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 Previous Entry:  Blue Leaf August 3, 2007

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The Birth of a Christening Gown Line

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An intimate tea party took place at Rustan’s Makati on the magical children’s floor to introduce the Katrina Goulbourn Babes line of christening gowns. The mood relaxed and friendly like a baptismal celebration – with the whimsical, beautiful setting and vignettes by Rustan’s featuring different settings themed after Goulbourn’s designs, where ladies chattered and enjoyed none other than the Peninsula’s delicious high-tea from petite tea sandwiches to delectable mini pastries.katrina-golbourn-6.jpgkatrina-golbourn-9.jpgkatrina-golbourn-8.jpgkatrina-golbourn-4.jpgkatrina-golbourn-5.jpgkatrina-golbourn-10.jpg

Six adorable babies, who were carried around by their proud and lovely mothers, wore the christening gowns for the occasion – bringing her designs to life, and showing a range from traditional and romantic to more modern, even coloured pieces, with elements taken from our heritage.katrina-golbourn-13.jpgkatrina-golbourn-12.jpgkatrina-golbourn-15.jpgkatrina-golbourn-16.jpgkatrina-golbourn-17.jpgkatrina-golbourn-14.jpg

In the past, baptismal gowns were made by the mothers or grandmothers themselves in more traditional designs using lace and embroidered fabrics, with a similar look, in natural white, cream or ivory – often unisex in design and with the intention of handing it down from one generation to the next. However, with women busy in the work place and the almost-lost skill of sewing and embroidering in the home, gowns are now often store bought or in the rare occasion, custom made by individual seamstresses under the direction of the mother/grandmother. Gowns often lack quality fabric and construction, with those that are off the rack, done in often repetitive designs with typical machine embroidery, each of which are hard to differentiate from the next. This leaves young mothers with very few choices as to what gown they can find for their baby to wear on this special occasion. “I wanted to offer mothers christening gowns that are modern in feel but with a dreamy, timeless look. With busy lives and careers, mothers nowadays have little time to devote to the art of creating a gown for the baby’s special occasion. They have a modern point of view and may not necessarily have an heirloom gown to pass on to their child. Many mothers want to find a new one, if their own is in bad shape, that is beautiful and unique to then keep as an heirloom gown for their children’s children.” says designer Katrina Goulbourn.katrina-golbourn-11.jpgkatrina-goulbourn-babes-pre.jpg

Katrina has been doing gowns for the baptisms of her brides’ babies for years now, though this is the first time she presents a full collection of these special gowns to buy off the rack. From traditional shades of ivory and cream to delightful colours, both pale and bright, she offers an array of choices in colour. The designs are both unisex and also specific to gender, with distinctly girlish or boyish charm.“Colour is something I started experimenting with as it opens up a whole range of choices, and life is colourful after all! It was so refreshing to design this line, like living in a fairy tale, my imagination was so full of ideas, I tried to capture the dreams of a child, of the parents and bring them in to each gown.” explains Goulbourn.

Mothers, you need dream no more of christening gowns you seek for your precious little one with the arrival of this charming line.

Her first collection entitled “A Small, Small World” takes inspiration from historical costume and Philippine culture, with themes that are Filipino, Spanish and Chinese in influence.The Katrina Goulbourn Babes line of christening gowns offers baby couture gowns. The gowns are atypical, with design influences coming from anything for the little princes and princesses  – historical costumes to current trends in fashion and culture. No design is exactly alike with fabrics dyed per piece to match hand-picked trimmings, lace and custom created embroidery. 

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This event was made possible by Rustan’s and the Peninsula. Photos by Rachel Rillo

Katrina Goulbourn Babes Christening Gowns is exclusively available at Rustan’s Makati, Shangri-la Plaza and Alabang branches, Children’s section and at Silk Cocoon

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Culinary Team Pilipinas 2009 – Final Practice

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Thanks Jay for inviting me to witness a great culinary experience!  I truly enjoyed and appreciated it.  

Heart2Heart is so proud to feature the Culinary Team Pilipinas ( Les Toque Blanches Culinary Team Pilipinas 2009 – April 13, 2009) who will represent our country this May 9 in Hong Kong at the Gourmet Team Challenge Competition.   This is another proof that Filipinos are very creative and very talented.  And thanks to the vision and hard work of Les Toque Blanches, they managed to get sponsors to support them to be able to compete internationally.  

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Two years ago when they first joined, the team won as Champions.  In between 2007 and now, they have joined 15 competitions and won 14 out of the 15. They will be a team of 14 going to Hong Kong bringing with them 500 plus kilos of equipment for the set up.  They will be using the Hong Kong Disneyland kitchen as their commissary to prepare and will be buying all their ingredients fresh from Hong Kong. ltbculinary-team-filipinaswebsite.jpg

I asked Jay if I could come early to take them in action.  Apparently, they have been preparing for 24 hours already and they were just doing the last minute touches and set up.  This is already their 5th and final practice

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Before opening the doors, the whole team gathers and scrutinizes their work…It is a serious matter! les-toque-blanch-8.jpg

Jay always stresses to me that it is a TEAM EFFORT and everyone contributes in coming up with their finished product 

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Mike Aguas helps in the theme and setting up by using renewable and recyclable materials les-toque-blanch-9.jpgles-toque-blanch-10.jpgles-toque-blanch-11.jpgles-toque-blanch-12.jpgles-toque-blanch-13.jpgles-toque-blanch-14.jpgles-toque-blanch-15.jpgles-toque-blanch-16.jpgles-toque-blanch-17.jpgdsc_4440.JPGles-toque-blanch-18.jpgles-toque-blanch-19.jpgles-toque-blanch-20.jpgles-toque-blanch-21.jpgles-toque-blanch-22.jpgles-toque-blanch-23.jpgles-toque-blanch-24.jpgles-toque-blanch-25.jpgles-toque-blanch-26.jpgles-toque-blanch-27.jpgles-toque-blanch-28.jpgles-toque-blanch-29.jpgles-toque-blanch-30.jpgles-toque-blanch-31.jpgles-toque-blanch-32.jpgles-toque-blanch-33.jpgles-toque-blanch-34.jpgles-toque-blanch-35.jpgltbsponsors.JPG 

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Walkway

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Thank you very much to my friend, Tere Del Rosario, for inviting me to Walkway ( Walkway:  Reflections on the Stations of the Cross April 4, 2009)

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I brought my family with me at around 5:30 pm today.  This is the most beautiful and most meaningful Stations of the Cross I have ever been to in my entire life.   Normally we go to church to do the Stations of the Cross but it seems like I can never concentrate because as someone is reading it, we can barely hear as there are other people reading at the same time.  In this one, everyone reads quietly on their own. The writings are short but very meaningful and powerful.If you have the chance to visit, it will be there til Easter Sunday.

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