The Proper word

I was today years old when I realised that this was the correct line from the wickedly popular song from "Wicked."

All this time, I thought it was "With the proper poise..."

Let me file this under "misheard lyrics" now.

Rokh-ing it!

Here's the first outfit out the gate.

Ate decided to wear the pants and skirt combo - one of my faves from this collection.

She paired it with a simple knit shell and cut-out mules to give the pants the opportunity to shine on its own.

I'm so glad we were able to get these Rohk items.

GU are here now!

Mucho thanks to Kris, my GU x Rokh collaboration pieces are here!

I'm sure Ate Bullet will rock each piece!

FMM:

Since we're on the subject of "design of a decade."

That blog title was actually inspired by Janet Jackson's album. In 1995, she released a "best of" album that featured her best songs from 1986 to 1995. And looking at it now, it's mind-blowing when you realise that it's been almost 3 decades since this album was launched.

With that, today's Friday Magic Madness song is from that album.

"That's the way love goes" was originally launched in 1993, which makes the song 31 years old now!

Despite its age, this song remains timeless as ever.

Design of 2 decades

Whowouldathunk?!

It's been 20 years since H&M started doing their designer collaborations!

The first one was with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004, and that caused such as stir.  The items were flying off the shelves in a matter of hours, and it's something that's still true for some of their designer collaborations until today.

Among the plethora of brand they collaborated with, my fave still has to be Lanvin.

They actually released a capsule collection featuring selected pieces from the different designers. They didn't carry it here in MNL, though.

Here's to the next decade of collaborative designs!

Fruitful

While the Philippines' 7-11 game isn't as great as Japan or Thailand, we're slowly making strides in offering more food choices.

One of my recent discoveries are their fruit cups.

They're fresh fruits, conveniently cut and ready-to-eat in a cup. I've been having this for breakfast for a few weeks now, and it's consistently good.

More fruit options, please!

Pack it in

One of the advertising processes that I'm really into is packaging design.

Even if I'm a writer at the core, I've always dabbled in the art side of things. Throughout my career, I've done many designs - from logos to packaging - that were actually implemented. When we were in Cebu a few months back, we passed by the Globe building and saw the "Globe Innove" logo that I designed more than a decade ago.

When my niece, Toni, told me about her chocolate business, I volunteered to design her label. Thankfully, she agreed.

Et voila!

My vision for the label was young, fun and chic. Thus, it's more minimal in approach, but has youthful colours, graphics and fonts.

I'm happy to be part of Toni's passion project. And I'm sure she'll pack in the sales!.

Taste of Childhood

It was one random weekend.

Suddenly thought of checking out Merced Bakehouse - a classic bakeshop that has been around since my childhood.

This is where my parents used to buy our birthday cakes. They also had a Russian tart that they'd buy for me whenever I'm sick. And they also had a restaurant that served classic Pinoy fare.

On that random visit, the memory of their sotanghon soup popped in my head. Et voila!

Ah yes! It's still as good as my childhood.

Packaging is everything

As someone in the creative field, one admirable thing about Thailand is how nicely they package their products.

Check out this bottled water:

Yes, water is a commodity, but with the right packaging, it can turn into something chic and unique.

Wish we could do that here, too.

One skirt, two ways: Doing denim

There's this denim skirt from Regatta that's been in the stash for almost a month. Couldn't find the right top for it, so it couldn't get dispatched yet.

Thanks to my recent BKK trip, that skirt will not only be dispatched, but there are 2 ways to wear it.

First is this Ines dela Fressange knit top from Uniqlo. The relaxed silhouette and colour gives the whole ensemble a fashionable ease.

Second is this mixed denim top from Pratunam. The denim parts complement the skirt's hue, making this a perfect pair.

With the right top, this denim skirt became two chic!

M&M

Nope, this isn't a continuation of yesterday's M2M post.

It's about the fact that Mona & Maricar was able to join my family birthday dinner!

(And Gary, too!)

It's a long overdue meet-up, which I'm glad finally happened. And as expected, the time felt too short.

Time for a part 2 soon.