Bar Refaeli in "Israel's Fashion Art" album-book's FB's Fan Club Page which counts now 2,000 FANS.

Bar Refaeli in a 2004 Eyal Nevo image exclusive to the album-book "Israel Fashion Art" by Nurit Bat-Yaar.

Hi, "Israel Fashion Art 1948-2008" album-book's Facebook Fan Club reached 2,000 fans!!! Thank you so much dear book fans!!! On this happy occasion I would like to share with you this very special image of a very special model: international fashion photography model BAR REFAELI, former love of film star Leonardo Dicaprio and one of the most perfect specimens of world beauty.

This is one of several full-page photos of Bar featured in the album-book. This specific one opens the chapter "Talking Clothes" which is about T shirts and other fashion pieces featuring written-up slogans and messages and photos that are printed on them. Believing that slogans such as :"A woman without a man is like a fish without bicycles" (by Feminist Gloria Stenheim), "Make Love Not War", "Black is Beautiful" etc., provide sort of a quick course about free world culture  - I decided to devote a special chapter to this concept.

As I did in other chapters here too I traced the sources of the custom to attach words to clothes to the Bible's High Priest, widening the discussion to its appearance in art works such as Braque and Picasso's collages and to present day's Jenifer Bar-Lev's fabric works, etc.

To visit FaceBook Book's Fan Club Page please go to link:

http://pitsi.com/7xt

By the way, do you have any idea what does the white swan pillow is doing in the picture? It has nothing to do with the film "White Swan, Black Swan". Nor with the Sawn Lake ballet. It's there as a reminder that Bar's nick-name is Bar-Boor, the Hebrew word for swan! 



"Israel Fashion Art" Album-Book Hearts Mark Zuckerberg

A 1989 creation of Dana Ziv-Carmi of Wizo-Canada-Haifa Academy, exclusive to "Israel Fashion Art" album-book by Nurit Bat-Yaar. Photo: Isri Halpern. Styling: Nurit Bat-Yaar. 

Hi, naturally when my album-book "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" came out after the seven or so years that I had worked on it, I hoped people would appreciate the blood and sweat I poured into it or should I say the embroidery silk threads, the golden coins, the cultural, historical and artistic glimpses, as well as the creative fantasy I had woven into it. However, I never realized that I would get that many loving responses and I think that if it weren't for FACEBOOK much of all this love wouldn't have reached me.

So, firstly I would like to thank FACEBOOK and its creator MARK ZUCKERBERG for making it possible.

Thanks from the depth of my heart also to all the book's fans who took the time to share with me their feelings and impressions of the book. Your opinions are very dear and important to me.

Thanks to designer Dani Kalmar who wrote: "Finally a book which is both fascinating and enlightening." To author and former journalist-editor Liora Einy who wrote: "Nurit's book is superb". To renowned architect Ilan Pivko who wrote: "The historical Israeli fashion looks fantastic in your book. You must have thrown light on timeless creations which is why they still look relevant and up to date." And thank you to all the other very dear readers who are sharing here with me their enthusiasm from
"שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל".

This is the 12th bunch of responses to the book I'm uploading. The previous ones were posted on Feb, 20, 2010, on Aug, 3, 2010, on Aug, 13, 2010, on Sept. 16, 2010, on Oct. 6, 2010, on Oct.23, 2010, on Nov. 26, 2010 , and on Dec. 16, 2010Jan.2, 2011, on March 16, 2011 and on May 20, 2011 posts.


Responses from the Academy were posted on (May 3, 2010 ), Museum Curators (July 18, 2010), and the Press (June 16, 2010) .

Shimon Peres, Israel's President's so highly appreciated, heart-warming response was posted on Oct. 15, 2010.

Vered Vizovitch Kaponi, Bags Designer. March 16,2011                ורד ויזוביץ קפוני
• התמונות מאד יפות. זה ספר שיהיה מונח אצלי בחנות!


Dotan Sofer, musician.FB. March 16, 2011 דותן  סופר                                                                                                   נורית! אמרתי לך כבר שלדעתי ספרך

יכול וצריך לקבל הכרה בינלאומית בגלל העושר שלו בתחומו! .

מיכל פלדמן
Michal Feldman, Facebook. March 17, 2011
ואחרי שהצצתי בספר ובתמונות.... ואווו....כי כל מילה אחרת תגמד את העוצמה והיצירתיות. נדירה ומרגשת!

