Heima Made with Love Collection 2.0 Launch: Trendspotting!
25 Oct 2010 6 Comments
♥Love, Love, Love Art, Chic Furnitures and Fashion♥
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There’s no place like Heima. Shabby chic furnitures, quirky elegance and coquette vibe made the Heima Made With Love Launch party a collaboration of art, fashion and gorgeous interior design. Much love to Heima for featuring my good friend Arlene Sy’s art exhibit aptly titled Inflated Dreams. To see more of her works just click little miss bonnie (see the right panel) for her blog and visit www.heimastore.com. Her beautiful art pieces are still available in Heima’s Makati showroom.
Heima is definitely my choice if if I start building my very own pad. The whimsical patterns, colorful pieces of furnitures, eclectic designs and damask artworks are totally my style. The best part of attending a soiree made of pure l♥ve and passion is to be surrounded by beautiful artsy people in their stylish garbs. It’s not hard to fall in love in this gorgeous array of art, heim interiors and fashionable people! More
Lanvin Lovin’
24 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
Lanvin Spring Ready-to-Wear Collection 2011
Alber Elbaz captures romantic and elegant with this red evening wear floor length dress
Alber Elbaz is a genius. I always look forward to his collections and this year’s Ready-t0-Wear was simply astounding. He is a master of beautiful draping and marrying couture with wearable elegance. Lanvin has become a part of my must have designer buys for my future wardrobe. For the meantime I will marvel at this gorgeous collection and i’ve handpicked my favorites to share with my fellow Lanvin lovers. Enjoy! More
Arrested Beauty: Your Fashion Police Shoot
16 Oct 2010 3 Comments
Your Fashion Police Shoot, October 2010
Behind the scenes of my friend's collection photo shoot
What I love about make up is the limitless opportunities to play with colors in enhancing your face’s striking features and the transformation from a blank canvass into a work of art. Had the great honor of doing make up for my friend’s online boutique (visit www.yourfashionpolice.multiply.com) shoot, partly styling and complementing the model’s make up with her latest collection. Our model’s transformations from Shaina Magdayao’s pre John Lloyd days, Kim Chiu’s early modeling looks, and poses reminiscent of Anne Curtis’ Magic Kingdom time and Angelica Panganiban’s Lolita appeal , Micah’s debut is worthy of a Candy spread and a Teen Vogue editorial. Here’s a summary of my favorite looks and how-to-do make up tips for you to enjoy.
Styling circa 2006
09 Oct 2010 2 Comments
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Styling Sprees, 2006
Black Widow
Dug some old styling works I did way back in 2006, fresh from college and trying to find my way in the real world. All I know back then was I wanted to do anything that deals with fashion. After doing some styling jobs for FHM I met make up artist Myca Velarde, (whom I styled for the men’s mag) we would hook up and collaborate with young designers, novice photographers and neophyte models so we can beef up our portfolio. I would go through my closet and scoped out ukay finds so I can come up with concepts for our shoots. It was undeniably one of my happiest and fulfilled moments. You’re young, fearless and driven by so much passion that the creative process seemed mundane. I would commute all the way from Laguna lugging a bag full of clothes, accessories and dreams that one day I would be part of the local fashion industry.
When reality sets in and wakes you with responsibilities, bills and corporate allure, you forget the real reason why something makes you feel passionate and fulfilled. I am done denying what I really love.. and looking at this pictures gives me a sense of fulfillment that what you truly love will bring you to where you really are destined to be.
True Colors
24 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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Basement Academy, 2008
My Graffiti make up interpretation
I remember discovering the world of make up at the tender age of 9. I would go through my mom’s dresser and experiment with her lipsticks, blushes, foundations and creams that I absolutely have no idea of at that time but stirred my interest way too much so i dabbed, puffed and blushed my way to the different palette of colors that waked my artistic inclinations. Growing up, I was always fond of colors and even tried my hands on painting using different mediums like watercolor, color pencils, and oil pastels. I just remember excelling in coloring more than drawing and find myself the go-to-girl when it comes to make up during plays, school dances, night outs and parties. I finally took formal classes in 2008 in Basement Academy and voila, one of my favorite creations during our graduation class. I also included some of my favorite looks that I did for a friend. I look forward to sharing my other passion and maybe one day become an alternative career..
