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Shangri-La’s Summer Silhouettes Sale & Fashion Show

Default summer fashion peg â€œless is moreâ€ is starting to crack and chap in this heat. There has to be a more original, yet equally sexy and attractive way, to dress this season! But donâ€™t throw out your denim cut offs and cotton tank tops just yet; super style duo…

Ultimate Summer Sizzle: Century Tuna Superbods 2016

Super is sexy. This rang true during the finals night of the 2016 Century Tuna Superbods competition held at the Palace Pool Club, bringing together the most perfectly toned, sculpted and ripped bodies. It really was the place to see the sexiest and hottest men and women! (The 26 finalists…

The Greatest Summer Escapes Yet with Shangri-La + Cathay Pacific

Missed your favorite travel fairs? Don't you worry. The best is yet to come in the Great Escapes Summer Sale, brought to you by Shangri-La Plaza's first ever travel fair in partnership with Cathay Pacific. (Marline Dualan, Shangri-La Plaza Division Manager-Marketing, Anna Lee, Cathay Pacific Marketing Supervisor, Mike Cheng, Cathay…

The STARCK Difference

With an inventive touch and an eye for all things pretty and simple, French designer Philippe Starck pairs up with Brazilian footwear brand Ipanema for a whole new collectionÂ stocked with slippers, sandals and flats to make any woman feel, so to speak, like she really could be the girl from…

In Fitness and inÂ Health: Edward Mendez

Text by GREGGY V. VERA CRUZ Belo endorser Edward Mendez, after all, is a sight to behold â€” from his boyishly handsome face and broad shoulders, down to those well-defined pectorals and torso, onto his firm pelvis and massive thighs. As I marveled and gazed at that robust chest of…

Fighting Temptation with Iza CalzadoÂ

Text by DENISE ROCO If vanity should be assigned a season, it has to be the summer. And with the abundanceÂ of show all, bare all fashion that (barely) , it's no surprise that we all become extra conscious of our appearances this time of year. Still, fitness is a gift,…

A Day at the Bay Keeps the Stress Away

By GIANCARLA GUERRERO Plantation Bay is everything a weary-minded vacationer wants to experienceÂ in a tropical resort. A fresh approach Perched atop 11.4 hectares of secluded ground and only 20 minutes away from the Mactan Airport, privately-owned waterway Plantation Bay Resort and Spa is definitely one of the most impressive of…

Agua por IemanjÃ¡

Photography by MAU AGUASIN Styling by LUIS ESPIRITU, JR. In the Umbanda religion of Brazil, IemanjÃ¡ is the Goddess of the Water, mother of all. She is offered flowers, gifts, perfume and other fruits of plenty to curry favor for the year to come, as well as to thank her…

It’s Now or Never!

By DIGO BENGZON | Closeup held a media launch to kick off their third and final Closeup Forever Summer atÂ the Belle and Dragon Restaurant in Makati City. Wanting this yearâ€™s music festival to be itsÂ biggest yet, Closeup announced this yearâ€™s headliners, Mega-DJs Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, making their first…

Coron Island: Sleeping Beauty

Text by MONICA ARANETA TIOSEJO |Â Photography by CHINO CORRALES | Wandering around an island like Coron, you will learn that â€œhappily ever afterâ€ doesnâ€™t always have to be with a special someone; it can also be a â€œsomewhere.â€ Many stories of adventure begin â€œin a land far, far away.â€ From…