Saturday, June 16, 2007

Bling Bling

The greatest thing about shopping in Manila is the emergence of so many new Filipino designers - shoes, jewellry and clothing. Whatever the trend is in London Vogue, or even New York - many local designers have got their finger on the pulse and you can see these reflected in the many boutiques popping up around the city.

Today I wanted to share a bit of my bling with you. As tis the season of the dress (and the weather is absolutely steaming!), all you need are a few groovy accessories and you are good to go. I have not always worn a lot of jewellry (despite owning far too much) so decided to up the amp and buy some things I really would wear.

These first two pieces were purchased at Debbie Co. This is a fantastic atelier where Debbie also brings in locally designed footwear, bags and jewellry. Her clothes are absolutely gorgeous but on my last visit, I found these two lovely sparklies to increase my style factor:




My other finds were at the Independent Lifestyles section at PowerPlant Mall in Rockwell. This groovy shopping area showcases local designers and their fabulous new pieces. I actually was on a shoe mission (at Sapato - greatest shoes ever!) but was quickly sidetracked at the ever funky Cru. I have been chasing the owl pendant for about three months and the dragonfly earrings are for fun:




Lastly, the final purchases were from Robinsons in Ortigas - never overlook the mass jewellry sections at these local department stores because otherwise you miss out on shimmering, faux snake skin bargains such as this:

Monday, June 11, 2007

Expat Rant

So.....my hard drive is out of commission (mother board needs replacing - sounds like something out of Star Trek to me), one shipment is off to Aotearoa this week, one to Taiwan next week, moving out of the house, starting a new job.........ye gods! This is beginning to sound like an expat rant!

I do have the following things to blog about:
new jewellry (gorgeous!)
new dresses (yes, it is the season of the dress and Shoe Diva has embraced it with open arms)
new shoes (oh so adorable patent peep toes and platforms that will make your calves quiver)

But alas, not today. Still figuring out how best to get my photo's from my comp. to Fungus' laptop.

Never fear, I will be back. Just waiting for the mother board to pick me up and beam me out of technophobe land.