Cebu sparkles

Just in time for the Christmas season, All That Glitters (ATG), founded by cousins and co-designers Amanda LuYm and Cacay Moras-Server, recently had its annual pop-up store at the Holistic Coalition of the Willing Gallery at Crossroads Mall in Banilad, Cebu City.

ATG’s 2019 Holiday Collection puts a spotlight on its muse, the founders’ hometown the Pearl City of Cebu with pieces featuring classic freshwater pearls in modern designs.

Creative designer Amanda LuYM, whose photos of flora and fauna were on exhibit as well, shared, “As a photographer and designer, botanical studies have always fascinated me. As I have matured in my practice as a creative individual, I have found a desire to emulate nature’s sophistication. Great design and composition serve a higher purpose and I have chosen this as my life pursuit. I seek to study nature shapes and the desire of the material to become the best form of itself.”

The pieces are created not to be fleeting and trend driven, instead, purposely timeless and transformational as a sign of respect to the craft and the wearer. It is a testament to local creativity, timely so with Cebu City having been recently designated by UNESCO as a “Creative City of Design.”

The exhibit also featured Jaime Chua’s collection of indigenous orchids. Chua is one of the largest collectors and staunchest conservationists of indigenous orchids in the Philippines.  He actively propagates species that may disappear from the wild unless cultivated by pollinating, harvesting seed pods and growing them in his laboratory. He particularly specializes in Vanda sanderiana, more commonly known as the Waling-waling, which is only found in Davao, Zamboanga and Cotabato.

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