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Giordano WWS Music Festival

PosterFinalRevisedCelebrate 4th of July at Giordano World Without Strangers Music Festival with Rico Blanco, and featuring Franco, Sponge Cola, Callalily, Up Dharma Down, and Urbandub.

Plus Gracenote, Techy Romantics, Taken by Cars, Kala, Autotelic, Join the Club, Cygnet, Maude, Hidden Nikki, and Yolanda Moon.

Happening today, starting 1PM, at Glorietta Activity Center, Palm Drive. Hosted by Boys Night Out. Admission is free!

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BLU Your Mind

fabio ide for blu 2 copyParty longer and harder as Europe’s best party mixer, BLU Energy Drink hits Philippine shores with Fabio Ide as brand ambassador.

BLU, BLU Lemon Lime and BLU Cranberry have been “BLU-ing” the country’s hottest parties kicking off with Bacolod’s Love Dance Festival 2014.

Booze, great music, good vibes, lots of energy and BLU’s very own concoctions – BLU Rita, BLU Cee Martini, BLU Bomb, BLU Passion Cosmo and the Twisted Jäegerbomb, pumped up the crazy crowd all night.

Partyphiles drank and danced until the wee hours of the morning at Dugout with overflowing cocktails, the best DJs and the iconic BLU Girls while BLU’s presence at the hip Club Azul instantly upped Bacolod’s nightlife. Foam cannons, buckets of neon paint, UV light set-up, a crazy roster of DJs headlined by supermodel-DJ duo: Sanya Smith and Ornussa Cadness, a.k.a. The Zombettes rocked the Dumaguete Foam & Neon Tour along with Clyde Harris, Jack Stone, Toons Canoy and Frac Attack.

In Metro Manila, BLU presented this year’s Pink Party at TIME Nightclub, and fuels “Swag Mondays” at …

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Everyday is Happy Lotion Day

Are you one of those peeps who takes a break from the city life by having a frequent and luxurious shower time?

No reason for you to deny this indulgence. In fact, our very own JR Isaac has this same habit.

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Eye Candies for Gray Days

With the change of season comes the license of updating our wardrobe. Agree? Now here comes the first of the many wardrobe suggestions we have for you: Plains and Prints’ Pre-Fall Collections 2014.

Flattering silhouettes, vivid colors, and out-of-the-box prints: if you are looking for these, then you’re on the right track.…

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For the Love of Football

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Feeling feverish because of the World Cup fever? Then here’s a remedy you can take immediately: Havaianas’ Teams Collection.

The well-loved flip-flop brand from Brazil (current FIFA World Cup host and one of football’s powerhouse teams), spreads the football love to our feet with its limited edition collection featuring football powerhouses Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and of course Brazil among others.

You may ask, where is this penchant for football coming from? You see, for most countries around the world, football is regarded as a religion (no kidding!). Try to see a World Cup match on your TV one of these days and you’ll understand why.

For PHP 1145, you have a chance to channel the pride of these nations with its symbolic styles true to its country. More importantly, however, is that a percentage of total sales will go as proceeds to the Field of Hope – a long-term advocacy program that rehabilitates communities affected by the Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, using football as a tool for social change and development.

The project …

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Diesel Pre-Fall 2014 Neo-Neoclassic Campaign

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Marking the beginning of a new era for Diesel and featuring the foundational collection of Nicola Formichetti, the Italian brand’s new artistic director, is the recent launch of the ‘Neo-neoclassic campaign’: a pop amalgam of the classical, the digital and the real.

Or in Formichetti’s words, a collection of neo-classical Italian art in “pop Picasso-style”!

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Shot by Nick Knight, the Diesel Pre-Fall 2014 campaign features premium denim and leather biker jackets, jeans and dresses in a black palette with hints of red.

In the Philippines, Diesel is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located at The Power Plant Mall, Bonifacio High Street Central, Greenbelt 3 and Shangri-La Plaza Mall.

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All Glitz at Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014

Celebrities, they are everywhere; and so are their ever-supporting die-hard fans.

For its fourth consecutive run, Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014 (formerly OMG! Awards) continues its tradition of honoring Philippines’ top celebrities from the fields of movies, music, radio and television, who are voted by their fans across the world.…

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An Expression of Pride at Giordano

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Looking for a new way to express that lingering nationalistic pride? Then we suggest that you wear your country and city pride on your sleeve with Giordano’s I Love PH collection!

The Philippine flag colors, red, white and blue, is prominent all throughout the collection, from rugby badge polos to tapered pants and shorts which are perfect for casual meetings or a stroll around the city.…

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A Pop of Art

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In a global first, Original Penguin and Pepsi have collaborated in creating a capsule collection, Live for Now.

For the Manila launch, Original Penguin has put together today’s local talents, who are the movers and shakers of the generation, to bring to life the design and character of the collection.…

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Redefine Coffee with Café France

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We have had enough of the “cronut” (croissant-doughnut), the “bronut” (manly doughnut) and the brookie (brownie-cookie). Now, the rave is all about Café France’s new hybrid food: CROFFEE – that is croissant + coffee.…

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