ועוד ממיכל:
Michal Feldman 18 מרץ 2011‏ בשעה 04:59‏
נורית יקירה...
אתחיל עם הספר המרשים ביופיו, בתוכנו ובתכניו. אכן ניכרת עבודה רבה והשקעה מאומצת שהובילו לתוצאה מרשימה

שולה שפיגל Shula Spiegel, TV docu film producer, March22, 2011
נורית... הספר מרתק

דני קלמר Dani Kalmar, Fashion designer. March 27, 2011
הספר מרשים ביותר.סוף סוף ספר גם מקסים עיצובית וגם משכיל.

שמוליק בכר נייס Shmulik Bechar Nice, Producer. April 2,2011
ראיתי את הספר ממש מוצלח ומעניין טרם התעמקתי בו לקריאה מלאה אבל שאפו על העבודה המורכבת של איסוף החומרים...

ליאורה עיני , former editor of Signon, Maariv.April3,2011 Liora Eini
ספרה של נורית בת יער ספר מעולה - תוכן ועיצוב - ניכרים השקעה רבה ואהבה רבה. אנא מיסרו לנורית שלאחר דפדוף ראשון אקרא כל פרק בעיון ובהנאה

מיטל ארז Facebook. April 5, 2011 ,Meytal erez
הצטרפתי למועדון אוהדי הספר, אין מילים מהמםםםםם.... כל מה שקשור לאופנה, סטייל, ועוד.. אני פה...

במבי קטן Bambi Katan. FB. April 8, 2011
קניתי ונהנית מאוד. תודה.

מיכל ענבר Michal Inbar. FB. April 10, 2011
קיבלתי במתנה את הספר האדיר (תרתי משמע) שלך ואני הולכת לישון איתו כל לילה גומעת ממנו בצמא! איזה כייף לי... תודה רבה נורית על הספר :-)"


יעל גלעד Yael Gilad, FB. April 13, 2011
ראיתי אותו בלימודים וממש אהבתי תודה

יפית ריקלין Yafit Riklin, Accessory designer. April 14, 2011
הי נורית יקרה
את הספר המקסים רכשתי כבר מזמן בתערוכת אות העיצוב – עשית עבודה מדהימה ואני נהנית מהספר
ראיתי את האזכורים עלי בספר, זה הרגעים הקטנים האלו שפתאום אני מבינה את העשייה ושהיא חלק ממשהו תרבותי שנעשה פה בארצנו המיוחדת
חג פסח שמח לך

Yaffa grebenau, former model & exporter April 14, 2011
יפה גרבנאו קניתי לאורלי דנקנר את הספר גם לרונה הבת שלומדת בעקבות ליקוש בשנקר שנה א... הן מאד נהנות מהספר..

איילת קרבצקי Ayelet Kravetzky. FB. April 15, 2011
ספר מדהים אני אקנה לי אותו מתנה לחג

ליסה מרז Lisa Mraz. FB. April 18, 2011
אני מאוד מעריכה אותך ומתה על הספר שכרון עיצובים! חג שמח אישה יקרה!

אילן פיבקו Ilan Pivko, Architect. April 19, 2011
הי נורית ראיתי אתמול את ספרך שכרון עיצובים והתפעלתי מאד. האפנה הישראלית לדורותיה נראית נפלא בספרך. כנראה שידעת להאיר את אותן יצירות שישרדו ולכן נראה הספר כה עכשווי
ובכלל "גוף העבודה " שלך על פני כל השנים הללו מרשים ביותר

Zvi Elhyani, Israel Architecture Archive Iaa April 25, 2011 צבי אלחייני, ארכיון האדריכלות הישראלי .
נורית שלום, מאוד אוהב את ספרך שיצא לא מכבר, גוף עבודה מצוין כינסת שם, צבי אלחייני ארכיון אדריכלות ישראל

נורית זוארי , FB. May 10,2011 Nurit Zoari
תמונות מדהימות. חברתי רוצה לרכוש אותו עבורי כמתנה... עיינתי בספרך מאוד נהניתי תמונות מרהיבות ממש רמה.

נטע לבנה Neta Livne, FB. May 10, 2011
ספר מקסים...

"Israel Fashion Art" FB's Fan Club reached 1,900 Fans

A Menahem Oz photo exclusive to "Israel Fashion Art"
"שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל"
album-book of an Alon Siman-Tov creation. Styling: Nurit Bat-Yaar.

Hi, Today I would like to share with you the happy event regarding the book's Facebook Fan Cub which marks over 1900 fans. Thanks so much dear

"Israel Fashion Art" fans.

During my many years as "Yedioth Ahronoth" fashion editor I was always eager to discover new talents, young designers uninhibited by conventions and marketing limitations. Usually, I would find such free spirits in the fashion academies. I would then initiate stylised editorials which provided the imaginative students a springboard to fame and success and my newspaper readers an exciting aesthetic experience. Thus I fully iidentified with Diana Vreeland's motto: My purpose is to show my fashion readers things they don't even know they want.

