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Visiting Elmer and Plet Borlongan

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At Casa San Miguel is also the home of Elmer and Plet Borlongan. Plet is the sister of Coke  

You cannot believe how thrilled we were to actually meet the famous Elmer Borlongan.  We were hoping to get a souvenir from the famous couple but we all know that there is a long long waiting list to get Elmer’s works of art.  Thank you for allowing me to share your home at Heart2Heart… It is a work of art in itself

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A nice tree house under a mango tree! 

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How can you possibly put a price on these works of art of Elmer?? Even if you want to buy one, he will not sell them.  Many beautiful works of art were all over the house, many of them from long ago and in his early days of painting

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Love this painting of famous artists 

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Love love the kitchen!!!! 

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Cute Dr. Seuss on the couch 🙂 

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Painting of Plet by the dining room which really brightens up the place 

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Even the garden is so nice!!!! 

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Plet’s animal sculptures 

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Walkway going to the artists studios 

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 Plet and Elmer have their own studios but there is a bridge that connect the two studios 

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Plet is also an artist!  My Mom, my sister and I really really liked her works! Very lively, colorful and fun!  Plet is busy preparing for a show which includes her sculptures – women and animals in the nude is her theme

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And Elmer’s Studio which was off limits for my camera as he was preparing for his next show – so the works are not allowed to be published 

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Of course, everyone wants a photo with Elmer and Plet, Thank you for sharing your valuable works of art and your beautiful home with us.  Hopefully next time, we can have your work of art as a souvenir 🙂  More power to you both!! 

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Casa San Miguel by Coke Bolipata

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The most important part of the visit to Casa San Miguel ( Casa San Miguel Center for the Arts, Zambales Sept. 21, 2010 ) was to know more about what Coke does.  The children of Casa San Miguel performed for us that day in their music hall and we were really all amazed.  Do take time out to listen to the kids play.  See the 5 videos below on their performance

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The Ramon Corpuz Hall, named after the Grandfather of Coke who is the original owner of the houseimg_6531.jpgimg_6645.JPGimg_6647.jpg

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Thank you to Coke Bolipata for uplifting the musical talents of many Filipino children 

 

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Info taken from website.  Click to go to their website for more info:  Casa San Miguel

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Casa San Miguel Center for the Arts, Zambales

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We went to Subic a few weeks ago and this trip was exciting because Dad and Mom took us to Zambales which is about an hour away from Subic.  We visited Casa San Miguel ( Casa San Miguel by Coke Bolipata Sept. 21, 2010 )  where the famous Coke Bolipata lives.  Thanks Coke for having us as your guest.  You have a beautiful place! 

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The entrance walls are in mosaic in case it is not seen well in my photo 

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Artists homes are always so “Artsy” 🙂 

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Love the ceiling! 

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It was raining so just took a photo of the balcony from inside…beautiful tiles on the floor which my sister pointed out to me 

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Cute Kitchen 

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Thank you Coke for your warm reception and for the delicious merienda you prepared for us 

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Buy Red, Save Lives

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We went to the Ayala Museum ( A Visit to the Ayala Museum July 2, 2010 ) mainly for this event

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Previous Entry:  Diptyque Supports Red June 13, 2010 

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Thank you to those who graced the event and bought candles to support a good cause 

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It was our first time to witness the Eolipile which was something very interesting and new to us…

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Amazing how this guy made the background music just by using different things- rubber, stones, tubes…

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Click on the photo below to go to their website and read more about Eolipile 

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A Visit to the Ayala Museum

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Last month, we had the chance to visit the Ayala Museum.  Though it is so near and conveniently located to us, we obviously take it for granted as this is our first time to visit the museum since it opened in 2004.

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We of course love the Arturo Luz sculptures

 

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At that time, there was a Manansala exhibit going on… BEAUTIFUL!!! They were strict and did not allow photos to be taken for any of the exhibits

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As we attended an event that evening, they were giving tours for us guests…

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Due to limited time, we quickly visited the Gold exhibit and the Ceramic collection by Roberto Villanueva.  We were so amazed!  It’s all beautifully done and presented and the collections are so rich!  It’s worth the visit!

