagne:

Which was followed by some beers.
And those were our outfits:

I know, a nasty expression, but hey - I had enough drinks for this to be ok.
My mom's grey-silver sweater, little black skirt, silverish stockings and grey-silver socks, and furry tigerish slippers - my gift.

Happy new year everyone, though it's a little late(:

It's the final catch-up

2008-12-27T20:04:00.009+02:00

So here are the final photos I have, apparently less than I thought I took, but I can say to my defend that I don't have a normal mirror or a normal camera:
The camera I use is my cellphone's one, and the mirror in my room is pretty hard to get close to since there is a mattress on the way, and the other mirror in the apartment are the ones that the guys brought, meaning, too small. Lucky there are toilet rooms with large mirrors around the campus(:

Some more school days oufit:

This is what I chose to do, after running to a lecture and sweating on the way, instead of entring it on time (that might explain the expression on my face).
I wish you could see it better, this is a second hand ivory colored silky nightgown with lace. You can see how old it is, and how delicate. And there was a pearl necklace for the complete old look, but I had to break all this elegance with the ugg(lys):

And this is a multi-use outfit, here I wear it to a party, but I also wore this (well, I wore another long-sleeved white top) to a lecture:

I guess I'll start photographing more outfits now that I have another reason(:
And it is safe to wish you all a happy new year!

A quick end of October and most of November catch-up

2008-12-27T10:50:00.014+02:00

End of October, some outfits:

Just out with freinds -

Signing apartment contract pt. I -

Signing apartment contract pt. II -

Working a little in selling promotion for some credit card company -

And some more teaching -

All November (or the first half):

First day at the campus -

Random school days -

This was taken in an elevator in my faculty -

Going out with my boyfriend to a pub -

To the Second floor:

To the Paula bar:

And the credit for all the well-photoed pics goes to my man:

And there is plenty more to come, here I feel free enough to wear nice outfits, only I had a problem logging to the site, since I forgot my password.

So in this time I started renting an apartment (almost) in Haifa, with 2 guys from my faculty that are graduating this semester - lucky them!, I started my academic year, which by now is already at its peak, got myself an alternative bed - a mattress that is a little smaller than a double sized one, but is wide enough, and no bottom part for this, I finished my subscrition to the Israeli Cosmopolitan (because it is boring) and got a new one for the US Vogue (since the UK one won't ship to Israel), I found a great 2nd hand clothes shop that is pretty close, and that would be mainly it for now.

So Merry Christmas, Happpy Hannukah,
Hopefully too update before new years eve, no congratulations for this yet.

Ending Ocotber - part I

2008-11-14T17:32:00.002+02:00

So the new semester began, luckily without unnecessary strikes.
This year I live in an apartment with two guys who are 28 and 29, and practically treat me as if I'm their little sister.
They also study at the same one as I do, only this is their last semester, and I'm far from finishing.
I didn't get a decent chance to update since I was busy moving out/studying/working etc. the good news - I finished unpacking and working, the less good news - it doesn't mean I will have lots of free time to update daily. But hey - I promise to do my best!

Lev HaMifraz's train station - I love those at night:

On another day mom and I went to see a ballet:

And some random outfits:

I love the brownish color scale.

More to come tomorrow night.
Have a great month!

Full afain

2008-10-27T16:51:00.002+02:00

Last early-weekend (that would be Wednesday), I went out with friends again to the Benson (the same old dance bar in Kibbutz Yasur), and I felt kind of fat after a good meal, thus didn't feel good in any outfit, so I wore a pretty basic one, and drank more that usual (whippi for me).

DIY top and red lipstick

2008-10-25T13:35:00.006+02:00

I found a piece of fabric, black, seen-through, with silver color stiff stains, and made this top(?) out of it -

This dress, is Victoria's Secret, second hand, very large, but I sewed it a little. I wear it mostly at home though I think it is lovely.

Since I wasn't updating on a daily base lately, I have a gap between the post at that day's outfit.
I was volunteering again, this time I went with a simple look. Notice the top's back. The material is very stretchy and light, great shirt for flat-abbed summer girls, but still I wore it on an average temp. day, couple of days ago:

And I bought a red lip pencil (that is a lipstick), from Il-Makiage's mineral line (the prices in US - including shipping - are much cheaper than in Israel, how unfair is that?):

But I didn't use it that day, or many days after, I find it hard to wear this color at the places I usually go to. Yes, mom was right, if I would bought another color, I would use it more (my main lipstick is Labello's strawberry one for now), but hey - a girl has to have one of those!

