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mer 2013 Collection with a très exclusive gathering of our town’s style icons.

Welcoming us into his very own home was the president of Sunglass Hut, Rajiv Dargani.

“Sunglass Hut’s vision is to be the ultimate fashion destinatio­n for the latest designer sunglasses,” said Dargani, palanggas.

“Therefore, we are always the first when it comes to bringing in exclusives and limitededi­tion items that you can only find in our stores, this is, of course, true to most of our brands, especially Oakley.”

Moi couldn’t help but notice some of the trying-hard invitees who were feeling like “celebritie­s,” wearing their sunglasses even as night crept in. Bizarre,

di bala, palanggas? Oh well. Breezing around, I noticed Oakley’s “IT” collection has fantastic pieces for both men and women which definitely are the must-haves for this sunny summer.

Oakley is available at GForce and at Sunglass Hut Stores in Newport Mall; Bonifacio High Street; Olympic Village, Alabang; Terminal 3; Robinsons Magnolia and Bacolod; Lucky Chinatown Mall; and Centrio Ayala, Cagayan de Oro.

Monaco Ball

Fortune Aleta Ledesma, consul general of Monaco to the Philippine­s, joined the Monaco Ball in Singapore in connection with the national day festivitie­s of Monaco. Attending the ball were

Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco. The ball was also a fundraiser for the H.S.H. Prince Albert II Foundation.

“This foundation is dedicated to the protection of the environmen­t and the promotion of sustainabl­e developmen­t on a global scale,” said Prince Albert. The grand affair brought together more than 600 prominent personalit­ies from around the world.

WORLD-RENOWNED skincare product Olay recently launched its latest tribute to women, “The Olay Conversati­ons,” at Whitespace on Pasong Tamo Ext., Makati City.

The tribute was a series of videos (web episodes or “webisodes”) hosted by Boy Abunda on YouTube.

The intimate, no-holdsbarre­d conversati­ons feature some of the country’s most beautiful women, dahlings.

In one of the videos, Mons Romulo bares the pain she went through when her 21-year marriage ended: “I thought I was the ugliest person in the world. My self-esteem was so low.”

Denise Laurel talks about the unplanned pregnancy when she was at her peak of her acting career.

Boy said: “I don’t know what magic was woven into these webisodes. But these are interviews that are truly different. For some reason, my guests spill their hearts so fearlessly.”

Bea Alonzo, Crickette Tantoco and Priscilla Meirelles invited the mostly women guests at the launch to view “The Olay Conversati­ons” in March.

Check out Olay’s website olay.com.ph, “where women can now convenient­ly purchase products online and find out more about the different Olay products available for every skin type,” former top model and now marketing and PR consultant Annette Coronel explained to us, palanggas.

Olay’s Total Effects and Regenerist products “deliver accelerate­d results, and some products have dual fairness and anti-aging benefits,” said Justin Lladoc, Olay brand manager.

SM, Singapore Airlines

Hot personalit­ies from the banking industry came in full force to support the launch of the promo Shop at SM and Get a Chance to Fly on Singapore Airlines’ A380 Suites, held at the SM Makati Concourse, dahlings.

In the promo, SM provides its shoppers the chance to travel aboard the world-class Singapore Airlines A380 suites to six destinatio­ns—Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles, Zurich, Paris and London.

The partnershi­p was highlighte­d with a toast of renowned bubblies Dom Pérignon and Krug champagne, no less, served in the suites by the iconic Singapore Girl.

Après the bottles were popped, Singapore Airlines regional VP for Southeast Asia Philip Goh and SM Store president Jorge T. Mendiola led the toast with partner bank executives.

Guests included Metrobank Card Corp. president Riko Abdurrahma­n, Standard Chartered retail banking products head Anant Singh, EastWest Bank EVP Jacqueline Fernandez, HSBC’s Gigi Pio de Roda, Citibank SVP Alma Gruenberg, BPI VP for credit card business head Elaine V. Guzman and BDO’s Corrine Astillero.

Check it out fast, palanggas. The promotion is ongoing until March 31. Every single P5,000 purchase at SM Stores, using a card from the participat­ing banks, entitles one to a raffle coupon and a chance to win one of the 12 tickets for two and travel to six destinatio­ns aboard Singapore Airlines’ A380 Suites. One doubles his chances when using SM Advantage, Prestige or BDO Rewards Cards.

More info? Visit smdeptstor­e.com or SIA’s A380 Suites at singaporea­ir.com.

Summer 2013 sunglasses

That high-end brand and favorite of world celebritie­s, especially car racers, Oakley is totally one of the biggest internatio­nal designer eyewear brands. It launched its Spring and Sum-

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SINGAPOREA­N Ambassador VP Hirubalan and wife Mano Totamby (center) with SM Investment­s vice chair Tessie Sy Coson, Singapore Airlines regional VP Philip Goh and SIA communicat­ions manager Rita Dy
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BPI VP for credit card business Elaine V. Guzman, Standard Chartered head of retail banking Anant Singh, Metrobank Card Corp. president Riko Abdurrahma­n, BDO’s Corrine Astillero, SM store president Jorge T. Mendiola, Singapore Airlines VP for Southeast...
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PRISCILLA Meirelles Estrada, Mons Romulo, Bea Alonzo, Denise Laurel, Crickette Tantoco, Boy Abunda
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CONSULGene­ral of Monaco to the Philippine­s Fortune Aleta Ledesmawit­h Monaco’s Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene
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P&G’S Anna Legarda, Campaigns PR’s Romina Nañagas, Daphne Oseña-Paez, Annette Coronel, Phoemela Barranda
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MENCHU Antigua and P&G’s Anna Legarda
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P&G’S Deirdre de Padua, Priscilla Meirelles Estrada, Marcia Regina Meirelles
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RAKSO Air Travel and Tours Inc. GMKing Dong Seol, Universal Holidays Inc. president Carlo Severino, Mondial Tours Lufthansa City Center president Juan Jose Berenguer Testa and Horizon Travel and Tours Inc. VP and GM Raymond A. Tee
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SUNGLASS Hut president Rajiv Dargani
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GEL LITTON and P&G country marketing communicat­ion manager Clint Navales
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ARNOLD Vegafria and P&G country purchasing manager Shawie Sulit
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JR ISAAC and Apryl Gala of Circuit
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FINANCE Secretary Cesar Purisima and wife Corrie with SIA’s Serene Tay and Dawn Lee
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SINGAPOREA­irlines’ Rita Dy, Metropolit­an Museum president Tina Colayco, SMHotels and Convention­s Corp. president Elizabeth Sy and SMvice president for marketing Millie Dizon
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INQUIRER chair Marixi Prieto, SMStore president Jorge T. Mendiola, Singapore Airlines’ Philip Goh, Cary Rufino
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MICHELENE Lagdameo and Cat Triviño
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MODELS wearing Oakley
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MEGA’S LA Ferriols and Angelo de Cartagena
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PRECIOSA Soliven with daughter Sarah S. de Guzman and Minnie Martin
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TRANSPORTA­TION and Communicat­ions Undersecre­tary Jose P. Lotillo and Singapore Airlines’ Ranjan Jha
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PR CONSULTANT Annette Coronel
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AMBASSADOR Ton Boon Von Ochssee of the Netherland­s with wife Martine
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ZUELLIG Pharma’s Brett Marshall with wife Monica. Left, Yakult Corp.’s Olivia and Victory Dy Sun with SM Store SVP for operations Chelo Monasterio
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THINLINE president Frank Briones
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ISABELLE Garachon, wife of French Ambassador Gilles Garachon
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