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The devil may wear Prada but smart travelers prefer Tourister
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - June 7, 2006 - 12:00am
Flying for most people provides three incredibly important insights into human nature and life as it unfolds in the short span of a flight. One, that in the small, cramped space that constitutes economy class, a...
The story behind every girl’s best friend
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - February 22, 2006 - 12:00am
For every piece of jewelry, there is the promise of a story. It’s there in the hard glitter of a determined divorcee’s diamond-encrusted platinum wedding ring – the one she won from a hotly-contested...
Portrait of a Lady
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - February 17, 2006 - 12:00am
Chalk it up to an obsession with old world charm, but when it comes to dresses and other delightfully out-of-date apparel, we just fall for them like teen fans at a Backstreet Boys concert circa 1996. Out of date,...
The day after prom
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - February 3, 2006 - 12:00am
I know – because I’ve been there – that prom is all about the dress. Surprising isn’t it, that for a dress to receive the sort of attention that prom attire does, it gets so little wear time...
Furs place
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - December 23, 2005 - 12:00am
Few things draw the ire of indifferent passersby more than a swaggering girl, her feet encased in boots, her torso swathed in fur, her face covered in makeup. "Who does she think she is?" people ask. "J.Lo?"...
The affair of the necklace
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - December 16, 2005 - 12:00am
Two accessories labels have been making the rounds lately. From big parties to sedate soirees, everyone’s been wearing their quirky take on the necklace. From Irene Pineda’s pretty strands to Jeux’s...
Wrap it up
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - December 9, 2005 - 12:00am
No doubt, for any girl flipping through foreign magazines in search of outfit ideas for the holidays, the task is often a bust. Thick sweaters, layers and layers of clothes and high prices make typical holiday style...
Southern exposure
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - November 4, 2005 - 12:00am
Manila’s residents like to think of the metropolis as an island, its streets teeming with the best kind of people the country has to offer – the brightest, the prettiest, the richest, the most fashionable....
Blame it on the boogie
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - September 11, 2005 - 12:00am
In an industry crammed full of wannabe stars and local contest winners hopeful for a big break, what’s an unknown singer to do to get some attention? Send boatloads of demo tapes to any record label around?...
Pearl of the Pacific
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - July 20, 2005 - 12:00am
Who would have thought farming could be so lucrative? Certainly not Fai Co, an architect-turned- jewelry designer who entered the business courtesy of his father who owned a jewelry company. "He owned a pearl...
Living big in a small space
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - June 25, 2005 - 12:00am
For a makeup artist known for her flashy use of color, Xeng Zulueta has a home that’s surprisingly subdued. Located in Salcedo Village, Makati, the famous apartment building is a hotbed of sex, drugs, and gossip...
Someday my stylist will come
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - June 24, 2005 - 12:00am
For most people, makeovers are the stuff of fairytales. What most girls dream of – perhaps after seeing too many episodes of Oprah and Queer Eye – is to have some fashionably dressed white knight on his/her...
Is the sportsman ever really home?
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - June 11, 2005 - 12:00am
On the 38th floor of the Rockwell Rizal Tower, overlooking a wide expanse of green golf courses and residential villages, is publishing scion Ernie Lopez’s home. A study in contrasts, the masculine interiors...
The party’s not over, kids
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - June 3, 2005 - 12:00am
Now that the school year is about to start and more than 80 percent of the school-going population consider hara-kiri, it’s time for a little good news. Yes, late nights out with friends are over. Yes, you’ll...
When bad diets happen to good people
by JACKIE O’FLASH By Bea J. Ledesma - August 20, 2004 - 12:00am
When you’ve been told since the age of six that you’re plumpish – while old people coo and pinch your cheeks – you soon master the art of rolling your eyes and sarcastically answering, "Thanks,...
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