Fine furniture, fine company

There is nothing more enjoyable than seeing a pretty women hugging bouquets of pretty flowers at a party, dahlings. Then, try to imagine that her backdrop just happens to be a stylish, modern furniture store.

Well, that was the exact sight moi saw when Corvelli, a new, classy furniture and home accents space that is all about modern European design, officially opened at the lifestyle section of the Rockwell Center’s Power Plant Mall.

As pretty, pretty women arrived – the likes of Ces Drilon, Ana Buenaventura and Corvelli’s Daisy del Rosario – each received a bouquet of bright orange tulips. Not surprisingly, the ladies did not let go of the flowers from the time the ceremonial curtains were pulled until all invitees exited.

Besides the pretty ladies and the pretty flowers, the guests were delighted by the stunning furniture. A plush living room featured Biarritz sofas standing on matte silver steel. A dining area showed off rich furry chairs of black and zebra prints, a frosted glass tabletop that has silver gilded legs and Zen-style ceramic plates on top of it. Furry ottomans shared the same space as did suede sofas in an area also decorated with African wooden statues accents.

This modern mix is Corvelli’s formula for being on the top of the design heap for 25 solid years, palanggas.

The popular Ambassador of the Netherlands Theo Arnold, who was the exhibiting artist that evening, opened the night with the unveiling. He was assisted by five beautiful women who embody the Corvelli style – outrageously stylish interior designer Tessa Prieto-Valdes; PSID brilliant president Charo Yujuico; gorgeous Susan Reyes; super elegant Ching Cruz; and the Dutch Ambassador’s wife, tall, exotic eye-catcher Kessara Arnold.

Paul Cornelissen, the driving force of Corvelli, lent a hand with his nice wife Gela.

Ambassador Arnold’s paintings of gorgeous tulips were exhibited that night. Proceeds of the affair will benefit the RSCC-Orphanage in Lubao, Pampanga. Moi zoomed in on hot namedroppables like Austrian Ambassador Christian Krepela and his wife Irmgard; Venezuelan Ambassador Milena Santana-Ramirez; Bea Montelibano; Bertie Yujuico; top-of-the-line photographer and photo processor expert, Bengy Toda; Paul Henri and Constance Duillet; Isay Alvarez; Robert Seña; Raul Montesa; and Michael Stamati; plus so many others like them who were fascinated by the furnishing.

Corvelli is behind the famous romantique shop-in-a-shop concept Galerie Clair, sold during the past two decades in Germany, Holland, France and Switzerland. Their young, new and modern design shop formula Georgio Design is the most successful shop concept in Holland.

Corvelli’s collections always have a special signature. They are recognizable by their trendy models and colors. With fabric, leather and other parts from Europe, the furniture is assembled in the Philippines and then exported to countries all over the world.

Check Corvelli out, palanggas. You just might be another Corvelli discoverer.

Moroccan nights

Chic and exotic swimwear is what Tabu is all about, dahlings. Tabu was established by attractive and talented babes, models-turned-young business entrepreneurs, Amanda Griffin and Isabel Engwa in 2000. The duo recently introduced the latest, most stylish Australian Swimwear into the country.

Having been known for presenting great fashion shows, the duo have come up with one of the best and most original so far. They presented a highly-successful swimwear show called Moroccan Dusk at the tres popular Dish. There, the ladies flocked to check out the latest summer swimwear while the dudes came in full force to watch the oh la! la! models.

The Moroccan-inspired Tabu show featured head turners like Tanya Paulsen; Phoemela Barranda; Kyla Fernandez; Kimmie Johnson; and two Viva Hot Babes, Jennifer Rosendahl and Christine Jaca.

Super pals Lexi Schulze and Bianca Araneta hosted the fun event as the packed crowd enjoyed the new, so cool Diet Pepsi Twist. Backstage, an endless round of dashing here, there and well, almost everywhere took place as Amanda and Isabel busily supervised their models, making sure their Moroccan-inspired makeup provided by L’Oreal, no less, was properly applied.

The set was covered by drapes, dahlings, making it resemble to a tent. As the lights went on, the tent almost looked like a harem as several beautiful women lay on the floor. The crowd loudly applauded the almost 30-minute tastefully-done Tabu show produced by PEG, Inc. and presented by Nivea.

Hotshot sponsors included Smart Communications; L’Oreal; PLDT; Rudy Project; DariCreme Lite; Diet Pepsi Twist; Goodyear; Lucky Strike; The Spa; Joey 92.3; Crossover 105.1; Viva Mineral Water; and Premier Wines & Spirits.

There was an open bar with Marc Nelson and tall handsome hunk Marco Lobregat, the eye candies for the women this time, bartending after this colorful, breezy fashion show.

Manila! Manila!

Cosmo Manille joined the prestigious rank of tres exciting cities like Manhattan, Berlin, Tokyo, Rome, Geneva and Singapore who have had the pleasure of having a series of fabi Absolut City Advertising introduced by Sweden’s world-class 400-year-old Absolut brand, dahlings, in their midst.

The Absolut Manila print campaign, palanggas, was launched with a super extravagant musicale at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), no less. The 30-minute musicale entitled Manila! Manila! gave the 500 plus invitees attending a feel of Manila, the city, its culture and colorful life. The star of the musicale was, naturellement, the Absolut bottle, artfully blended with our very own jeepney!

In deciding which icon would perfectly depict the spirit of Manille, the Absolut team spent time in the city to get a feel of its culture. The production of the Absolut Manila print ad involved the actual construction of a jeepney from spare parts and accessories like the signature horses on the hood; colored lights; intricate bunting. These were incorporated with the Absolut bottle in front of the jeep where the radiator is.

"The Absolut Manila ad typifies all that is absolute – simplicity, clarity and perfection. And these values are found in all Absolut city ads, starting with Absolut L.A. in 1987. As an icon, a swimming pool in the Absolut bottle shape was chosen to represent California’s easy way of living. From this, other cities earned the limelight of such an internationally celebrated ad campaign," explained Bridges’ workasonic secret weapon, vibrant Annie Ringor, palanggas.

When it comes to the latest furniture, Corvelli is definitely it! And while summer is still blazing, Tabu is the coolest brand to wear on the beach as you sip your Absolut Vodka Martin.

Catch you around, palanggas.