Vida Jewelries
November 21st, 2007 by Cherry Pacheco-UyPosted in Fashion for Women |
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I fell in love with Vida’s pieces when stylist Sidney Yap first showed them to me. Just what I was looking for—standout pieces that are big and chunky but not tacky. In fact, looking at their ad campaigns, one would assume the jewelries are from abroad.
Vida Tan Lim (or until recently, Vida Marie Tan) studied Jewelry Design at both the Fashion Institute of the Philippines and at La Salle College International in Makati. But it’s her many travels abroad that give her inspiration for her world-class designs. She also uses her background in Interior Design to come up with old-world (Baroque, Egytian) inspired yet modern accessories. All the gold pieces are designed and hand-carved by Vida herself. They are made from brass and are plated in 24k gold.
Fantasia neckpiece is made of turquoise, corals, Swarovski crystals, glass, agate, and freshwater pearls embedded on copper wire, P7000. Gold curved earring, brass based gold plated 24k, P700.
Black chandelier earring is made of glass and brass gold plated rounds, P1200. From top: Guilloche bangle, P2800. Baroque bangle, P3000. Gehry bangle, P3000.
Round earring brass based gold plated 24k, P700. Guilloche bangles in gold, P2800 each. Paula neckpiece, round pendant gold plated 24k brass based, P2100.
Hepburn neckpiece in black glass, P1500. Black drop earring, P400.
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WHERE TO FIND THEM
Starting November 28, 2007, visit her shop with fellow designers Gerry Katigbak, Danilo Franco, etc., at MY PINK BOUDOIR, 146 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.
Vida Jewelries are also consigned at the following stores:
BACKSTAGE STORE
2/F Serendra, The Fort
DEBBIE CO ATELIER
Jupiter Street, Makati City
DRESSING ROOM APPAREL
2/F Lifestyle Section, Power Plant Mall
(Soon: DRESSING ROOM Glorietta)
TRUE LOVE by VERONICA MANILA
3/F Robinsons Galleria
Visit: http://vidajewelleries.multiply.com or http://vidajewelries.com
November 21st, 2007 at 10:19 am
Wow! Their ad campaign looks like Gucci’s or Prada’s or some brand like that. Haha. Everything looks great!
I wonder if the model’s Filipina too.
November 21st, 2007 at 11:44 am
Hey Anna!:) Thanks. The model is Brazilian. I specifically chose her because she has that glamorous look:)
Btw, vidajewelries.com will be up by November 28th 2007!:) Thanks Anna!
A Big thanks to Cherry!:)
November 21st, 2007 at 2:26 pm
wow i love all of her pieces! i’ve seen some of her jewelry in backstage store and it’s even nicer in actual. i can’t wait to visit her upcoming store! i’m sure there’ll be more glamorous works of hers there.
btw, great ads too. the model is perfect for her jewelries 
November 21st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
i like the drop earrings on the last picture, is it still available? what material is it? and where do i get it? kindly advise. thank you!
November 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pm
i love the model, she suits the ad campaign very well
November 21st, 2007 at 9:39 pm
i have her pieces bangles, earrings, necklaces….LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
Hi CreditCardADDICT! YEs, the drop earring is available. It’s made of smokey quartz:) It’s available at my shop MY PINK BOUDOIR!:) I can also ship it to you:)
Thanks!:)
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
To Vida: how do you take care of your jewelries? and will it not tarnish easily? BTW, great stuff you got here!
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 am
Wow really?! Great! Could u reserve for me pls. I wanna visit ur shop too and check out your other creations. U accept cash and card?
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 pm
love your stuff! i have a lot of Vida’s works too. makes me feel like i’m wearing living works of art. love ‘em love ‘em love ‘em! congrats on this great achievement! i’m so proud to be a Vida Jewelry wearer! ♥
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Momgie! Hi!:) I always store my jewelry in a box and I dont expose them to air. After using, I wipe my jewelry with a clean cloth first to remove any fingerprint or sweat….
I coat my jewelries so it wouldn’t tarnish easily.
Take note that I’m using brass for my pieces. Therefore it doesn’t break easily like the fancy jewelries that you see.
Thank you so much momgie!:)
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Hi CreditCardADDICT!:) Wow great! I’ll reserve one for you then…Do visit us at our shop and you could check out other fab pieces from other designers!As of the moment, we only accept cash but soon we’ll have credit card transactions.Please visit my multiply site through vidajewelleries.multiply.com and leave me a message there of your name, contact details:) Thanks:)
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Hi Vida, will do. Thank you.
Yeah the jewelry boxes are great. I have some fancy jewelries back in the 80’s & 90’s stuff i felt were disposable… they are still in good condition till now… that was a time when fancy jewels were like ahhhh kinda off.
November 22nd, 2007 at 6:28 pm
nice jewelry, pretty model, its just so sad now that brazilian models are taking over the philippine modeling industry, our local models are losing work because of them and most of them dont even have work permits. i just dont think its right because we are promoting an unrealistic image of beauty. a very foreign one.
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I agree with Miravelle!
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Wow, your pieces are beautiful!!!
I would like to have the gorgeous black drop earring which I hope to use on a party. I wish I could have them all!
It’s poetry in motion!!! Congrats to these incredible work of art.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
Hi Irene! You can contact me through my multiply account. vidajewelleries.multiply.com.You can leave me a message there:)Thanks dear:)
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:40 am
I think there are Filipina models out there who exude the same sexyness & sophistication, glamour. Pinay pa!! We cud be what we want to be! Baka we need to crossbreed with Brazilians na! hahah
November 24th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
oo nga, tama na ang mga brazilian models. local retailers should promote local modeling talents instead of spending twice as much on brazilian models or other models of foreign descent. do u know that brazilian models are paid more than the country’s top local models?