This February 24-27, 2010, VUDU celebrates its 9th Anniversary as the definitive nightstyle institution in Cebu. To those in the know, VUDU is not just a nightspot. It is a movement. It continues to push the envelope and redefine itself and the nocturnal culture and lifestyle of Cebu. It has become an institution, spanning generations and defying time and trends.

DOT Secretary Ace Durano, Polymedia buff Jude Bacalso, and Kitchen Queen Lita Urbina show off their love for Cebu with personalized I heart Cebu shirts from Islands Souvenirs. Grab your own personalized shirt in under thirty minutes at Islands Souvenirs boutiques in Ayala Center Cebu and SM City Cebu.
Islands Souvenirs personalizes your love for Cebu

Respected personalities within the Cebuano community recently joined Islands Souvenirs to launch their new I heart Cebu campaign. Kicking off this Valentines’  season, lovers of the Queen City can now grab shirts expressing their love – …

We arrived just in time to hear pulsing music and watch the crowd getting denser. I hurried to where the A/C was and the buffet table and forgot about the boyfriend who was taking pictures. The interior by the way provides you with a nice view of the fashion show happening outside while you sip on your cocktail and chew on your fish sticks. Ah, lovely, fashionable crowd! You get to bump occassionally into a synthetically clad model but then the night’s indigenous theme got to you in a way …

On February 28, 2010 at 630pm at Parkmall, topnotch designers come together for a rare event here in Cebu. Witness masterpieces by members of the Cebu Fashion Designers Association (CFDA), modeled by top of the line models from MAC.It will be in culmination to the 3-week long exhibit by the designers of the CFDA namely: Edwin Ao, Jun Protacio, Wendell Quisido, Ren Manabat, Marichu Tan, William Manahan and Barbie Alvez.

It seems that fashion rhetoric is taking a more proletarian bent as of late. There’s less preening within the stylish set about Chanel and Louis Vuitton acquisitions. Instead, recessionistas or stylistas du jour are smugly trotting out those old Balenciaga, Balmain and Fendi (thrifted) pieces that have been lounging in the back of their huge walk-in closets. And when their “vintage” goodie is fawned over by a bedazzled lot, they innocently asked, “Oh, you mean this old thing?”
So was that the only thing we’ve learned so far in 2009? What …

Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, in association with the 2010 V-Day Campaign, the celebrated and provocative play that has become a phenomenon worldwide, will play a limited one-show engagement at Onstage! Ayala Center Cebu Cinema 1 on February 20, 2010 at 7:00PM.

With the Maritess Allen: Riding the Golden Tiger in 2010 event fast approaching, we couldn’t resist giving you readers a quick spoiler on what is going to take place this Saturday.

Cebuano fashion designer Cary Santiago, yes, THE Cary Santiago whom I got a thousand hits because of search listings for him, and THE Cary Santiago who won Best Evening Gown Designer at the Miss Cebu 2010, whose gown was worn by Miss Cebu 2010 Third Runner-Up Carole Monique de Leon, bowled us over with his new designs! Before you say that was the longest introduction in 2010, can I just say that Cary Santiago Jimmy Choo-esque himself and designed not gowns but shoes.

Hi, Cebu! I have had emails on the latest feature on Cebu Street Style. As far as we can remember, most of the personalities we have read about are women and men who have graced Cebu lifestyle and the emails commended such efforts to bring their favorite stylish people to the interweb. Because this site has clearly evolved from becoming Cebu’s one stop shop for daily updates on Cebu fashion, lifestyle, shopping finds and events, we’ve decided to take it up a notch and delve more into the people who …