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It’s not a stretch to say that there’s instant cachet when the Rajo Laurel name is stamped on a product these days.
“It’s never too early to take care of one’s future” is something you would expect to hear from an entrepreneur or successful businessman. It’s not so common if actress and former beauty queen Charmaine “Ruffa” R. Gutierrez is the one who utters them.
May is one of my favorite months of the year. Aside from the fact that Mother’s Day is celebrated in May, it is also the birth month of my youngest daughter, Athena.
Over dinner last week, we finally got the full story on how Rajo Laurel and friends got to hook up with Sarah Jessica Parker when the style icon visited Manila a month ago for the SM Aura Premier opening and to do the SM Love to Shop campaign.
I’ve never met anyone as consumed by his craft as Rajo Laurel. From playing dress-up with his sister’s Barbie dolls at an early age to now collecting real-life Filipina muses from celebrities to society ladies, Rajo continues to find bliss in dressing women up.
To give guests an idea of what beautiful, timeless gowns are, Inquirer Lifestyle and LOOK Magazine, with Champion Infinity and SM Cebu Northwing, staged an exhibit at the foyer of the Radisson Blu’s grand ballroom, featuring select wedding gowns by leading Filipino designers, and once worn by real brides.
Everyone is in on the secret except the host herself. What Inquirer Lifestyle columnist Tessa Prieto-Valdes thought was just another hosting gig to launch Sheaffer’s newest pen at National Book Store’s Glorietta branch last Tuesday turned out to be a surprise book launch that reduced her to tears.
After putting his creative stamp on a range of products—from perfume and shoes to cakes and bed linen—by collaborating with a number of companies, Rajo Laurel has teamed up this time with National Bookstore’s Xandra Ramos-Padilla to produce a line of stationery, lifestyle and travel products for the country’s leading bookstore chain.
Designer Rajo Laurel applies his fashion sense to paper literally with his new collection for National Book Store. The collection includes water bottles, notebooks, bags, pencil cases, umbrellas and more at affordable prices (we’re planning to hoard the pretty notebooks—they’re just P219 and P319 each!).
With projects like his collection for National Book Store and the uniforms for several luxury hotels, Rajo Laurel has made himself a household name when it comes to fashion. His work is rooted in femininity, but he doesn’t hesitate to incorporate a bold twist.
