Inspiration from the Fashion Studio

Did you have those paper dolls in your childhood? The ones you can cut out clothes for and dress them up for every occassion?? I had a lot of fun with them when I was little, so it's not surprising that I highly enjoy to play around with H&M's Fashion Studio... This time I discovered the portrait function^^:

My favourite items styled together in three outfits:

1) Let's hit the city =)

2) Let's go to the open air theatre play

3) Saturday afternoon Latte Macchiato

Which one do you like best?! The autumn/winter catalogue will be published at the end of July and I am curious what's up for the next season... By the way, I have my first free day since what feels like forever (in Israel, only Saturday is usually free from work). Still, there is some household chores waiting, a lot of emails and other stuff... And there is going to be a small beach party tonight with some of my friends =)) Yaaay!!

Lots of Love,

High Seas at Rosh Hanikra

It was a perfectly sunny day at the Mediterranean coast: We arrived at Rosh Hanikra during our Road Trip through Israel one afternoon. Rosh Hanikra lays in the very North at the boarder to Lebanon. It is famous for its grottos: during storms or high seas the waves crash into caves at the cliff - spectactular! We luckily catched high seas and experienced the grottos at their best!! =) (And of course we got splashed with sea water a lot!).

View over the coast line next to Rosh Hanikra. WOW!!

A small cable car brings people down the cliff to the grottos.

Seriously bleached hair - and new jewellery^^: pearl creoles and frog necklace from Jerusalem.

Waves crashing against the rocks!! Huuu =). Inside the caves the day light can be completely blocked out with a big wave rolling in! Some of the paths and tunnels inside the rocks were closed because they already got to slippery to walk on them savely!

Found this ring at the Old City Bazaar in Akko!

After Rosh Hanikra we drove to the mountains and had a dinner picnic on the rocks and watched the sunset^^. You can see classical Israel food here: Lebone (white sour cheese), salad, more cheese and bread as thin as skin.

This evening somebody special literally crossed our way! Galilas whole story soon^^.

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The work project is finally over! All in all it went pretty well and there will be some follow-up work with it still, but generally I will have more time from tomorrow onwards =). Great weekend to you all and cordial greetings from Israel!! Love,

Little Brothers first steps into fashion industry =)

I am a very proud big sister! My cute little brother just turned into a model^^. Check out his first photoshooting for a skater boutique below. What can I say? This makes me very happy - and now I get a lot of new photos from my brother =). (Haven't seen him for quite a while now). I wish you much success, cutie!!! Keep going!






I miss his smile! Hopefully there is more soon^^. Love,

Milla vs. Rumi vs. RVCA

Rumi Neely (Blog).

Collaborations with star designers are nothing new in the fashion world. But this one is: Fashion Blogging Queen Rumi Neely from Fashiontoast (who has her own campaign for Forever21 displayed on Times Square, NYC right now) teamed up with surfer label RVCA and designed this awesome dress for their collection: The Machinery Dress.

Available at RVCA's Online Shop: here (~ 60 Dollar). Kinda reminds you of something??!!

Right! The inspiration was Leeloo Dallas' (Milla Jovovich) outfit in The Fifth Element (with Bruce Willis). (One of my favourite movies and I recognized the source of inspiration already before I read where it is from =))).

I am not sure yet if I like the black version better than the white. Okay, but the most important question: Any RVCA retailers in Germany or do I have to ship it from the States??? Awww.

Conclusion: More design collaborations with Rumi please ;). Amazing how the bloguettes influence in the fashion world grows, hmm?

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Still overly busy until at least Friday! Please keep your fingers crossed that everything works well. Meanwhile I had a lot of other issues to deal with also (uff). A few calm and peaceful days would be nice soon! A good start into the week my lovelies, keep your spirits up!♥♥♥
Love,

Oriental Magic in Akko

Hi =). So happy that I managed to get away from work to blog!!^^. Ready for some impressions from the city Akko? The Crusaders built an impressive fort here when they arrived in the Holy Land and the Old City is strongly influenced by the Muslim cultur. Which means more small streets and lots of small shops for food and jewellery! This mosque is located in the middle of the Old City of Akko (love the turquoise colour of the dome!!):

(This is a pavilion in their courtyard).

Amazing! =)).

Just found Aladdins wonder lamp! Can I buy a dschin to fulfill my (shopping) wishes??!!

