My Manila

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." ~Phil Jackson, American retir...

"There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves." ~Jose Rizal (1861–1896), Philippine national hero A couple of friends a...

"Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?" ~George Gobel (1919–1991), Ame...

Of all the handwoven fabrics available at The Manila Collectible Co. , it is the inaul that I found most beautiful. Crafted by weavers fro...

When it comes to fashion, I try to buy local brands as much as possible. Many of the shirts and blouses I use at work are from Folded&H...

There are many lovely modern interpretations of the Maria Clara gown , a Spanish colonial-era style of dress now considered formal Filipini...

The ladies who welcome guests to Sofitel Manila wear elegant Maria Clara gowns .

The Zamboanga Peninunsula of the Philippines, like the rest of Mindanao, has a large Muslim community, so the group assigned this region f...

Jan Leeroy New , the same artist who draped the Rizal Library Special Collections Building with the creepy, red " Balete ," also ...

No taxi driver in the Philippines can ever afford a real Burberry jacket on what they earn.

Since I mentioned Spanish colonial era clothes yesterday, here is another modern interpretation of the Maria Clara —a style of women's d...

An all-white bedroom in the ancestral home of the Legarda family displays the wedding gown of one of Alejandro and Ramona's daughters. I...

Of all the projects at the Ateneo School of Management Business Accelerator (SOMBA) Program fair last week, Ethnu was the one that made me ...

Most Manileños know pandan only as a food flavoring and these young students of the Ateneo School of Management Business Accelerator (SOMB...

Many of the student groups in the Ateneo School of Management Business Accelerator (SOMBA) Program are concerned with the environment, sust...

Continuing with the entrepreneurial fair of the Ateneo John Gokongwei School of Management : This product was a big hit among the students: ...

I have featured several formal Filipiniana gowns in this blog already. Now here is an example of formal Filipiniana menswear. The Barong Ta...

While walking the streets of Binondo , I came across this sweet little Chihuahua in his (her?) denim jeans and sneakers, and " Lacoste ...

The security guards in the historic walled city of Intramuros are dressed in uniforms patterned after those worn by the Guardia Civil duri...

Just before guests were expected to arrive at the gala night of the sarswela "Walang Sugat" at the Ateneo de Manila University , ...