Hand craftsmanship has been Wynn Wynn Ong’s doctrine. A former educator who gained prominence with her fastidious hand-wrought jewelry, she...
She survived the challenges of running a business and the onslaught of “Ondoy.” Now, style iconoclast and entrepreneur Lourdes “Doody” Menchaca de Tuason is starting her European home accessories business again in high style.
Most pricey silverware is now produced with a single rap from a machine. In contrast, a hand-wrought champagne bucket from a discreet workshop in Italy entails over a thousand hammer strikes from a craftsman.
You dress up in your favorite threads to express yourself. So why can’t you do the same for your kitchen appliances? More than a year after Clemente Bugatti personally launched his company’s line of premium Italian-made tableware, home accessories and small kitchen appliances exclusively at Rustan’s, the Italian from the town of Lumezzane was recently back in Manila to introduce Casa Bugatti’s “Individual” line of crystal-encrusted Diva espresso machines.
There is something comforting about displaying objects from the past. Not only do they evoke nostalgia or a yearning for crafts that no longer exist, but they also lend timelessness to a home décor.
When designer-entrepreneur Ito Kish was starting his home store in 2000, he would fly to Chatuchak, Thailand’s largest public market, to source his merchandise. Likewise, other Filipino entrepreneurs would also buy home accessories for their stores.
If you happen to visit the beautifully curated home floor at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City, some of the accessories on display are proudly made in the Philippines and designed by former fashion editor and now blogger, author and home accessories designer Blue Carreon.
If the local retail scene welcomed a number of global fast-fashion brands in 2014, the country’s home and entertaining front also opened its doors to two of the biggest furniture and home accessories chains in North America.
L’Indochine now has finely curated jewelry, fashion and home accessories from India.
WEST Elm, the Brooklyn, New York-born hip and younger sister of Pottery Barn, has just opened at Estancia Mall in...
