I'M IN LOVE WITH A PARISIAN. NO, MAKE IT TWO!

When I took my leave from blogging to attend to family emergency, I have worn myself out. It's double-stress as my youngest brother went missing for a few days after a disagreement with him and my other brother was in an accident a day before the EDSA anniversary.

So, as soon as my brothers are back in their shapes, the other came home from the hospital and the other came back and kept his head straight, I went to Baguio for a weekend to attend the wedding of my good friends, Robin and Emily. Well, of course, the de-stressing didn't actually start in Baguio but in buying those lovely pairs of shoes from Parisian.

I started buying shoes last February because I didn't have decent shoes left. And I might have done a little splurging here but I thought, I'm not buying the shoes only because I was de-stressing but because I actually need them. These are good buys not only because they are affordable (that's why I bought two pairs) but also because the shoes are actually light, they don't drag your feet down when you walk. You may think they're bulky or heavy but they are not. And the soles are actually soft as compared to the old Parisian shoes that I had before. This is my first time in years that I bought this brand and I could say that it has been better. My friend Denise has been telling me they're good because, if I may say, she's a sucker for Parisian shoes. But I continued to ignore her until I had these in February. And she was right. These are good buy: fashionable, light and trendy.

In fact, I wore one of them on my friends' wedding. I was atrociously fat on the wedding pics but it didn't matter because I was really having fun with my friends. And can you tell? The wedding was Filipiniana-themed but here we are, sporting our mini-dresses. The bride defended our outfits to be "modern filipiniana." Hahaha.



Purple Mini Dress - Genevieve Gozum
Gold Pearl Necklace - gifted (thanks, Kim!)
Pashmina - borrowed (thanks, Dulce!)
Little Brown Bag - Sister's
Brown Booties - Parisian


More love to life,

Bella Donna

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI AT MANILA BULLETIN

In celebration of Manila Bulletin's 111th anniversary, the newspaper company invited us to share a night of meet and greet at their penthouse in Intramuros, Manila. It was a way to thank their advertising partners for supporting the paper.

Most of our team came to the celebration. It was graced by His Excellency, President Noynoy Aquino. Among other famous characters are Manay Gina de Venecia and ex-President Fidel V. Ramos.

Check out Denise's pumps from Parisian Shoes!

Manila Bullettin's celebration has always been a night of Filipiniana cocktail and most of its guests are diplomats, businessmen and political figures. So, as people coming from advertising like us, the night is quite boring. But we enjoyed the food as it was catered by Manila Hotel, one of the businesses of Mr. Emilio Yap aside from Manila Bulletin.

Incidentally, tonight is also New Year's Eve for the celebration of the new Lunar Calendar. There's also a lot of Filipino-Chinese personalities coming in and out of the penthouse.

After a heartful cocktails, we went out with a big big loot bag from Manila Bulletin. I wonder what it is?

Red lace tank top - Bargain find
Black knitted vest - of 10 years ago! :)
Black skirt - Thrifted from Quiapo

This is my fashion. This is my statement.

Love,


BellaDonna