Feature: Oh My Bag Ph

     Our bags also need tender loving care. If you're a bag collector, I presume you can relate to this especially if you have a collection of luxury bags. It's an investment that's why taking care of them is a must. So how do you take good care of your precious bags? 

     A couple of years ago, I stumble upon Oh My Bag Ph website because I was searching for a handle wrap for my small Longchamp Neo. Luckily, I've found what I've been looking for and bought a limited edition handle wrap and a base shaper. Fast forward today, Oh My Bag Ph sent me bag care products for my growing Longchamp bag collection. Sharing with you these bag essentials that will give your bags the TLC they need after the jump :)

Feature: Oh My Bag Ph

Row 101 Summer Pop Up Bazaar 2017

     Calling all shopaholics! Ready you wallets and join your favorite bloggers and influencers on this 2-day event happening later May 6 to 7, 2017 in Whitespace, Pasong Tamo. Row 101 Summer Pop Up is another installment of the successful Row 101 Pop Up Bazaar happened last year. 

     Summer will be complete as Row 101 brings over 40 brands from lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food entrepreneurs, there is surely something for everyone to enjoy. The booths was personally curated by the Row 101 team, thus you will surely have a great time in this one-of-a-kind shopping experience because you are ensured unique finds, quality products, and interesting items to add to your list of wants (and needs!). More details on this year's Row 101 Pop Up Bazaar after the jump!

Row 101 Summer Pop Up Bazaar 2017

OOTD: Pink and White

     There are events that require and outfit or attire in colors that I'm not comfortable wearing. Pink and white to be exact. I always feel that I gained an extra pound or two wearing a white top. If you'll rummage my closet, you'll see mostly neutrals and no pinks or girly colors. But when the need to wear something pink or white arise, I follow :)

     Months ago, I went to an event where the attendees should wear white. I worried a little days before the event because-white. Fortunately, I still have white tops that I bought at SM Woman last year and thought of just pairing it with a skirt. Fast forward, I was window shopping a day  before the event and found a printed skirt that I paired with my white top. The combination- pink and white! Outfit details below :)

OOTD: Pink and White

     I will just make this post short. To give you an idea, I always go for comfort every time I attend events even if there's an outfit. Thankful that Jen Maslang of shopgirljen.com is always there to help and give advice on what to wear. She's my fashion adviser :) 

OOTD: Pink and White

     I told her that I saw the skirt I'm wearing above at SM Woman and after seeing me wearing it inside the fitting room, she said that it's very nice. So without second thoughts, that skirt went home with me.

OOTD: Pink and White
Sm Woman White Button Down Top

      This white top is also from SM Woman, worn it three times max. Good thing I kept it because I have this OC-ness when I'm no longer using something, I tend to give it right away to my siblings or to my cousins. 

OOTD: Pink and White
SM Woman Printes A Line Skirt

     Don't you love this skirt? The print is awesome as it made the skirt stand out. This style comes in two colors but unfortunately the other color (blue) doesn't fit me. Bought this skirt at 50% off :)

OOTD: Pink and White
Skechers Go Walk 2

      As always, the comfiest shoes for my super sensitive feet- Skechers Go Walk 2. This baby needs a little cleaning though.

OOTD: Pink and White
Longchamp Neo Small and Madeleine Limited Edition Handle Wrap from Oh My Bag

     For my the bag, black is still my best bet to pair with light color. Got this Longchamp Neo from Rustan's Makati. Bag handle wraps to make it stylish and for protection too. Check out Oh My Bags for styles and other bag accessories

OOTD: Pink and White
XOXO Watch

 Printed Skirt- SM Woman

Button Down- SM Woman

Shoes- Skechers GoWalk 2

Bag- Longchamp Neo

Bag Handle Wrap- Oh My Bag

Accessories- XOXO Watch

Good Times!~

Daryl Feril x Save My Bag Collection

      Hi dearies! I presume that you've already seen the collaborating works of Kiana Valenciano and Daryl Feril on my last posts. Now I'll give a short background on the award-winning illustrator Daryl Feril below and see up close the designs he made together with Kiana below :)

     Negros-based, award-winning illustrator Daryl Feril joins Kiana Valenciano in executing a special, bespoke collection of Save My Bag from Bergamo, Italy, for the Little White Box Pop-up Store in SM Megamall. The said collection calls for Feril to customize each bag with his unique illustrations, upon the client’s request, and under the guidance of Kiana as creative team captain.

