ELEVEN hot, young, talented designers showcased their creations when our town’s premier fashion series, Fabric, turned two, palanggas. The fabulous bash also marked the soft launch of the new, chic Van Cleef & Arpels luxury fragrance, Féerie.

The designers showed their appreciation for Fabric by making designs inspired by the Bombay Sapphire bottle: Baileylicious by Bailey Agustin-Dava; Blijvend by Crisel Eslao; C8 by Nino Angeles; Cheezee Meer by Camille Lacson and Cham Gumin; Dbar Clothing MMVIII by Ryza Dipatuan; Mafia Couture by Janis Ngo; Salsa Trends by Arleen Sipat; Schizo by Kaye Morales; and Shique by Nicee Atienza.

Master hairstylist Ruel Papa and his team did a fantastic job with makeup provided by Make Up For Ever.

In between the rocking on the dance floor, dahlings, two style prizes were given away.

Helping make Fabric a huge success for the last two years were its sponsors: Bombay Sapphire, Make Up For Ever, Meg Magazine, Pabder Italy, Rene Barbier Wines/Freixenet Cavas, Strip & Browhaus, Van Cleef & Arpels, St. Angelo shoes for Baileylicious.

Check out Fabric Philippines on Facebook.

7 years of bliss

There is that saying about the seven-year-itch. Well, dahlings, not for Carlos and Billie Reyes, who braved their seventh year of happiness with a simple, elegant celebration, officiated by Fr. Dacanay, SJ.

Guests enjoyed loads of booze and a lavish dinner spread by Barbara’s, including a yummy cake by Baba Ibazeta Benedicto, at the fabulous penthouse at Gercon Plaza in Makati of multifaceted business magnate and interior designer par excellence, Gerry Contreras. Event planner Leah Sanchez and her close pals Donnie and Anna Puno, Jae and Marga Ramos made sure that everything was perfect. It surely was, palanggas.

But not to be outdone, multi-talented designer and super friend, Rajo Laurel, gave a chic black-and-white cocktail outfit for Billie’s change after the ceremonies, dahlings. Upsilonian brothers came in full force to toast the couple.

For the grand finale of this fun-fun happening, the bride’s parents, popular couple Bob and Betsy Tenchavez, surprised them with a blast of colorful fireworks that lit the penthouse and was seen all around Makati.

The twosome met in San Francisco where Billie finished college. But it was in Manila that their romance blossomed and culminated in marriage seven years ago.

Carlos is the admission marketing head of the family-owned Central Colleges of the Philippines, and is graduating this year with an MBA at Ateneo Rockwell. Billie is the VP-finance director and general manager of Design Science Inc., is super active as a Povedan parent, and efficiently takes charge of the school’s annual Family Day.

Cheers to seven times seven more years of love and happiness, palanggas.

Thai Airways to Norway

It’s the first, world-class Asian carrier going to, would you believe, Norway, dahlings. Thai Airways International celebrated its new direct flights at the Parañaque Room of Makati Shangri-La Hotel, with a grand reception, palanggas.

The room had a red-and-white motif with Norwegian flags on every cocktail table. There were endless servings of canapés, smoked salmon and Norwegian halibut hot pot, especially prepared for this one-of-a-kind occasion.

The latest ultra-modern Airbus A340-500 has three classes of service: Royal Silk Class, Premium Economy Class and Economy Class. The Thai-Norwegian happening was superbly hosted by extraordinary personality Tim Yap. Nivat Chantarachoti, the genius general manager of Thai Airways for the Philippines, welcomed the invitees from the different sectors of society, dahlings.

In his short speech, Nivat C. remarked: “The success of the airline company on its 49th year of operations stemmed from the unique Royal Orchid Service. It’s our definitive advantage from the rest in the airline industry. I also appreciate the active support of the Norwegian embassy for Thai’s latest destination.”

The guest of honor, Thai Ambassador Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhaya, congratulated the airline for its new service, while Norwegian Ambassador Stale Torstein Risa proclaimed his excitement about the new service of Thai Airways reinforcing the link between the Philippines and Norway.

The energetic sales team of Thai Airways entertained us the famous Thai way, dahlings, with Thai cultural dance and puppetry flown in from Thailand. Present at the event were Qualibet’s vivacious Pinky Tobiano with fiancé mega businessman Ariel Arce, Jenni Epperson and Gibbs Cadiz of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Olivia and Benny Limpe-Aw of Asian Dragon, together with Clifford Aw and Christine Lychiaoco, Gabby and Aida de la Cruz, dahlings.