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Manila Wear Exhibits Finest Tropical Resort Collections

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It’s such an honour to be in the same room as THE Budji Layug!  At first I could not believe it and later on realised that it was him! 🙂  He told us that he will be dabbling into fashion for the upcoming Manila Wear and he will work with 12 young designers to to interpret Urban Resort for Manila Wear.  Looking forward to this on March 14, see you all there

Anna Alzona, Project Officer for Garments and Textile Industry Development Organization; Art Dimaano, Project Director; Rosvi Gaetos, Executive Director of Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions; Budji Layug, Creative Director of Manila Fame and Manila Wear; Maria Lourdes Mediran, Deputy Executive Director of CITEM

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Sinamay Iloilo

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We went to this old house

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The owner of the house,  Mrs. Cecilia Gison Villanueva with Eds 🙂  She inherited the business from her Mom.  Apparently she is an old girl from Assumption Iloilo 🙂
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Everyone going crazy over the fabrics – hablon ( Miagao patadyong ) and sinamay cloths!!
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Beautiful embroidery on Kaftans
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Beautiful ladies in scarves 🙂
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A note from Lady Diana’s office
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 Downstairs I saw this 

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and Mama’s Kitchen

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Trip Memo – Instructions on What to Wear and Bring

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In preparation for our trip to Iloilo, Camille sent out a memo on guidelines and everything that was going to transpire.  One of the first things on the memo were guidelines on what to wear and what to bring.  This is a funny story I want to share because it goes to show you how each one interprets a memo and how each one is really unique in their ways.   

Eds and Clarissa picked me up at 245am and Eds saw me and asked if I was going to Hong Kong! haha!!  I explained to her that I hardly have anything white as a top so I had to wear whatever white blouse I had.  tory-burch-trip-memo.JPG 

I also cannot wear flip flops on the plane since I am “malamigin “and that I had brought my flip flops in the bag and would change when we got there

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Hmmm… Leah looked more like she was going to Hong Kong 🙂  

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My best friend, Eds, came perfect!  Her shoe was perfect for what we were going to do and she came so prepared with that big blue bag of snacks 🙂 

We were all laughing at Clarissa because she was wearing long pants and boots! They were rain boots actually and we were also wondering why she was in a raincoat!  Apparently, she was the smartest one of all!  The raincoat came in handy in the boat and there were many times it was cool or you just needed to protect your body.  Closed shoes were good in some of the places we went to but not in the water though she also had her flip flops which she used eventually  

Pauli, who is always so prim and proper and knows what to do in every situation 🙂 , came so fashionable.  Her shoe was perfect too.  And she told us she put socks temporarily for the plane because of the aircon in the plane – same reason I wear closed shoes 🙂 

Our boss for the trip, Camille, wore this 🙂

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The Happy2Help gang totally disregarded the colour and just all came in pink! 🙂

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We were so happy they put us in the front of the plane – so we had a lot of legroom – we felt we were in Business Class!  God is good to us 🙂

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Common Thread

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Congratulations Jon Syjuco ( again! 🙂 ) and Anne Gonzales on the launch of Common Thread!  It’s located at the 2nd level of Greenbelt 5.  It’s Terry S.A.’s lifestyle store which puts together all their brands which they distribute and added a few more brands to complete the store and to complete the look for every personality and style

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Plet Bolipata Borlongan by Rafael Luis Gabriel Gonzalez

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Elmer’s queen 🙂  always brightens up any room!  This time with a gown designed and hand painted by Rafael Luis Gabriel Gonzalez.  Take note also of her hair 🙂




I am always watching out for Plet’s photos in facebook – her hair, her hat, her outfit or any accessory.  She always loos different – never a dull moment with this fun and colorful lady

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Colorful and lively – Just like her works of art

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Glam Hatters Tea at Raffles Makati

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I went to the Raffles Makati, Writer’s Bar to have tea

You can come with your own fascinator or you can choose from many styles available there 🙂

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So happy to see the people behind Raffles Makati, Monique Toda and  David Bachelor and my beautiful cousin, Dina Tantoco!  

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And of course with the ultimate Glam Hatter, Tessa Prieto Valdes who has around 300 hats! 

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All of us who enjoyed our afternoon tea party 🙂

It comes with all of this, one by one so you can enjoy a slow pace afternoon tea for P 1,100 for two people.  But you can also request that they bring everything all at once
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Rustan’s has a tie up with Raffles Makati!  Shop at Rustan’s and get a chance to win exclusive first class stays at Raffles hotel

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