Rosebud Fashion Tour-November 2023

Activities:

• Gather at hotel lobby TBA

• At Maskit-Opening program- What is unique about Israeli Fashion?

• Maskit - Conceived in 1954 by Ruth Dayan, Maskit made contemporary luxury clothing utilizing traditional embroidery techniques from Hungarian, Yemenite, Bulgarian, Bedouin, Palestinian, Druze, Lebanese and Jewish artisans. The resulting works of art created more than jobs for immigrants; a brand was born.

• Jaffa Flea Market - Wind your way through the Flea Market which features everything from antiques to hip new clothing and design stores, cafes, restaurants, and bars.

• Lunch at a restaurant in the Flea Market area

• Ilana Goor Museum - The Ilana Goor Museum sits on a hill in Old Jaffa and is a beautiful setting for the work of artist Ilana Goor and her magnificent collection.

• Anny Jacobson - Anny Jacobson, has been designing unique women's fashion for many years. Anny's designs have their own unique language. With meticulous attention to detail, and the combination of its many inspirational worlds, which make them special, artistic and contemporary.

• Ariela Wertheimer - Ariela Wertheimer is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Israel and has been drawing and photographing for the past 30 years. "In my work I interpret life processes, fleeting thoughts, and vulnerabilities; I seek to mediate my weaknesses, difficulties, hesitations, struggles, and fears through photography, painting, video and readymade, wax and light boxes, resin, and tubs of color."

• Dinner at Malka restaurant

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Begin the day with a Bauhaus Tour - Tel Aviv has more Bauhaus buildings that any other city in the world, so many that it is designated by Unesco as a World Heritage Site. The buildings were designed by Bauhaus architects who immigrated to Israel from Europe in the 1930s. Some 4000 Bauhaus buildings were built- a development which turned the city center into a quasi "open air Bauhaus museum" and earned Tel Aviv the nickname “White City.”

• Kedem Sasson - Kedem Sasson was born in 1964 and after his military service he completed his studies at the Tel Aviv Engineering and Management College. At the age of 26 and following a Ministry of Labor course in public relations, he shifted to the fashion industry and in 1995, opened his own studio. Besides fashion design for the broad public, Mr. Kedem began designing for dancers (Rina Sheinfeld, Vertigo), for the theater (Medea, Gesher Theater), for various musicals (the Idan Reichel Show), cinema (Secrets) and TV (In Treatment, Golden Girls, Dolls). Kedem sasson known as an architect of clothing because of its sculptural cuts “for me the fabric is like a canvas to paint on or any other material that I can sculpt.

• Time for lunch in the Carmel Market - The Carmel Market (Shuk HaCarmel), is the largest market in Tel Aviv. Touring the market reveals the taste of the ages of Tel-Aviv in the youthful atmosphere of the city's central market. The Polish, the Persian, and the Yemeni...in this case, it is not the start of a joke, but the fascinating culinary traditions that mix in this place. The established market that was founded over 90 years ago, can now reveal its secrets, stories, and legends to you. Enjoy tastes throughout the tour.

• Nachalat Binyamin - Nachalat Binyamin Arts and Crafts fair takes place every Tuesday and Friday in Tel Aviv. Each day artists display and sell their crafts surrounded by a beautiful, historical buildings, many in the process of being preserved.

• Ronen Chen - Ronen Chen is an Israeli fashion company for women. Since 1994 the company's been growing consistently through the years. Ronen started his business in order to express his passion for design as well as his will to thrive in the fashion industry. After 24 successful years of experience, he is considered to be the biggest and the most successful designer in Israel. In the Israeli saturated market Ronen Chen is a very unique fashion brand. This is reflected in all aspects.

• Alembika - ALEMBIKA was founded in 2005 by 2 women - Fashion designer Hagar Alembik-Hazofe, a graduate of Shenkar school of design and an established designer in the Israeli fashion scene, and Dr. Judy Fadlon, an anthropologist. ALEMBIKA offers a collection suited to women of all ages, specializing in the middle and large size range - to which Alembika's layered look is especially flattering.

• Dinner at Gueta - On Jaffa's Jerusalem Boulevard, across from the Gesher Theater, Gueta restaurant keeps to its traditional Tripoli style of cooking, using old recipes that have been passed through generations.

• Evening concert pending availability

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Design Museum Holon - Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel dedicated to Design. The building of the museum was planned and designed by Israeli architect and industrial designer Ron Arad in cooperation with Bruno Asa.

• Sarona Market - Sarona was a German Templer colony established in Tel Aviv during the Ottoman Palestine period in 1871. In the past decade Sarona has been revitalized as a commercial center with a modern food market at its center. Explore the area's history and enjoy tastings in the market.

• Ronit Furst Eyewear - As an avid eyewear collector and a prescription eyewear user since childhood, Ronit Furst was constantly looking for her next frame, but it was the turn of a century and she felt she needed something really special. Failing to find a frame that would satisfy her mood for renewal, she decided to paint on one of her existing frames. The result was exactly what she has been looking for, a colorful, lively and super original piece of eyewear. In a way, this one self-made hand painted frame changed her life.

• Tour of Asif: Culinary Institute of Israel - Asif is a non-profit organization and culinary center in Tel Aviv dedicated to cultivating and nurturing Israel’s diverse and creative food culture, a joint venture of the New York City-based Jewish Food Society and Tel Aviv’s Start-Up Nation Central.

• Tishrey Bar - Drink down a story of Israel! Travel the different regions of the country through the drinks. Through local spirits, quality Israeli produce, cultural design, and Israeli innovation, meet the staff of an Israeli cocktail 'start-up' and see how they translate this into amazing cocktails. Cocktails are mixed with Israeli alcohol, fruit in season, and wrapped into the Israeli story. You’ll have a chance to learn to mix the drinks as well.