Daryl Feril x Save My Bag Collection
Daryl Feril and Kiana Valenciano, overall style curator and creative team captain of the Little White Box Pop-Up Store, with Save My Bag, the must-have bag crafted in Bergamo, Italy

     Feril, a Fine Arts graduate from La Consolacion College Bacolod, has worked previously with such top brands such as Alexandra Mor New York, Bloom Miami, Tory Burch, Lee Jeans, LVMH, among others. Not only that, he was also featured in the edgy Juxtapose Magazine published out of San Francisco. 

     Some of the prestigious awards he has received are: Silver Metal - Best Design - Editorial, Magazine Cover: aDoBo Design Awards 2015, Philippines; and 150 Emerging Talents in Art, Design, Illustration & Photography: ASIAN CREATIVES by Ubies, Tokyo. After a series of meetings, and subsequent creative discussions, Daryl was ready to interpret and execute Kiana’s vision for the collection: bespoke, with no two bags identical. 

Daryl Feril x Save My Bag Collection
Internationally acclaimed illustrator Daryl Feril with the bespoke Save My Bag collection at the Little White Box Pop-Up Store in SM Megamall

     “I really wanted to work on something local and Kiana couldn’t have been a better partner,” he says. Working with the bag’s material, hi-tech Poly-Lycra, which makes it lightweight and waterproof, was a challenge for Daryl. “What attracted me to Save My Bag? It’s the quality and its purpose. And of course the idea of painting something on the bag which I thought of doing before but didn't think that I could. It was my first time painting on fabric and it's a bit challenging but I'm glad it turned out well,” Daryl continues.

     And so, paint brush in hand, Daryl then worked on turning the bags into unique canvases, where he was able to express himself freely. “My idea is that, you can carry art through the different bags,” Daryl relates. “Each bag in the collection features different designs, thereby making them truly bespoke. But I also wanted the them to be close to my illustration style.”

Daryl Feril x Save My Bag Collection

     What then, exactly, is Daryl’s illustration and artistic style? “It’s a burst of floral, taking cues from nature which for me has some of the craziest patterns, colors and creatures,” he explains. “Inspirations evolve; sometimes they are based on what I observe around or through the people I meet. And as this is a collaborative effort, I took in inputs from Kiana too.” 

Daryl Feril x Save My Bag Collection
The bespoke Save My Bag collection - Save My Bag is ultra lightweight, rain proof, and made from hi-tech Poly-Lycra.

     And a cursory look of Daryl’s unique bag creations for Save My Bag reveal all that and more—each one a window into his soul.

     Don’t miss Save My Bag at the Little White Box Pop-Up store, the style portal for various international brands, opening at 3/F SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. 

Mr. Pure Energy Supports Kiana for Save My Bag Collection

     Gary Valenciano has always been supportive of his kids with regards to their respective career paths and endeavors. While his two sons Paolo and Gabriel have successfully entered showbiz just like him, his daughter Kiana, Instagram celeb and his unica hija, is steadily carving out a name for herself—this time in fashion. After having studied at the Raffles Design Institute and the famous Central Saint Martins in London, Kiana finally takes the plundge and marks her fabulous debut in the local fashion scene.

     Just recently, proud parents Gary, together with wife Angeli, joined other fashionistas at the opening of the Little White Box Pop-Up Store in Megamall, for the launch of a bespoke, Save My Bag collection, which Kiana took charge of as style curator and creative team captain. 

Mr. Pure Energy Supports Kiana for Save My Bag Collection
Gary Valenciano and Kiana Valenciano during the collection launch

     Noted for being the ultimate ‘it’ bag for the cool and fashionable set, Save My Bag is crafted entirely in Bergamo, Italy, and is made from hi-tech Poly-Lycra, making it ultra lightweight and rain proof. 

     Joining Kiana as artistic collaborator is award-winning illustrator Daryl Feril, whom she hand-picked to turn Save My Bag into a canvas for his one-of-a-kind illustrated artworks, after an initial introduction by eventologist Tim Yap, and a subsequent review of his portfolio, left her immediately impressed.

     The highly successful launch provided a glimpse of Kiana’s ability for spotting the latest trends and her fresh, free-spirited yet functional attitude—an embodiment of the ‘cool beyond the rules’ philosophy of Save My Bag. 

     No doubt, Gary and the rest of his family have all the reason to feel blessed and proud of Kiana, who makes an impressive entry into the exciting world of fashion through her stylish and chic Save My Bag collection. 

     Don’t miss Save My Bag at the Little White Box Pop-Up store, the style portal for various international brands, at SM Megamall, 3L, Mandaluyong City.