One of the unique creations I discovered at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design was the above hat by Alon Siman-Tov. Alon designed it within a hat design course taught by creative hat-designer Gil Becher his inspiration being the film "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". His was one of about five-seven hats I selected for the editorial, and the only one which ended up in the album-book.

Like many of the students whose unique and exciting designs were included in the book - after his graduation Alon became a very successful designer who left his mark on the international arena. Among the Fashion Houses he designed for were Enrico Coveri, Roberto Cavali and Levi's accessories.

Israel Fashion Art Album-Book Review in Spanish

Hi, book reviews, interviews and articles about "Israel Fashion Art" album-book
"שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל" were published up to now in Hebrew, English, Russian, and Swiss-German. Today I am posting the latest review which was published in Spanish.

Unfortunately, I don't read Spanish so I am unable to provide you guys with some quotes from the article.  However, my former colleague fashion editor Chikita Levov who wrote it told me she couldn't find words to express the very special feelings the album-book aroused in her.

So, in case some of my readers do read Spanish here it is.
 As far as the images from "Israel Fashion Art" album-book go, the article features a portrait of mine by Ron Kedmi, a Gottex photo of beachwear designs (by Ben Lam), and a Maskit, Fini Leitersdorf embroidered caftan (by Ben Lam),  in the first page.

In the second page a photo of a golden coins tunic by Silvia Vered (Versano) (by Ido Lavie), the book's cover picture of a Shenkar's Jacob Harpaz gown (by Miri Davidovits), and a Dana Ziv-Carmi of Vitzo-Haifa creation (by Isri Halpern. Styling: yours truly).

A Chikita Levov article about "Israel Fashion Art" album-book by Nurit Bat-Yaar in Spanish. Page 1.

A Chikita Levov article about "Israel Fashion Art" album-book by Nurit Bat-Yaar in Spanish, page 2.

"Israel Fashion Art 1948-2008" and The Perfect Style Experience".

"Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" among ten fashion books recommended by Signon on June 1, 2011

Hi, Yesterday a very pleasant surprise awaited me at "Signon" the lifestyle weekly magazine of "Maariv"'s daily newspaper. On the occasion of the coming-up Book Fair - Michal Israeli made up a list of the ten  recommended fashion books and album-books. In the article's sub-title she wrote: "We chose ten fashion books that would provide you with the perfect style experience". 

 "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" (Resling) was mentioned next to nine imported books such as Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 by Carol Squiers (Abrams), Vogue Model: The Face of Fashion by Robin Derrick & Robin Muir (Little), Fashion by Charlotte Seeling (Hf Ullmann), The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman (Penguin) etc.

In her item about "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008"  "שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל" Michal wrote: "In this lavish book Nurit Bat-Yaar offers an historical viewpoint about Israeli Fashion which focuses not only on the aesthetic aspects but on social and cultural aspects as well. In addition to the marvelous and nostalgic photos which Bat-Yaar collected and saved from extinction and in addition to text which discusses the cultural role Israeli Fashion's played - the book is also spiced with true behind the scenes stories of the fashion industry."

The review was accompanied by a picture of the album-book's cover featuring a photo by Miri Davidovits of a Jacob Harpaz gown modeled by Adaya Meirtcek.

Thank you very much dear Michal Israeli.



Design Award to "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" Graphic Designer.

"Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" by Nurit Bat-Yaar (Resling 2010) book cover. Designed by Nadav Shalev - recipient of Israel's Ministry of Culture 2010 Art & design awards in design category.

 
Hi, Today I would like to share with you guys the happy announcement made last week by Israel's Ministry of Culture headed by Ms. Limor Livnat regarding its Art and Design Awards for 2010. Among the five recipients of the award in the design category is Nadav Shalev - who was "Israel's Fashion Art - 1948-2008" (Resling 2010) graphic designer.

Nadav concentrates on designing mostly art and design books and catalogs for museums' exhibitions and for Shenkar college. But his latest largest project was my 440 pages album-book which includes over 400 color images. Congratulations Nadav!!!

Nurit Bat-Yaar in Liri Halperin's article in "Ahbar Ha-Ir" of May 26, 2011 about the state of Tel-Aviv's young fashion designers today.

Last week I was interviewed by Liri Halperin of "Ahbar Ha-Ir" weekly magazine about
the state of young Tel-Aviv fashion designers. To her question what is the future holding for them, I replied that in view of the fierce competition from the international chains which opened branches in Israel and the import of designer's fashion to high-end boutiques, they need to take more risk and get out of their conch of "safe" neutral colors. I also suggested that they try to fuse practicality with a touch of fantasy.

"Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008"         "שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל"
mentioned in the article could be a real good place to start.

More Accolades to "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" Album Book

Hanoch Reichelson in an Alber Elbaz creation designed during his Shenkar years. Photo exclusive to Nurit Bat-Yaar's book "Israel Fashion Art - 1948-2008" :Sami Ben-Gad

Hi, Today I would like to thank some of the many readers of "Israel Fashion Art -
1948-2008" album-book published by the academic publishing house "Resling" which is called in Hebrew:
"שיכרון עיצובים - אמנות האופנה בישראל"
The readers which were kind enough to share with me their heartwarming impressions from the book.

This is the 11th bunch of responses I have posted here. The previous ones were posted on  Feb, 20, 2010, on Aug, 3, 2010, on Aug, 13, 2010, on Sept. 16, 2010, on Oct. 6, 2010, on Oct.23, 2010, on Nov. 26, 2010 , and on Dec. 16, 2010, Jan.2, 2011 and on March 16, 2011 posts.

Responses from the Academy were posted on (May 3, 2010 ), Museum Curators (July 18, 2010), and the Press (June 16, 2010) .

Shimon Peres, Israel's President's so highly appreciated, heart-warming response was posted on Oct. 15, 2010.

The first two responses Cybil Goldfeiner of Comme Il Faut: "A stunning book", and
designer Dorin Frankfort's WOW!!!!! were actually received last year. The delay in including them in the blog is a result of the fact that they weren't sent via the net but were written on greeting cards attached to symbolic tokens of appreciation.

The rest of the responses were received via the net, mostly from my virtual Facebook friends. Some as a response to a post in which I suggested the book would make a fit gift on the occasion of a certain holiday. I am very grateful to all the people for their enthusiastic responses and accolades and especially to Hanoch Reichelson who expressed his opinion that my special contribution to the country justifies granting  yours truly the "Israel's Award" ("Prass Israel").  Thanks so much from the depth of my heart Hanoch.

סיביל גולדפיינר Cybil Goldfeiner, Comme Il Faut. Feb. 2010
לנורית, רציתי להגיד מברוק. ספר מדהים.
כל הכבוד,סיביל וכל משפ. קום איל פו.

דורין פרנקפורט Dorin Frankfurt, Fashion Designer. Feb. 2010
WOW!!!!!

תמי קאלי Tami Kali, Facebook. Feb.27,2011
"גם אני רכשתי... אני קוראת בעונג רב. ספר חשוב שנותן מבט היסטורי על צבעי הגיזרה של החברה הישראלית. תודה נורית למתנה מופלאה."

דריה מוזס Darya Mozes, Feb.28, 2010. FB .
ספר מופלא שקיבלתי מבן לם מתנה,אושר צרוף

רפאל קינן Rafaelle Kynan, March 1, 2011. FB .
ספר מצוין התבוננתי בו ורכשתיו לפני כשבועיים

שחף לילך Lilach Shachaf, FB. March 2, 2011
יש לי את הספר מרגע השקתו והוא מקסים ומאוד מעשי

קרן גוטמן Keren Gutman, March3, 2011. FB.
נורית שלום
מעריכה מאוד את כתיבתך ופועלך
תודה על ספרים וקטלוגים נפלאים
חזק ואמץ
בהערכה
קרן.

אטי יעקובזון . Eti Yakobson, fashion designer. March,3,2011
אכן הספר הוא עדות "לתפארת האופנה בישראל" שחלפה ואיננה עוד לצערי."
אביבה בראל Aviva Barel, FB. March 4, 2011
היי נורית, ערב טוב
תודה על חברותך הוירטואלית! אצטרף בשמחה ובהנאה מרובה למועדון אוהדי הספר! יישר כח על העבודה המדהימה!!! ברכות מירושלים, אביבה

ליאורה בסון לרש Liora Bassoon,B.A., Researcher. March 9, 2011 Lerech
ספרך מונח במרכז הסלון אצלנו בבית. אנחנו נהנות לדפדף בדפיו המשובחים ובצילומים הנהדרים. את מומחית בתחומך וראויה על הערכה רבה על האלבום הזה.

יסמין לוי Yasmine levi, "Yedioth Ahronoth" Journalist. March 10, 2011
מתנה מופלאה ונהדרת. כמוך

דבי צבעוני Debbie Zivoni, Facebook. March 11, 2011
"אכן מומלץ ביותר!"

חנוך רייכלסון Hannoch Reichelson, Fashion. March 16, 2011
נורית, אין עליך, שנה הבאה אני ממליץ עליך לפרס ישראל על תרומה מיוחדת למדינה".