Supremities

MANILA, Philippines - 1. Status magazine officially came out with their Style issue! STATUS decided to focus on the independent style setters who have influenced the new outlook on fashion.  Inspired by Lady Gaga’s bold and adventurous approach to dressing up, they put her on the latest cover.  Also featured are few favorite fashion bloggers like Garance Dore, Stylebubble’s Susie Lau, and Nitrolicious’ Wendy Lam.  STATUS interviewed founder Yuri Lee on how she put together the fashion site, Lookbook.nu.  Supermodel Devon Aoki is also in the issue.  Lastly, modern pioneers of style like CLAE’s Sung Choi, who ushers the new fashion to sophisticated footwear, is in STATUS, too!

2. Let’s Reimagine the Filipino together today! 

What will the Filipino look like tomorrow? Will he finally be home rather than out there? Will he embrace his global destiny? Will the Filipino finally be first place? Join journalist Howie Severino, Benigno Aquino Foundation executive director Rapa Lopa, Brain Gain Network founder Paco Sandejas and other reimagineers to see the new Filipino for WHY NOT? Forum 7.0. 

Venue is in Ayala Musuem today, Saturday, from 3 to 6 p.m. Tickets at P200 each. Please e-mail whynotforum@gmail.com for reservations or log on to www.whynotforum.com for more details. 

3. TDK Life on Re-cord and Memorex present yet another line of consumer electronics! Memorex miniMove (P4,500) is the most fashionable and most functional boombox.  Its docking compatibility plays and charges your ipod instantly, and you can listen to your favorite FM radio stations, too. TDK iWave Sound System (P7,500) is the epitome of substance and style which includes FM Radio with 20 preset stations, dual alarm with snooze and sleep function as well as 5 equalizer settings. TDK NX4 CD Micro Hi Fi System with iPod Dock  (P11,995) boasts ultra thin speakers utilizing NXT Flat Panel Speaker technology.  The NX4 CD is complete with an iPod docking station, a vertical-loading player for CD, CDR, CDRW and MP3 playback with a 64 CD Track programmable memory. It also has a USB and SD/MMC card input for MP3, WMA file playback. 

Check out these irresistible gadgets at Avant Stores in Greenbelt,TriNoma, Alabang Town Center and Ayala Center Cebu.

4. LUCA — Sartorial elegance at its finest opens its newest branch at 3/F Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the prime rendezvous of top brands. The gallery-like boutique displays a variety of ready-to-wear stylish collection. An array of pastels are delicately set against its gray and yellow background. Luca combines modern and classic in its pieces fit for both men and women. The trendy element of Luca is perfect for power dressing and cocktail wear. Its classic pieces can go from 9 to 5 and after 5.

Women’s line includes corporate wear, cocktail dresses, formal and casual tops, long and short-sleeved tops and dress pants. Men can expect sleek finds from casual tops, long and short sleeves tops and dress pants. The collections have limited pieces.

Luca has two other stores located at 2/F Archaeology Area, Powerplant Mall and 2/F Eastwood Mall.