Adidas Originals Launched Supershell “Sculpted” Collection x Pharrell Williams

After a successful artist-collaborated “Supershell” collection, Pharrell Williams and Adidas Originals are back to launch “Sculpted” iterations of the imaginative sneaks.

The Superstar’s Shelltoe release comes alive with four commissioned artists—NYC contemporary artist Todd James, British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, U.S. photographer and director Cass Bird, and Japanese contemporary artist Mr. ©Mr./Kaikai Kiki Co.—who lend their respective artworks into specially-molded 3D Shelltoe designs, a first for the Superstar silhouette, which are then topped off with two of Pharrell’s own personal designs.

Offered in monochromatic black and white colorways, the artsy kicks allow for countless opportunities to mix n’ match.

Pharrell Williams (graphic)

Artwork by Mr. ©Mr./Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

 Artwork by Mr. ©Mr./Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

 Todd James (molded)

 Pharrell Williams (graphic)

 Pharrell Williams (molded)

Todd James (graphic)

With a limited release and exclusive designs for different regions around the globe, the footwear is offered in black and white colourways, with a different graphic treatment for the left and right shoes.

The “Sculpted” collection will see a global release on August 7.

Clé de Cartier: Cartier's Newest Timepiece Collection Available This April 2015

A wise friend once said, "You can never go wrong with Cartier."
From the first Santos made in 1904, to Calibre de Cartier, the Tank—or more recently, the Ballon Bleu, Cartier has designed so many memorable shapes for its timepieces collection.

This 2015, witness as Cartier reveals a new addition on its fine-dress jewellery and elegance with great robustness and durability. WATCH!

The new Clé de Cartier collection—where clé in French means key—was just presented at the recent Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie of Geneva, makes no exception introducing distinctive elements: a curved profile that fits snugly to the wrist, a gently rounded bezel, tapered horns and a jewel-like key-like crown which gives the name and signature look to the new timepieces.

The watch is powered by the 1847 MC, the year the Maison was founder, referring to the automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve that was developed, fabricated and assembled in-house with efficiency in mind. Thanks to a specially conceived lever system, the dual direction winding mechanism is endowed with great robustness and durability.

A specially developed barrel contributes to the chronometric stability of the movement. With this new crown, adorned with a blue sapphire, the act of adjusting the time and date recalls the turning of a key to wind up a clock.

The Clé de Cartier collection includes models for men and for women. The 40 mm case of the model for men is available in pink gold or white gold matched to an alligator leather strap or a bracelet.

Clé de Cartier 40 MM

Manufacture automatic

Movement 1847 MC

18K white gold

Clé de Cartier 40 MM

Manufacture automatic

Movement 1847 MC

18K rose gold

The models for women are offered in two sizes: 31 or 35 mm, with a diamond set bezel or entirely set with brilliant-cut diamonds. The 35 mm version features the same manufacture movement of the men version.

Clé de Cartier 31 MM

Automatic movement

18K rose gold set with

Brilliant-cut diamonds

Clé de Cartier 35 MM

Manufacture automatic

Movement 1847 MC

18K white gold set with

Brilliant-cut diamonds

Clé de Cartier 35 MM

Manufacture automatic

Movement 1847 MC

18K white gold set with

Brilliant-cut diamonds

Retail price starts at 14,000 Euro for the pink gold versions and 15,000 Euro for the white gold.
Cartier has indicating availability this April 2015.

Look for the nearest Cartier boutiques here or visit your authorized Cartier dealers.
To know more, view the collection and new arrivals, go to Cartier Official website.

SWAP Watch x Tomato: Design-It-Yourself, Loom & #SWAPyourLifestyle

In 2013, Tomato launched a new concept, SWAP—a watch collection that features interchangeable silicone straps and water-resistant watchfaces. And now, the coolest SWAP Watches are back and it's better than ever!

Last Thursday, Tomato Glorietta 2 boutique opened its doors to guests for a private preview of the latest designs and collections from SWAP Watches, Tomato Time and Fashion as Tomato Philippines celebrates its 10th year anniversary.

I arrived early but a few minutes after, the boutique was eventually packed with guests.
I started taking photos and got immediately attracted to the SWAP DIY (Design-It-Yourself) booth near the cashiers.

 
SWAP DIY (Design-It-Yourself) is one of the new SWAP x Tomato collection that allows anyone to choose the watchface designs and strap colors, and also gives us the option to choose or customized it with own photos.

So if you're that kind who takes a lot of awesome and great selfies, this is definitely for you! :)

But as for me, I don't take that much photos of myself so I started with choosing the watchface design for my SWAP DIY. And boy! Did choosing watchface designs don't come easy when you actually like all of it. LOL

I chose Hipster Galaxy (DIY017).
And like everyone else, Royal blue looks tempting for a watch strap.

But since I'm an I-prefer-black-always kind of person, I chose the black strap.
Et viola! Say hello to my very own SWAP DIY watch. :)

*Aside from in-stores, you may also purchase and customize SWAP DIY watches online. Check out how and more of the watchface designs here.

