Kaws x Hennessy launches at Ronac this Saturday

Posted on February 27, 2012 by CVS

You may have seen his extra large vinyl toys while in Hong Kong or Japan—those giant creatures that are part Grey’s Anatomy and part Mickey Mouse.

Photo: David Chu

Behind these modern art pieces is Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, the New York based artist known for limited edition toys and graffiti art all over the world.
KAWS started out as a graffiti artist in Jersey City, New Jersey. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York, he worked briefly as a freelance animator at Disney, before he became known for subverting imagery on billboards, bus shelters and phone booth advertisements.
In the late ’90s he started to produce limited edition vinyl toys that became an instant hit among global art toy collectors, especially in Japan.
He has collaborated with Nigo for Bathing Ape, Jun Takahashi for Undercover, and Comme des Garçons among others.
This Saturday, Ronac Art Center launches the limited edition Kaws x Hennessy V.S. Cognac bottles in Manila.

Celebrate with Hennessy on March 3, 2012 at 7 PM as they officially release the last of the KAWS-designed Hennessy bottles, for sale exclusively at Secret Fresh in Ronac Art Center (Php 1,800).
For more information call 570-9815 local 7 or go to http://secretfresh.net/.

The 84th Academy Awards on VELVET

Posted on February 27, 2012 by CVS

Only a few hours before the Oscar Awards, I have succeeded in watching a few more movies, namely, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Tree of Life, and The Descendants. I’m not crazy about any of them, but if I had to watch one again, I would see Midnight in Paris a second time.
Please don’t bother watching Tree of Life, unless you want to see an extended, annoying version of National Geographic, the movie. As Kevin Ranson of MovieCrypt.com said, “If I can prevent just one person from watching this, it’ll have been worth suffering through it.”
Now here’s what the Oscars are all about this year.

Watch the Academy Awards on Velvet channel beginning 6 AM Manila time, if you want to see the Red Carpet coverage. If you prefer to sleep in longer, show proper begins at 9:30 AM. Billy Crystal returns as host.
And if you’re working (as I am at noon), a replay will be aired on Monday night.

To know more, go to http://oscar.go.com/

DVF x GAP for little girls

Posted on February 27, 2012 by CVS

As a mother of boys, it used to hurt passing by little girls’ clothes and not having someone to buy them for. But after the third boy came along, I learned to adjust and no longer have daughter envy.
The boys haven’t stopped asking for a little girl though, so it’s still part of the plan about two years from now—hoping that God will give us the right baby girl and a bigger house cause we have no more space! (My house is seriously filled with swag, my room looks like an episode of Hoarders!)

And speaking of girls, Belgian-America designer Diane von Furstenberg is known for bold prints and wrap dresses such as these

Now imagine them on little girls, ages newborn to 14.
For Spring 2012, DVF collaborates with GapKids and babyGap to create summer wardrobe essentials such as T-shirt dresses, tanks and shorts, capris, leggings and swimwear. Even the iconic wrap dress is reinvented with a higher waist.