Luis Lorenzana’s “Mona Lisa Overdose” #philippines #art
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37 booths of unique Christmas gift potential creations. Inimitable style and culture. Great energy. Creative people.
with music curated by Sunny Side Up featuring:
Migs F’in A
Mike Lavarez
Video Mix by DJ Aryan
Liquid A
Motherbass with NixDamnP!
DJ Euric
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Free entrance this Sunday 12nn-8pm The Playground @ Ronac Art Center
Audition Requirements for Top Model Philippines.
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And just a little note from me —
I’m really dead set on making this an incredible experience for everyone involved, and have extremely high standards I intend on meeting for myself, which will undoubtedly be matched by everyone involved in putting this show together. But at the end of the day, how the story pans out is all going to boil down to the girls vying to be the Philippines’ Next Top Model. That being said, if there is anyone you know that absolutely should be auditioning for this show, please encourage them to give it a shot. Word is that we’re going nationwide to look for contestants.
Aside from the requirements stated in the video, I want you to remember that “fierce” and “model” don’t always fall into the conventional Filipino definition of pretty. Some of my most successful international Filipina model sisters had a really hard time growing up because they were “too skinny”, “one of the boys”, “too dark”, and a whole slew of other misperceptions.
I guess what I’m saying is that doubt will cloud even the brightest star sometimes. But if there’s a voice inside telling you to try, give yourself a chance to get your shine on.
See you soon, yes?
Time to be on top.
-s.
Application details here: etc.com.ph/topmodelph
I just need everybody to please watch this video.
Representative of the truths of my homeland, and how I can still find myself overcome with stubborn dignity, knowing that Hip Hop has saved lives.
Shouts to Stephane Morel and Erica Paredes for sharing the video, and also to the faces I recognize in it - folks who have made dance the medium and the message in times of global accolades, but more importantly, in times of invisibility, apathy, and oppression.
The Philippines, Not Giving In.
-s.
Black and white tank with pockets by Oxygen | Layered bead necklace from Greenhills | Sarong pants via Erica Paredes from Cambodia | Sandals by Topshop
Headphones by Team Manila for Timbre | Backpack by Mister
Blue cut out jersey dress by Ikiru + Domingo
All photos via my Instagram @sarah_meier | NYC 2012
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Sunglasses and yellow shorts by Oxygen | Black top by M]Phosis | Vintage head scarf
Graphic tee by DU Manille | Black sheen pants by Nike | Yeezy 2 Sneakers by Nike
1 of 1 printed dress with feather detail by Ikiru + Domingo
White chiffon bib necklace from Trunk Show Manila | Camel denim shorts by Oxygen
Flamingo kimono sleeve top and denim drop crotch pants by Oxygen
All photos via my Instagram @sarah_meier | NYC 2012
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Join the movement and wear something Filipino-made every day! Share and see outfits on Twitter and Instagram via the #posturaPH hashtag.
In the wake of Zac Efron, Leighton Meester, the brothers Jonas, the siblings Kardashian, and Adam Levine touching down at Manila’s jaw-clenchingly infamous airport to endorse booming Filipino-born clothing brands, we decided it was only fitting to invite yet another influencer to lend his popularity to further progress our country’s local retail and creative industry.
Only thing is, he’s not doing billboard shoots or a concert.
And still, while they may not show up to his appearances screaming hysterically, jeffstaple’s followers are perhaps more crazed and cult-like than those of any Hollywood-fangled celebrity to ever visit our shores: they have lined up for days, sleeping on streets around the world to get their hands on his latest product, and spent years searching and bidding online for his creations. Kids have resurrected dreams and parents have pushed forward with support, based solely on his story of success, which is ultimately why we’re pretty stoked that he’s on his way here to talk to to a room full of some of the Philippines’ most underrated visionaries, sub-stream pioneers, and future game changers.
Recognizing this opportunity for young, expressive Manila, WIP Caps and GreyOne Social hold true to their celebration of fresh concepts, big ideas, and great energy, by helping the man behind the pigeon land in our city next week.
It is with their support, along with the cooperation of Status Magazine and our venue hosts Secret Fresh and co.lab xchange, that the first installment of PLATFORM TALKS with jeffstaple will be happening in Manila, on October 30th at 2pm.
Here’s a beautiful fourteen-minute documentary featuring Jeff that was shared consistently by some of my most successful friends:
Looking forward to defining a new perspective on your potential, Manila.
When the fabric of influence is maximized by stellar design and execution, quality and substance can clothe a nation. Ya heard?
See you Tuesday!
-s.
Throwback post: Jeff gives me an exclusive look at his design sketchbook. Layout by Christian San Jose.
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#makati #city #manila #philippines (Taken with Instagram)
Checking community managed #rescuePH Twitter hash tag and Google Doc.
Please refer to both to report, track, or assist flood related emergencies.
Hash tag any rescue requests you may see on Twitter with #rescuePH and spread the word so all efforts are consolidated.