With price value that starts at P1,000, you can own a personalized SWAP DIY (Design-It-Yourself) watch and pair it with any strap colors of your choice or swap it with different colors and strap designs just the way you like it! :) 

And the fun doesn't stop there.
Enjoy 50% OFF on selected #SWAPdiy items until August 31, 2014. See it here!

To join the bandwagon of trendiness, loom bands have gone chic as SWAP x Tomato also introduces SWAP Loom Watches.

At the event, guests were given the How-To's on SWAP Loom Watches.

Getting creative to be uniquely stylish has never been this fun!
And did I mention I'd like to do it again? :)

Get creative with your own designs and patterns with rainbow loom band strap color combinations of your choice. Design and pattern it flipside, crisscross, pentalock, or whatever pattern and design you can come up with.

But the first thing you need to know is that SWAP Loom straps are only available online or via Viber.

SWAP Loom straps' price starts at P350.
For more watchface and strap designs and colors, visit tomato.ph/time/swap/loom.

Spotted at the event were DJ and former child actor Tom Taus, with hunk actor Luis Alandy.

Teen actor Paul Salas

Thea Tolentino

Mike Tan

Musician James Wright

Actress Melissa Ricks

New collections of Tomato Time and Camden are also available with different designs you can choose from.

Show your school spirit for your beloved UAAP universities and support change with Tomato Time UAAP watches and Be The Change Tomato Time watches.

SWAP Watches are exclusively distributed and are available at Tomato stores and Tomato Online Store, shop.tomato.ph

To see the list of branches for Tomato, Tomato Time and SWAP Watches near you, click here.

Your creativity is boundless, 

#SWAPdiy #SWAPloom #SWAPyourLifestyle!

www.swapwatches.ph

All-new Calibre de Cartier Diver Watch Collection

If you are on the look for fine-dress jewellery but rugged diving timepieces, then think Cartier.

Unveiled on this year's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) fair in Geneva,  the all-new Calibre de Cartier Diver Collection was the surprise of the show—not least because it brings a performance-level sports watch into a maison previously renowned for its stylishly effortless, dressy elegance.

In 2010, the French house first showed an interest in the outdoors, with the launch of its new Cartier de Calibre, their first dedicated 'sports' watch. It had a more rugged design, was water resistant and featured an automatic winding system.

This new Diver timepiece adds some serious heft to the Calibre de Cartier collection. Waterproof to 300 metres (and tested to conform to the industry's IS0 6425 standard for water resistance), the in-house 1904 MC movement is contained within an 11mm deep case, making the timepiece one of the slimmest diver's watches on the market.

Not to mention, the hands, indexes and dive time indicator are all applied with a Superluminova coating, as is the roman numeral XII, ensuring that even when fully submerged you'll never forget you're voyaging beneath the waves wearing a Cartier.

With super luminous (glow-in-the-dark coating) applied to the dive-time indicator, the hour and minute hands, the preselects on device and the small seconds counter, the Calibre de Cartier display has been specially designed to be read in tricky conditions.

Available in steel and pink gold, both come on a rubber strap, with the addition of a steel bracelet version.

Look for the nearest Cartier boutiques here or visit your authorized Cartier dealers.
To know more, view the collection and new arrivals, go to Cartier Official website.

This Year's Bags of Desire

First, the Hula Hoop bag. Then, sneakers in a Haute Couture collection. And now, Chanel has officially joined the street style fashion with watercolor backpacks, tote and flap bags.

 

Chanel's head designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld is always able to create something amazing, creative and unique. Amongst the many stylish pieces that provided a visual feast, what made it stood out were the modern and vivid interpretations as Chanel’s take on the art portfolio and a backpack laden with graffiti motifs—covered with strokes from a paintbrush continuing the running Art theme of the collection.

The iconic Chanel backpacks were worn during the Spring/Summer RTW 2014 runway show.

Boy Flap bags to covet including leather that is braided, crystallized and faded, and are updated with a new denim exterior as well as the warm two-tone bags in dusty pink and beige.

Tote bags gets an upgrade with this beautiful quited design, perfect for casual Fridays, also available in smaller sizes.

To view more of the collection, click HERE.

Healthspiration Found: NUIU Life Cuisine

It's that time of the year again when every magazine cover, and TV ad campaigns or shows seem to be constantly reminding us that time's ticking until summer officially rolls around. And it can only mean one thing: You'd better be at the gym working out, and cutting loose on all possible fattening food for a perfect summer fit body.

Some of you maybe aware that I've been trying to manage my weight since last year after gaining a few pounds (OK! Not few, more pounds) in less than a year. Not only it made me not fit my old clothes but it also made me feel very insecure and less confident that I started wearing anything black again, and desperately try different methods including juicing and the Emily-Charlton-cube-of-cheese diet. Foreals!

But all of it made me feel weak and angry all the time.
And one can only endure not eating anything but cheese for a day or two.

