Ado Escudero recently staged the year-end extravaganza “Requerdos de Ayer” at the Makati Shangri-La’s Rizal Ballroom, which took Manila’s 400 back in time for a turn-of-the-century traditional Christmas fiesta.
Rafé Totengco is one Filipino who has put the Philippines in the international fashion scene. He’s bagged numerous honors, including Best Accessories Designer (the much coveted ACE Award) given by the New York-based Accessories Council.
While 2012, the year of the black water dragon, was certainly rewarding, mesmerizing us with its fascination with brocade, fur and leather, we anticipate that 2013, the year of the snake, will be as amazing, too, or even better.
Now is the time to check your kikay kits and throw away beauty products you haven’t used in six months. Though in my case, I still have products and treatments that will be with me this 2013.
Welcome 2013! Most of us are still paying for the indulgence of the holidays. Sleep deprivation combined with eating large amounts of rich, unhealthy food causes havoc with our system.
A brand-new year is here, and like clockwork it’s time to start on a fresh list of resolutions. Yes, this year we’re curbing all kinds of bad beauty behavior that’s been causing us to break out, look outdated and feel lethargic.
I’m starting with everything positive this year. All my negativeness last year has been completely deleted from my being.
After the earthquake and tsunami hit the eastern coast of Japan in March 2011, the country didn’t just want to reconstruct; it wanted to improve.
I was able to see Japan at its finest. As I grasped the beauty of this country, I found myself falling in love with the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun.
It was on one of those typical Tuesdays, a stressful day with a heavy load of schoolwork and extracurricular activities, when I received a letter from the Office of the President-National Youth Commission saying that I had been chosen to participate in the Kizuna (Bond) Project to be held in Japan Dec. 10-19, 2012.
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