• Dinner on your own

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Graffiti Tour - Enjoy a creative Graffiti workshop in the trendy neighborhood of Florentin, and experience fun and artistic freedom. Discover new and daring Israeli Graffiti Artists that are gaining recognition around the world.

• Levinsky Market - The Levinsky Market specializes in spices and Mediterranean delicacies. It is, in many ways, the best market in Tel Aviv, for its variety, freshness and special atmosphere. Whether you are looking for a rare Indian spice or some good quality saffron - this is the place. Shops offer a cornucopia of excellent cheeses, smoked fish, wines and other delicacies. Tour the market and have "tastings" throughout.

• Visit the 'cutting edge' Fab House - The Fabric House is a collaborative work space for fashion and the first sewing of its kind in the country, for beginning designers, students and sewing lovers of all kinds. The place is meticulously designed, equipped with high-quality professional equipment and creates a creative and pleasant atmosphere for work. The Canvas House provides image and sewing services and there is also a professional team accompanying the creators in the creative process. The members of the venue enjoy content evenings, lectures, workshops, fashion and pop events, in the fashion and textile fields.

• KitePride - KitePride is an Israeli, Tel Aviv based fashion social enterprise. They create functional, one-of-a-kind BAGS from upcycled kitesurfing kites, sails, parachutes, and wetsuits in order to provide jobs to survivors of human trafficking and prostitution. Through each bag sold, continuous jobs are created and fabric is saved from landfill.

• Shahar Avnet - Shahar Avnet is a luxury international fashion & art brand, based in Tel Aviv. The brand is multi-seasonal and dynamic to reflect the diverse and constantly changing world of fashion. They manufacturer haute couture collections- bridal & evening wear in Tel Aviv, and RTW collections in Tulkarem and by that support Palestinian settlements and economics. We believe in LOVE and we do our best to work and make fashion by doing good for the humans and the world we live in. Shahar derives her inspiration from the fusion of art and fashion, merging the intangible dimension of the mind with the physical body.

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Yaacov Agam Museum of Art - The Yaacov Agam Museum of Art is in Rishon LeZion, the hometown of internationally acclaimed Israeli artist Yaacov Agam. The museum will showcases six decades of Agam’s groundbreaking artistic research, presenting temporary exhibitions and permanent displays of some of his most important artworks, coming from prestigious collections and museums worldwide.

• Lunch and wine tasting at Bravdo Winery - Bravdo Winery is a boutique winery founded by veteran wine growing families of more than 130 years. The winery sits among its own vineyards, near the village of Karmei Yosef and is one of the very few genuine estate wineries in Israel.

• Return to Tel Aviv and free time

• Shabbat Dinner Home Hospitality

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Option for Walking Tour

• Or visit the Tel Aviv Museum of Art - Tour through the extensive Israeli collection at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is an amazing way to visually explore the Israeli narrative from the early 20th century until today. What is the story the Arts Establishment tells about Israeli Art?

• In private setting indulge in a Jewish Shabbat Brunch - Enjoy the variety of classic ethnic foods that are part of the Shabbat day meal. These dishes are brought directly from the homes in which the food was cooked for families that share their heritage and flavors.

• Free afternoon- beach time!

• Dinner on your own- we can make recommendations and reservations

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Drive to Jerusalem

• Lifeline for the Old / Yad LaKashish - Yad LaKashish is a non-profit organization empowering and supporting nearly 300 elderly Jerusalem residents on a daily basis by providing them with creative work opportunities in artistic workshops.

• Fashion That Matters - How is fashion making a difference? Who is making clothes for people with special needs of all kinds? Meet innovators and designers who are changing the world through fashion.

• Machane Yehuda Market - In the heart of Jerusalem, a bustling multi-ethnic market bursting with life, art, and flavor, a tasting tour through Machane Yehuda market is an adventure for your taste buds. Enjoy the hustle and bustle with all the rich fragrances, colors and sounds this iconic Jerusalem market offers.

• Jewish Quarter - The Jewish Quarter is best known for the Western Wall, but there’s a lot more to see and do here. See archaeological finds from First and Second Temple periods, Roman ruins, and vibrant synagogues, learning institutions which jostle for space in these busy stone streets. The central plaza offers an excellent place to contemplate the power this quarter holds for so many.

• Dinner at Eucalyptus - “Moshe Basson, utilizing his schooling in agriculture and passion for studying ancient script, has incorporated into the restaurants kosher menu many dishes that are based on foods eaten for many centuries in this region. In time, he became an authority on herbs and edible wild plants indigenous to this region, and their culinary uses.”

• Return to Tel Aviv

• Isrotel Royal Beach Tel Aviv

Activities:

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Neve Tzedek - Continue to Neve Tzedek which was founded in 1887 as one of the first Jewish settlements outside of the old port city of Jaffa. From a barren sand dune to one of the most sought after neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, It has become a trendy stomping ground for artists - with countless boutiques, galleries, and fashion shops.

• Boaz Kashi - Four-generations of exceptional family craftsmanship legacy since 1889, serves as inspiration for Boaz Kashi to design and produce unique, fascinating jewelry. Kashi's design combines the highest quality of enduring materials, 18k-24k gold, genuine gemstones, and ethically sourced diamonds. The limited-edition collections, handcrafted traditionally, create unique shapes and designs that combine beauty and power at the same time. Boaz Kashi has participated in various international jewelry shows earning world recognition and acclaim.

• New Designers Fashion tour by Liri - Meet Israel's up and coming designers!

• Final dinner

• Transfer to airport