Thank you!
Google Doc link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4sFm2l8QlGdDBpV21SWmN1R2JLZXdYV0RYY3FmWXc#gid=0
From the incredible kids (yes, they’re basically children) that did this very blog as well as our book Unscripted. Hire them.
Create.ph recently launched the official website of the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4×100 metres relay. Earlier today at the 2012 London games, Bolt successfully defended his title by winning the 100 metres Gold Medal with a running time of 9.63 seconds, again setting a new Olympic record.
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My Dearest Kaya,
I’m writing this in April of the year 2012, skin glowing from the kiss of the Palawan sun, head still rocking from the turbulence that jostled our tiny plane as we prepared to land back in Manila.
This is the return from a trip that was initially supposed to be about widening my perspective of the ins and outs of the pearl farming industry, but I have left the islands with oceans more than a crash course in oyster reproduction. I am inclined to tell you to become a marine biologist when you grow up because of this (it seems to be a fascinating and peaceful job), but because my story is more about understanding ones natural role and purpose on this planet than anything else, let me not tinker with what your path has in store for you in a manner other than providing you with information and open mindedness.
Just to reiterate, it is 2012, which means you are 6 and I am 30. The only beach I frequented enough when I was your age to consider “home” was the island of Boracay, and considering what my serene childhood haven has transformed into, perhaps that can be the basis and catalyst for you to understand why it is imperative for me to sanctify the here and now for Palawan.
She’s beautiful, my love.
Waters teeming with life in the complexity of forms, functions, and colors a thousand creative meetings could not conjure up. A thirty-minute snorkel lent me a glimpse into the lives of barracuda, squid, and needle fish – and a unique sighting of a lapu-lapu that I initially thought was growling at me, until I realized it was only bearing its teeth so the little dentist fish I finally spotted could clean them.
Nature, so simple to witness at work.
Hundreds of virtually untouched islands that lend us a glimpse into what the world might have looked like before it was seen by eyes of man - man whose hands found ways to use the land, failing to understand the repercussions of haste and waste. There are sides of mountains shaved of greenery, like a bald spot on a head otherwise full of hair. The orange-brown earth almost neon in its disruptiveness. This is the result of the slashing and burning of trees by villagers that are not in tune with the long-term side effects of a seemingly resourceful act.
The fish in tanks at Chinese restaurants? My love, do not eat them, for in order for these fish to look appetizing (sans hook marks or missing scales, which are brandings of natural rod and net fishing), they are drugged with cyanide, scooped out of the water in their incapacitated state, and hauled onto illegal Chinese fishing boats bobbing on the water in the black of night.
Nature, so unarmed to defend itself from violation.
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Pearl of the Orient
The name was bestowed upon our nation by the West, which, considering the Perlas ng Silanganan inclusion in our national anthem, I would not have guessed. But there is much that the average Filipino does not know; that the pearl is our national gem, for example, or that the highly revered beauty that is the golden South Sea pearl – used by the Cartiers and Tiffanys of this world – is mostly produced in Philippine waters. Which means nearly anytime you see a perfectly round, large, lustrous, smooth, and distinctly gold pearl in jewelry shop windows along the high streets of Paris and New York, you can smile and say “ours”.
But the pride, my dear child, is not merely of the surface kind. Much like a tree trunk tells us a story with it’s rings of age, the nacre layers of the pearl are a time capsule of both beauty and travesty that our country goes through – altered by every earthquake, volcanic eruption, and typhoon. Each little gem holds the weight of a nation’s tale – boasting perfection, if it was a year of peace (or otherwise).
Which is why symbiosis between man and nature in Palawan is an artful balance, a beautiful dance of reciprocity that must be respected, and perfected with time. Currently, the Save Palawan Seas Foundation is educating communities on how to make a living without having to resort to dynamite fishing or scalping the terrain. When I visited, townsfolk were being taught recipes for various cashew products; polvoron, honey glazed nuts, or even wine and prunes from the cashew fruit. Organic farming, too, is one of the alternate sources of both income and food, which is a massive breakthrough in education for a community that has been swayed by advertising to believe that the canned food they cannot afford is actually healthy for their children. (This shocked me!) Thankfully, the result of eating organically farmed vegetables is beginning to take shape in these vicinities, where once stick thin youngsters with bloated bellies, are now visions of optimum health.
I hope you get the chance to visit the islands years from now with this letter in mind, and come back to me with a smile on your face. Not a Boracay smile, which is one of bars and resorts, camaraderie and loud music, and drinking til dawn — but a Palawan smile, which is smile of serenity and inner peace, understanding of nature, and alignment with the Universe.
I have attached many pictures to this letter. If you can dedicate your life to making sure the ones you take 20 years from now look just like mine, I promise you, it will be a life well lived.
I love you very much.
~Mama.
Throwback video blog from New York Fashion Week - September 2010.
Blessed to do what I do.
-s.