Vigan
22 Sep 2010 2 Comments
VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR
Ilokana Beauty in a T'Boli costume
There is something nostalgic about Vigan that brings you back to a colonial era with its cobblestone streets, unique architecture and construction with colonial European facade and designs. I love the fact that our visit two weeks ago coincided with their annual Solidarity week and I was overwhelmed by a beautiful group of girls waiting for their turn to perform in the plaza wearing ethnic costumes of the T’Boli tribe. These tribal costumes inspired a lot of runway collections in the past for designers like Jean Paul Gaultier, Thakoon, Paul Smith and Christopher Kane just to name a few. I was astounded and reminded how rich and beautiful our ethnicity and culture is that I couldn’t help but snap pictures of these girls in their gorgeous ethnic ensembles.
The Cubao eXperience
10 Sep 2010 8 Comments
Vintage, Art, Antiques, Food and Fashion at its Best
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I first heard of Cubao X for their custom made shoes and antique shops way back in college. And as for my appetite with anything to do with fashion, I scoured my way through Cubao and found an enchanting haven of art galleries, shoes, vintage items, novelty shops and a quaint authentic Italian restaurant named Bellin’s. I paid a visit last week and Cubao Expo is still an interesting stop to appreciate local art, indie music, vintage items and unique fashion pieces. A go-to-place if you’re looking for custom made shoes, pop art, antiques, vintage lovers, art gallery junkie and a fashion seeker like me.
Sydney Series
08 Sep 2010 2 Comments
Sydney, Australia 2009
Harbor Haute
One of my favorite trips in my career in L’Oreal was our incentive getaway in Sydney, Australia last year. The land down under exudes a very casual , laid back and no frills kind of vibe so I opted for a plaid patterned maxi dress shaped by cinched belt topped off by a straw fedora hot to match the Aussie lifestyle. Perfect outfit for a lunch cruise around the city with the Sydney Opera House in sight.
The Devil of September
29 Aug 2010 1 Comment
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The Real Devil in Prada
Any fashion lover should watch this documentary. The biggest, thickest and heaviest issue of Vogue, The September Issue chronicles the life and work of Anna Wintour as they closed Vogue’s biggest September issue with Sienna Miller on the cover. Love her or hate her, there is no denying that the real devil is a genius in what she does and perhaps the most influential woman in fashion.
Some of the highlights include the perennial ambivalent relationship between Vogue’s creative director Grace Coddington and Anna Wintour, fashion’s new IT boy Thakoon, Anna’s reaction to Yves Sain Laurent’s head designer Stefano Pilati’s f/w collection (it’s a classic Anna Wintour icy stare) and Sienna Miller’s rejected “too much teeth” cover and the biggest irony of having a daughter who has no interest in fashion and Wintour’s self-confessed weakness. It’s hilarious, witty and downright fashionable.
Watching it is may be the most fashionable way of welcoming September!
The most sought after issue of Vogue
Cover girl Sienna Miller photographed by Mario Testino
Halle Berry covers the latest issue of Vogue
Empire State of Mind
19 Aug 2010 7 Comments
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New York, New York
I ♥ New York. My first visit was during the Holidays in December 2007 and the city was packed- with tourists! It seems that all the New Yorkers packed their bags and went somewhere sunny so I didn’t really get to see NYC native fashion on the streets. I’m planning to visit again July 2012 (summer) so I can visit the other places that I wasn’t able to go to like MoMa, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Central Park and try out the smorgasbord of different dishes, chic restaurants, watch the Broadway play WICKED and of course shop! And I really have to scope the born and bred New York street style fashion. Summer will be a great opportunity to strut my stuff and take notes and snapshots of the city that never sleeps.
New York Minute
I wore a chic Chanel like double breasted tweed jacket by Ilaya Couture from the Archaeology section in Power Plant mall. This jacket got a lot of double takes on the street and I even overheard one girl saying “I love her jacket!” Now, who says a tropical country can’t make a stylish winter garment? If you’re planning to go somewhere cold for the Holidays, Ilaya offers a variety of jackets in brocade and tweed fabrics that are chic and affordable. This jacket is an instant classic and will be a great heirloom in my closet for my future daughters to enjoy. More