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Visit the website for more information and to know what is ongoing at the museum, click below

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Greta Garbo, The Mystery of Style

By | Arts and Culture, Fashion, What's New at Rustan's | One Comment

Triennale Design Museum, Milan

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Greta Garbo, the Swedish Sphinx, and Salvatore Ferragamo, The Shoemaker of Dreams, as his autobiography is titled, met in what was to be a small chapter in these two great figures’ historic lives. Their first encounter lasted just long enough for Ferragamo to create a pair of custom-made shoes. The year was 1927 and the place is Hollywood, before Salvatore returned to Florence to found his company in Italy. The star continued to buy her shoes at the Hollywood Boot Shop while it remained under Ferragamo’s ownership and later she went to Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. In August 1929, the pair met again in Florence. “As young as when I first met her”, Greta entered the shop with an old pair of cord sandals. “I don’t have any shoes,” she said. “And I want to walk”. In five sittings, Ferragamo designed a series of low-heel shoes, including a red calfskin sandal with an ankle strap that she particularly liked. She left the store with 70 pars of shoes, most of which differed only in color.

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Two years ago, Garbo’s great-nephew, Craig Reisfield, was passing through Florence and stopped to visit Ferragamo and its fascinating museum dedicated to the founder’s history and his revolutionary shoes, located in the historic Palazzo Spini Feroni, the company’s headquarter’s since 1938. While speaking with the Museum Director Stefania Ricci, Craig (a direct descendant of the actress, as he is the son of her only niece, Gray Resifield) mentioned the extensive collection of dresses, hats, scarves, gloves, and countless pairs of pants and shirts that her family has carefully kept – Greta Garbo’s entire personal wardrobe, as no one has ever seen or studied it before.

 

THE LOOK OF NON-CONFORMITY

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This is how the idea first came about for an exhibit on the legend of Greta Garbo beyond the silver screen, a show on one of the most mysterious icons of an era when the new art of film was just beginning to experiment with its ability to seduce and influence the masses. In 1929, Metro Goldwin Meyer assigned costume designer Adrian Adolph Greenberg to work with her, and the relationship they forged gave life to her unmistakable style which, even on set, embraced her personal taste for comfort and ease, and which above all, drew attention to her stunning face. Draped cowls, stand-away collars and very high necklines became the signature elements of Garbo/Adrian look, with resounding success. All over, her fans covered up, rather than baring themselves, creating a generation of Mata Haris in cinched-waist trench coats. Although Adrian’s tireless toil was meant for film, with magnificent costumes for movies like Queen Christina and Anna Karenina, the two influenced each other, as could be seen in Garbo’s personal wardrobe, which subtly changed when she decided to retire after the new look for Two Faced Woman (1941) proved to be an utter disaster, from the dresses to the perm mandated by Directory George Cukor and Hairdresser Sydney Guillaroff.

 After Adrian (who ended his long career, famously stating “When glamour ends for Garbo, it ends for me”), Greta Garbo turned to Valentina, the famous New York designer who, although she followed the actress’s strict rules of design, put a fresh and original spin on them, working with loose sophisticated shapes and favoring white, beige, black, and navy. But the uncompromising star also loved the warm hues of pink, and even bougainvillea, and the green-blue of the Mediterranean, which can be seen in the clothing that Gray Horan, Garbo’s great niece and author of the catalogue’s introduction has so graciously provided.

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THE EXHIBIT

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The show begins with a selection of film costumes recovered from the institutes, museums, and private collections that have had them since the dispersion of the MGM warehouses. The recovered pieces included a stunning dress with embroidered neckline worn in Inspiration, on loan from Drexel University in Philadelphia, and the dress work in Queen Christina (the Museum at Fit).

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One section is devoted to Garbo’s face, which Roland Barthes called an idea today. Her portrait was painted by Clarence Sinclair Bull, among others, and Cecil Beaton shot the celebrated passport photo of her.

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Everyday elegance brings together never before seen clothing and accessories that belonged to the star. The collection includes Louis Vuitton suitcases, one of which was entirely intended to hold shoes, as well as Valentina, Pucci, and Givenchy models, and Ferragamo shoes, including one of the creations that she was the very first to wear: a shoes with a stitchless upper, soft toe, and simple clasp.

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The show also includes incredibly glamorous, yet simple sandal with a small round heel,

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a velvet ballerina shoe for the evening and lovely lace up shoes whose small details – one pair has a slightly raised toe,

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the other a special closure – underscore Ferragamo’s creativity in the custom designs for one of his favorite customers. All the shoes were created with simplicity and comfort in mind, the epitome of Garbo glamour.

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In the Philippines, Salvatore Ferragamo is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc. (SSI) and is located at Power Plant Mall, Greenbelt 4, Rustan’s Tower, Rustan’s Makati, Alabang Town Centre and Rustan’s Ayala Cebu. 

 

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