Cinnamon on the market. Smells niiice^^.

Roses grow here as easy as dandelions would in Germany!

Hey!! Finally there is the white horse from every girl's dream... and where is the Prince??!! (Not wearing Flip Flops, is he? Heeelp.)

We found a kolibri here (a small bird that lives on the nectar of blossoms). It is the first time that I saw this flower!! It is the blossom of the passion fruit! =)

Dry rose buds from the spice merchant. What are they for?

Hey, I really want to blog more. It's just that I am majorly busy at least until the end of the next week! I am excited that the World Cup started and I am looking forward to watch some of the games, yeahh!! Greetings to all of you from Israel!

Love,

The Bazaar: Roses, Jewellery and Strawberrys

Hi =)
You see those insanely delicious strawberries here? I bought one kilo (!!) for 1 Euro♥. You get bargains like that on one of the many (oriental) bazaars we visited all throughout Israel! Here are my favourite impressions. In Jerusalem, there were the Shouks in the Old City and the Mehane Yehuda were all the traditional people buy food for shabat. And of course there are the shopping streets in the city centers.
Bazaars are so great! I love the chaos, the people, the many different smells that mingle with each other, so many exotic products and fabrics! The atmosphere is often less touristic, because of all the normal citizens buying there. Imagine the shop owners shouting their offering of the day and the attempt to fight the prices of their neighbours. And there are clothes hanging above you (you never know where to look first, it is just overwhelming!!). Birds in small cages, schoolchildren, stray cats...people playing old board games, women chatting^^.

My favourite fruits (they look like rubies here!).

View into one of the small Shouk Streets.

Adorable jewellery boxes!

Wide range of choices for the religious customers.

Spices, spices, spices.

Fresh flowers, waiting for happy owners.

The City Center of Jerusalem (there was a rock concert that evening).

One day I ate so many pastries that I felt sick afterwards... I am so silly. The next day I went back to buy more.

We have a really though work project at the moment and I cannot promise to blog daily for the next few weeks. I hope to manage every 3-4 days (hopefully that's OK for you!^^). See you again soon and stay tuned for more adventures from the Middle East (including a small puppy dog♥). Love,

ATLANTIS

Caesarea gave us the possibility to shoot these pictures. They came out like I hoped^^. So, a kind of extraordinary 'daily outfit post' today =). H. volunteered to take the photos, thank you honey!♥

White embroidered dress, borrowed from H. I suppose, the red veil is left from a play that took place here.

The feeling of the warm wind coming from the Mediterranean Sea, caressing through my hair can only be described with the wish to Fly away...

Waves softly crushing against the rocks.

What must life have been like at the time this building was created initially?

Close-Up on the pearl creole earrings from Jerusalem. Ring from Six Jewellery. I tried to find a dress with a similar embroidery - not successfully :(.

Seriously, one I day I want to live in a house at the sea. That's all I need to feel happy. Really really happy.

Picnic in Caesarea

On the Road again... Now we are driving north along the coast and pass Tel Aviv and Haifa on our way. After a few hours, we reach the ancient port of King Herod: Caesarea! Directly connecting his kingdom to the Mediterranean Sea, it is an amazing old (archaeological) city with even a palace, bath houses and an huge amphitheatre. There were even a few actors enacting the times of King Herod. We roamed through the ruins and imagined life 2000 years ago here! Later we had a picnic on the rocks, enjoying the breath-taking scenery and the fresh vegetables.

Our picnic place =).

A typical meadow in the dry and hot climate there.

View over the southern storage facilities in Caesarea.

The wooden stairs were build for the visitors of course (else they would have to climb around the ruins, not such a good idea). Here are my lovely T. and H.!♥♥

Hidden between the rocks. Look at those fleashy leaves! They store water for the flower (after 2 months I saw it raining here exactly one time!! Imagine!).

More from Caesarea.

I will try to have a calm evening today, in order to prepare for the upcoming workload the next weeks! At least I will fill the fridge with delicious food and go swimming as often as I can! I hope you guys are well and the fashionistas among you have the possibility to pull their new flower print dresses out of the closet with the first summer days! You wanna know what I really miss right now? It's actually hilarious: a few German/English glossy magazines to flip through. My town is so small, I could not find anything else than stuff in Hebrew... so it means more style blogs then I guess?!♥ Haha.
Love,