Showing posts with label River Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label River Island. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Bling it on!

Or, “Things you find when you’re not looking for it. Part 4.”

The leftmost part of my closet is for clothes that I don’t use as much. That includes suits, leather jackets, winter jackets, Barong Tagalog, and the like.

While I was fixing that area last night, I found out that aside from those articles of clothing, there were other items there that wasn’t mine. They were my sister’s clothes! I think they were inadvertently placed there when my Ate Lissa was preparing to move to the US and sorting out what she’d bring and what she’d leave here.

Most of it were her designer dresses. But i’ll talk about that another time. What struck me among the lot was this very chic, and very blinged out dress.


I remember this dress. This was from River Island when the brand still had their stores in the Philippines. This is a neoprene dress in a refreshing pomelo color, all decked out in stones, gems, and paillettes, in colors both complementary and contrasting.


It’s a nice dress because it’s one of those designs that was “party on top, business on the bottom.” And yes, I remember this dress was on sale, around 80% off, which made it even more attractive.

Give the situation now, I don’t think my sister will wear this dress anytime soon. But it’s good to know that when there’s an occasion that needs a chic dress with a lot of bling, it’ll be right there, waiting.

Monday, February 01, 2016

The river has run dry...


While in Makati, I made my usual stop at the River Island store in Glorietta 5.

From afar, I could see the big "Buy One, Take One," signages. And when I walked inside, I found out why they were on sale.

They were closing down!

Yup, by February 1, River Island in Makati will be no more.

I hope they don't close the SM Megamall branch.

Monday, September 30, 2013

The river is drying up.


When I found out last April that River Island was opening in Manila, I was stoked!

Now, it's been 6 months and they haven't opened any of their stores yet. The one in SM Aura was supposed to open in June, but their signage now says that they'll open in November.

Gosh. It's taking them such a long time to open that I feel my interest in the store slowly drying up.


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Rolling on a River!

Being a self-confessed mall rat - something that Mark can attest to - it excites me when new malls open in Manila. 

Today is the grand opening of SM Aura at The Fort, so I decided to check out their website to see what to look forward to. As well as if there are new shops worth visiting.


Lo and behold!

We have River Island in Manila!!!

Just as I was lamenting last February that they've closed River Island in SG, now it's open in MNL!

I'm there! I'm so there!

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Cry me a river

Since my stay in Singapore was just an overnight one, I made sure to list down all the things I had to accomplish in 48 hours. The list included:

1. Eat Prawn Mee
2. Eat Ice Kachang
3. Eat Fried Kway Teow
4. Buy Gardenia Fruit and Nut bread
5. Buy Two Bite Brownies
6. Go to River Island and buy this dress


Thanks to my BFF, I was able to quickly tick number 1 to 3 in a matter of hours. While eating Fried Kway Teow in the Tiong Bahru food court, that's when I found out the painful truth.

River Island has closed in SG!

Yes, my favorite British High Street haunt closed its doors a year ago. So I can say goodbye to this wonderful lace dress.

Well, getting 5 out of 6 on the list ain't that bad.