OTK Boots

2008-10-23T21:03:00.004+02:00

On Thursday eve I went out with a friend to a bar - Heavanz Gate, in Nahariyya, that decided to open a dance-bar line on Thursday. It wasn't a great success, and felt like 6th grade party, in which everyone is waiting for someone to start dancing, and just hang out meanwhile. After being there for 2-3 hours, it became so crowded that people had to stand, so they began to move randomly. Still I wouldn't call that a dance bar.

While sitting at the bar, a guy came and told me that his friend, who sits right next to me is interested at me. I told him that I have a boyfriend. After the guy left, the one that sits near me asked me what did he want, I told him and he told me not believe him.
Uh-huh.
After couple of minutes he spilled on me his drink, on my suede boots!
Biatch.

I love this boots, I got them on ebay (second hand!), but I just don't know how to wear them. The best advise I got so far is tights. I thought it would look great with shorts\mini skirts and dresses, but they are so high, and so not tight at the top that I have no idea what to do with them.

Advices please!

Night pizza

2008-10-20T20:10:00.003+02:00

Out for a pizza with my brother and my dad. Mom was at work at warned us not to save slices for her(:
It's not really visible, but I tried mom's blue Dior's mascara, which looks purple sometimes. This was the base to the outfit.

I really like the combination of dark blue and dark purple.

Volunteering for my mayor

2008-10-19T14:03:00.004+02:00

Sounds patriotic, huh?

On November 11th we will have the municipal elections, all over the country.
In my home city (which isn't Haifa), we have the same mayor for about 40 years, maybe a little more. And he is really good at his job.

In addition, we have a municipal scholarships coordinator, who also volunteers for this mayor's campaign, and she asked me to help her. And I went skiing with some of his kids via a municipal youth exchange delegation, and we stayed sort of mates.

All this, and my personal believe that he is the better candidate, was enough to make me come and volunteer a little at his election headquarters for couple of hours:

I don't like wearing long pants that aren't skinny with high heeled shoes, but it was the last minute change of clothes so it just happened.

The Benson

2008-10-17T18:43:00.004+02:00

This is something I wore to a dance bar, thinking that it would be again super crowded, so I should wear the simplest shoes that I don't mind ruining by accident:

This is me and the friend I went with. I love so much when party photographers photo me with freinds!

We went there only the two of us, so when she went out for a smoke (I don't smoke and don't like when people smoke around me), I had to be on my own there.
At the beginning too many guys tried to dance with me (I guess that a girl dancing by herself is a rare sight), then I went to the bathroom and on my way met 3 girls that studied in parallel classes with me, but we weren't friends. They were glad to see me, so of course I was glad to see them, so I stayed and danced with them, and they knew the important people at this place, so they got loots of free drinks, and been kind enough to share it with me(:

And another issue - this booties are to die for!
I've seen them in several blogs here, and just fell in love. I don't know whether I will be able to walk normally in those, but who cares! look at it!

Those booties give a great contra to the shoes from the beginning of this post(:

Celebrating a year

2008-10-16T00:12:00.000+02:00

My boyfriend and I celebrated a year to our relationship, a bit earlier than the real time since his exams will soon begin. We went to a beautiful zimmer near the Kinneret lake:

In the evening we went to see the cowshed and fed them.
My grandparents own a huge farm, but they say that cows are too demanding, that's why they prefer goats, and I guess that's why I adore goat's milk. And maybe this was the reason why I was a little scared at the beginning:

I wore his socks and sandals since I came with black flats that I love too much to ruin them in such a place(:
Then we stayed at the jacuzzi until we felt like dead. Notice the colorful light:

And this was our supper - red wine, white sparkling wine, chocolate and 5 packs of bamba(!) that wasn't kept in the freezer:

And since I didn't check my cash status, I found out I have no money at my wallet, and since it was a small place, there was no ATM, so I hitchhiked all the way home.

Humusnack

2008-10-13T15:04:00.000+02:00

This is hummus for all those who aren't familiar with the mediterranean cuisine:

This weekend I went out with two friends I haven't seen quite a long time, and we went to some pub in Kibbutz Parod:

Three special things in this pub would be:
1. It's build inside a zimmer (and that makes it small!).
2. The snack that they serve along alcoholic drinks isn't peanuts, olives or popcorn, but cooked hummus beans.
3. They serve alcoholic milkshakes (and this is the first time I see this in a pub).

Add this with coffee, closed windows and many smokers and you will receive the perfect recipe for a nausea. So I spent that night on the deck talking on the phone with a friend.

The dress is really big, but it's elegant, and it's second hand. I guess you can name it my big little black dress. The shawl is a gift from grandma, and I really like the color, and there was a brown cardigan between the dress and the shawl.

