Music to my ears

Music indeed makes people come together and this was evident as electronica aficionados trooped to A. Venue Hall in Makati to witness as Nokia, together with cutting-edge Filipino DJ group, Local//:e!, launched its newest music player, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic.

The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is a mobile music player like no other. Offering up to 18 hours of music playback, it has dedicated music keys to conveniently play back tracks and browse album art. With an in-box 1GB microSD card expandable up to 4GB, it also contains enough memory for up to 3,000 songs of any format. The drag-and-drop feature also makes synchronizing to your computer very easy. Big on music, it’s also remarkable for its small size.

Lesley Dimson

Lesley wears a chocolate-brown tunic from Mink Pink Australia together with her handmade silver necklace by Angel Network. As a visualist for Scratchmedia, her inspiration is the ‘70s.

Sarah Albano

Sarah wears a dress from Anne Klein and her pouch is from Stussy. Her style inspiration is cool and spontaneous.

Mia Borromeo

Mia wears a vintage Cambodian coat with a croc and mother-of-pearl bag from Celestina and a shell and coral necklace made by Junie Rodriguez. Her frog cocktail ring is from Wynn Wynn Ong. Her shoes are her favorite sandals from Zara.

Mitch So

Marketing manager Mitch wears a top from I Love You Store and the skirt is an old Swanning from her closet. Her accessories are a slim bagette to hold her Nokia 5310 Xpress Music phone to match her deconstructed Audrey Hepburn style.

Nikka Abes

Nikka wears a dress from Zara, shoes and purse from Charles and Keith. As a corporate communications manager, her inspiration comes from the people around her who look good in whatever they wear.

Tanya Escaler

Tanya wears a black dress from Mango and matches it with a stunningly simple red belt from Mango. The present mode of this jewelry designer is “sweet sexy and flirty fun.” The booties are from Zara, the leopard bag from Betsy Johnson, while a Techno Marine watch and her own bracelets add fun to her ensemble.

Pixie Cheya

Pixie of Big Fish wears a Catherine Malandrino top from London and Seven jeans. Her bag is from Chanel and the Lollipop ring is studded with diamonds, which she had made in Hong Kong.

Class act

Bayo has always been synonymous with classic ease and one of Manila’s most influential fashion brands. The brand is famous for dressing the most discriminating personalities throughout the years — Lea Salonga, Danielle Cojuangco, Barbie Almalbis and Kitchie Nadal.

For holiday 2007, the brand introduces evolutionary changes not only to the three parts of their much-coveted collection — the basic, the trendy and the young. It also introduces its newest endorser and fabulously proud Pinay, KC Concepcion.

Bayo is a brand built on basic items. It is never boring, always known for its timeless,  essential yet affordable clothes with a smattering of quality trendy pieces. It has always encouraged mixing and matching to suit a variety of fashion personalities. It is as much for the young as it is for the old, both the conservative and the daring.

Frances Amper-Sales

Editor in chief of OK! magazine, Frances wears an embroidered Gap top, Bayo pants and gold ballet flats from Mendrez. Her accessory is simple gold jewelry to match her fresh and comfortable elegance.

Yvette Lejano

Yvette wears a basic heather-gray cotton long-sleeved top under a black jersey empire-cut tunic and black, slim jersey pants. A merchandising manager, she wears silver flat shoes to complement the zebra bag and big pearl necklace.

Nikkaela Asuque

Nikkaela wears a red and white printed dress from Bayo over her jeans and black ballet Crocs. The second-year student of Fountain International School says her style inspiration is simply putting stuff together for a relaxed and cool look.

Sari Yap

Sari carries off a black and gold theme. The dress is black cotton knit with an Empire waist and the shoes are gold wedge sandals.  The president and CEO of Mega Publishing, she also wears a gold lacquer bangle from India.

Maureen Disini

Maureen wears a striped knee-length dress designed by Jun Escario and minimal accessories: a Cartier Santos watch and a black evening clutch from Tint. This fashion editor for Philippine Tatler admits that, to make her style current, she matches it with black opaque tights and black patent pumps.

Katz Evangelista

Marketing manager Katz wears a dress from Bayo that matches her vintage Cartier earrings. Her fashions pegs are Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

Yvette Ilagan

Entrepreneur Yvette wears an A-line dress with a handpainted face of Twiggy, made for her by Czarina Villa. Her platforms are by Eileen Shields which she got from Harvey Nichols and an orange Chanel bag.

Analin Bantug

Analin wears an aqua-blue and white printed tube dress from Atavio. To match the outfit she wears a pair of round off-white intricately carved bone earrings that she got from London and sexy white stilettos by Stella McCartney. A theater actress, her style is eclectic since she loves experimenting with different looks depending on her mood.