While I was at the kick-off party for the Closeup Forever Summer 2014, my friends asked me if how I was doing with my diet. Imagine their disappointment when I replied, "not much." That's when my friend Josh invited me to drop by their booth, NUIU (pronounced as "Nu You") at the Chef, M.D. event—a health and wellness food bazaar at Rockwell Tent last Saturday.

So, I came a little early with a moral support a.k.a. Dennis of Lovemindanao.com. :)

As what we usually do at food bazaars, we asked around and tasted a few recipes and specialties.
And then we moved on to our purpose of going to the event.

 Meet the fit and fab team of NUIU Life Cuisine.

From left to right: NLC Executive Chef & CEO Brian Kitane, Marketing Lead Josh Vibal, Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco (RND), Dietitian Lord Vidan (RND), Director of Fitness Ruel Enerio, Trainer Adam Lewis

The night before going to the event, I did a little research myself and found that NUIU Life Cuisine has been in the health and wellness industry for quite a while now and has been favored by online personalities and celebrities like Liz Uy, Anne Curtis, Patty Laurel, Nicole Hernandez, Solenn Heussaf, Georgina Wilson, Isabelle Daza, Heart Evangelista, Cesca Litton, Zsa Zsa Padilla,  and many more.

In 2005, NUIU Life Cuisine started as a food delivery service (known as My Diet Buddy providing South Beach Diet—restricted calorie-counting diet program only) that caters to those who wanted to lose weight quickly.

Then in 2010 under the new brand NUIU Life Cuisine they pioneered a new meal line as well as wellness services that caters to customer who are constantly seeking a healthier and more professional alternative to fad diet providers.

NUIU meal plans are curated and certified by the Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco, RND, who is also a US Certified Lifestyle, Weight Management and Sports Nutrition Specialist. And prepared by professionally trained culinary team by the Executive Chef / Owner Brian Kitane at a very reasonable price.

NUIU Life Cuisine's goal has always been dedicated to create and prepare healthy meal and wellness solution programs by determining your current physical condition, level of activity and lifestyle goal.

This year, NUIU Life Cuisine has created new solutions that are sustainable and effective in helping you achieve and maintain your weight and physical condition by adding a fitness team headed by Director of Fitness Ruel Enerio.

NUIU Life Cuisine is much more effective in helping you achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle without the effort and stress because they provide these services straight into your home or office.

And part of the event in the NUIU Life Cuisune booth last Saturday was the FREE nutrition and fitness assessment.

Serving the purpose of our visit, Dennis and I also took the assessment. :)

 Myself with NUIU Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco, RND

There I wrote a few information about myself including height, weight, medical conditions, and more.
We also had a few Q&As and if I live a healthy and fit lifestyle.

Also, part of the assessment were determining the Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage using BIA (Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis) scale.

BIA—a faster, easier, less intrusive and includes a precision scale—by inputs of age, gender and height, then steps onto the platform, electrodes in the foot sensor pads send a low, safe signal through the body.

Weight is calculated automatically along with body fat content/percentage in less than a minute. By then, you'd know your risk factor based on your calculated BMI and Body Fat Percentage.

Dennis and one of the guests undergoing the Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for their Body Fat Percentage with NUIU Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco, RND.

From there, your NUIU Healthstylist will develop with you your Wellness Plan which incorporates recommended fitness activities from the NUIU Fitness Team to help you achieve the most realistic and sustainable program you can do at your home or office.

NUIU Life Cuisine also partnered with Hi-Precision Diagnostics for a FREE Bone Scanning.

NUIU Life Cuisine's Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco, RND, had a talk about "Eating Your Way To A Healthy Lifestyle." 

"A lot of people get fooled by fad diets. The change in lifestyle doesn't just involve the food we eat, but the combination of both physical and mental motivation plus the healthy meals we eat every day.", NUIU's Director of Nutrition Ara Jungco, RND.

Naturally, we also waited for the Kangoo Jumps demo by NUIU Fitness partner gym FTX coaches as we were just as curious as everyone else at Rockwell Tent.

Look!

Now imagine runway models on these. Hehe! :)

Kangoo Jumps demo were led by FTX Gym Fitness coaches' Reijo del Prado (middle left) and Pam Bonganay (middle right).

FTX Gym Fitness coaches' Reijo del Prado and Pam Bonganay in action!

Kangoo Jumps, originally developed to reduce the impact stress on jogger's joints, are now used as a tool for weight loss exercise, reducing body fat, firming and strengthening muscles, increasing agility, and providing an aerobic workout for the heart.

It was participated by the people in the audience.
And just as the same when Fitness instructor Lie Carino led a Boot Camp Workout demo.

And a Yoga Session led by Lalah de Dios.

A wise man once said, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

In order for us to achieve an overall fitness, health and wellness goal, one must also consider a sustainable lifestyle that is both healthy in mind, heart, and body.

Make good habits more delicious and inquire now!

For healthy weight management and wellness consultations, contact the NUIU Life Cuisine Healthstylists at 577-3893 or 0917-5283283. You may also email them at wellness@nuiu.ph.

Follow NUIU Life Cuisine on Twitter and Facebook for promos and events.

www.nuiu.ph