And the forecast lied! There was no rain yesterday and there are no signs of one today, but it is pretty hot.

sort of a job interview outfit

2008-10-11T16:38:00.000+02:00

So first of all here is a picture of the back of the dress from the last post and a close up to the material, it's not gray, it's plaid in black and white:

And this is something I wore during the week, to some job interview (I decided not to go there, whether they'll accept me or they won't).
The gray top is pretty old, I bought it before I started 10th grade, and that would make it 5+ years old. But nothing is second hand here, maybe that's why I got this unsatisfied look(:

The forecast promises a wintry and rainy and kind of cold week, I can't wait for it to start!

Go elegant

2008-10-07T14:14:00.000+02:00

We decided to end the week with south park session, so we came to a friend with couple of beers on Saturday night.

This tunic used to be a dress that had a bad figure and great pattern - brown, white and light-blue stripes, and I couldn't just throw it.
And it was pretty cold outside, and the tunic and the top are pretty airy, so I stayed warm with the ugg(ly)s:

And yesterday I worked as a supervisor at the psychometric exams (you have to take it in order to go to any high-education institute, but school doesn't prepare you for it). The day was so long.. We got on the ride at 5.55 am and got on the ride home at 8:30 p.m. (and I came home only at 11 pm! but that's because I came back to my parents home and not to the doorms).
At least I got to knit quite a lot, and to make a bracelet for my boyfriends best-friend.

And this lovely dress is second hand, I should've take a picture of it's back, it has lacing as if it's a girdle, only it's not a girdle, and the lacing is long enough to be around the ribs and be tied under the lacing:

The back looks a little like this, only it's not a separate part.

Anyways, I had a red bag a red nail polish and I thought of wearing heels, but I figured it would be too much, and I was right, though it could've look so good. But it's just not the right place.

The lost dance-bar

2008-10-04T15:15:00.000+03:00

Last night the girls said that they are tired of looking for things to do, and it's my turn to find something nice.

That could have been easy if we weren't living in a small city in the desolated north.
but we do.

So I decided to search for a dance-bar that wouldn't be too far (1 hour driving is an acceptable distance). We found 2 places in Kiryat Haim, which is a suburban of Haifa, and we decided to go there, and if we won't like it - there are plenty of pubs at that area.

After having hard times finding the places, some people secretly told us that those places are shut-down for the past.. year?

So we decided to go to some random pub, that had a music that was way too loud, but had such an impressive variety of bottled beer. Too bad I was driving, and had to settle for cranberry-juice.

This Guinness t-shirt I got free from a six-pack. I really prefer the delicate light beers and not the dark malt ones, but hey - free is always better!

ATV

2008-10-03T16:24:00.000+03:00

All-Terrain vehicle, those mini-jeeps, are the thing that we on rode this week:

The day before, we had a nice dinner - wine, cheese, beer, whiskey and bamba:

I didn't get a chance to take a good picture of what I wore that evening, here's the best shot -
blue strapless, black skinny pants, and 11 cm (~4.3") peep-toe black heels.

Shana Tova

2008-09-30T15:57:00.000+03:00

Today is the first day of the new Jewish year - 5369 years and still counting.

This I wore to the dinner at grandma's, notice this beautiful scarf (second hand):

This I wore later that night, when we went out to some dance-bar with friends at Kibbutz Yasur:

The shirt is kind of second hand, I took it from dad. And the ring is second hand.

The academic year starts at November 9th, which leaves me with a little more than a month off. I thought I should get a job, but who will take me for one month with many holidays?

Friday night

2008-09-28T18:47:00.000+03:00

So I decided to give a shot to my own style-blog.

I suppose it won't be a fashion-blog since I don't tend to buy clothes from local brands, and I still can't afford the big ones, and this leaves me with the second-hand shops, which are a great mix of two loves of mine - interesting outfits and recycling.

Why Academic style?
I'm a university student, studying towards a pretty mathematical-technical degree.
Most of the students here dedicate zero time to their appearance, so I need support for this dressing-up habit of mine, and I guess that this is a good place to find it.

A little about me -
My name is Natalie, I'm 20 years old, I live and study in Israel.
My favorite season is the winter, though it is so short and not so cold.
And that's pretty much it.

This is what I wore last Friday, to a performance of a musician friend of mine:

I know, I'll have to get a better camera than the one that is in my cellphone.
Black undershirt, black top (an old-inverted-cut school shirt), jeans mini-skirt, black tights and boots, green scarf and plaid flannel shirt (second hand), and a black bag which I adore so much since even the zipper is black!

This is from Saturday night, when I met some friends I haven't seen for some time:
Brown cardigan, blue scarf, gray shirt, plaid (warm) pants - second hand, ugg(ly)s, and the same black bag.