MANILA, Philippines - The Italian Festival unfolds this June as the Italian Trade Commission-Manila, Rustan Commercial Corporation, Rustan Supermarket, Stores Specialists, Inc., and Metrobank Credit Cards present the best of Italy with fashion shows, lifestyle workshops, cooking demos, and wine tasting to celebrate everything we love about Italy. Opening the festivities is the National Day Celebration slated on June 2.
The Italian Trade Commission presents the International Food and Beverage show, which will showcase Italy’s distinct flavors. The Italian Pavilion at MAFBEX will present the current trends in food at the World Trade Center from June 17 to June 21. There will be a cooking demonstration led by renowned Italian chefs using leading Italian brands Barilla and its selection of pastas and sauces, LavAzza, Illy Espresso, Ruffinno wines, L’Olvia olive oil, Molini Pizzato and Balocco on June 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Rustan’s Supermarket Makati, June 20 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Rustan’s Supermarket Rockwell, and June 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Rustan’s Supermarket Shangri-La Mall.
The latest in Italian high fashion will be presented at Rustan’s Makati on June 9, Rustan’s Tower on June 20, Rustan’s Alabang Town Center Corte de las Palmas on June 19 and at Rustan’s Gateway on June 27. To be featured are the latest creations from Salvatore Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, Ermenegildo Zegna, A/X Armani Exchange, Furla, Tod’s, Bulgari, Fendi, and Fratelli Rossetti, luxe fragrances from Aqua Di Parma, Aqua Di Genoca, Acca Kappa, Monotheme, Santa Maria Novella, and Gucci. The fashion labels participating in the Italian Festival are Bottega Veneta, Franco Sarto, Gucci, Hogan, Marlboro Classics, Prada, Sergio Rossi, Superga, Via Spiga, Diesel, Sigerson Morrison, Giuseppe Zanotti, Orciani, Giorgio Fedon 1919, Gordon Rush, To Boot New York, Bresciani, and LAI. Roberto Coin presents its latest collections with a cocktail event presented by Metrobank Credit Cards and Rustan’s on June 17 at Rustan’s Makati. Other participating fine jewelry brands are Pianegonda, Leo Pizzo and Toy Watch.
Lifestyle workshops on architecture, tradition, culture and the hours of entertaining down to how they entertain will be held at Rustan’s Makati Home Department on June 25. Participating brands include Egregia Decor and religious Figurines, Soprani with its religious articles, Luigi Bermioli and its crystal stemware, DeLonghi and its kitchen appliances, TVS Cookware, Kartel, Artemide and IW home accents and dinnerware.
The Philippine Italian Association presents Cinema Italia, an exclusive movie screening of Fiorile on June 19 at U-View Fully Booked at Bonifacio High Street, The Fort.
The Italian Festival kicks off with an invitational fashion presentation on June 9 at Rustan’s Makati with a culminating event on July 22 at Heaven on the 5th at Rustan’s Makati.
Prizes will be given away to shoppers as P3,000 worth of purchases of participating Italian brands at Rustan’s Department Store and SSI stores will entitle the customer to one raffle ticket, giving him a chance to win the grand prize of two round trip tickets via KLM to Italy.
For Supermarket purchases, every P800 worth of Italian products will entitle him to a raffle ticket. There will be special prizes from various Italian brands. Metrobank Credit Cards will also offer triple reward points for all SSI brands and Rustan’s Department Store purchases with the use of Metrobank card between June 15 to Sept. 30.