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:

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello!

Look at the comments on your post about the shoe heaven in NYC.

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Anonymous said...

Hi,

For someone with a shoe obsession such as you have, you will most certainly enjoy this YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF2Eb0Wa_I

The first 30 seconds drags but just keep watching, it's brilliant! Post back what you thought.

Enjoy!

Icy said...

Lurve the owl pendant

The Devil's Little Helper said...

I design shoes and would like to know what you might think of them; I'm thinking of getting into it for real but have yet to find that fount of courage that the hand possesses but the heart does not... :p

Is there anyway I could contact you regarding this?

The Devil's Little Helper said...

I design shoes and would like to know what you, Shoe Diva, think of them; soon, I hope, I'd be getting into the industry-- hopefully get the courage that the hand supposedly possesses (but the heart does not).

Is there anyway to contact you?

Fiwibabe said...

Hey Anonymous,

I tried to post this video some time ago but as I switched blogger, didn't happen. This video is my mantra - I LOVE IT!

There is also another great shoe video - will find it at a later date. In the middle of moving from the Philippines to Taiwan so a little busy.

Thanks for dropping by my blog!

Shoe Diva x

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Anonymous said...

Is the name of the store where you got that owl pendant Cru? Do you have anymore details, like if they have a website or something, or where the store is located? Thank you so much!