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Maybe we shouldve asked the big whats and bigger what-ifs

Sink with us one last time as we savor the last day of everyones favorite season (sans the unfriendly heat). Bloodrush just released a sophomore issue. As part of this publication, I am very muc...

1 day ago

The cure for anything is saltwater.

A VLM day-out is a custom Riz and I started ever since we tied up last year. As the creative business people that we are, we wanted to always have new things to draw inspiration from so we go out tim...

1 day ago

VLM at VMC

May 12, 2012 - We spent one of the most humid days of early May up north, in the grounds of Amoranto Stadium for the Visual Music Carnival. For a first bazaar, it wasnt bad. I loved how we set things...

22 may 12

The MMF Experience

"Dear Manila Music Fest, thank you for the music. For the people. The art. Fashion. Love. Keep it gangsta." - BloodrushIt was sundown when we left south for the festival. I would have loved i...

18 may 12

See you Saturday? (Shopdates)

So we sort of unplugged ourselves from the interwebs lately but it all happened through a series of fortunate events. Riz and I are crazy busy preparing for VLM shops first ever bazaar at the Visual ...

07 may 12

When was the last time you did something for music?

As proud supporters of the first Manila Music Festival to ever happen in the city, were letting you in on an in-depth awareness of the event and why it is DEFINItELY worth our attention. Article...

26 apr 12

How to Stand Out This Summer

Summer gives us more reason to show off... more skin, your tan lines, a favorite sundress, a new hair do, or your bikini photo garnering 50+ likes on Facebook. Here at VLM, were veering away from the...

24 apr 12

A Manila Music Fest Lookbook

Last month we released a collection inspired by summer music festivals all because it was a dream of mine and Rizs to attend one of the biggest music fests in the world someday. It is where the best ...

14 apr 12

Most chic package to land on your doorstep

Hey stunners! VLM is giving away a couple of items from our shop. Winning this awfully pretty package is as easy as sharing this photo on Facebook. Here are the detailed mechanics:1. Like VLM on...

13 apr 12

First Born Unicorn

How do I tell you how great my 7th of April was?If you have not been aware, Riz and I are part of this little revolution called Bloodrush Diary, the memoirs of 7 damned queens. Since then my heart go...

10 apr 12

Saturated and Sheeny (Moodboard)

Hello stunners. Hope you all had a blessed week with your special others. Nothing beats family time on a beautiful Easter Sunday, right? To make the week more special, wed like to present to you our ...

08 apr 12

Shopdates!

Heres something to fan-girl over - our second accessories collection. Some of this batchs designs feature Ziggy Stardust, Liz Taylor as Cleopatra, New Aztec prints and, as an ode to one of our Nation...

29 mar 12

Free summer makeover, anyone?

Azta Urban Salon in cooperation with Bloodrush Diary wants to know your story. Get a chance to win a makeover treat. Azta Salon will be throwing in the following services for the lucky winner:Ha...

24 mar 12

VLM Muse: Hope Sandoval

Nobody can exemplify perfect girl crush material better than Hope Sandoval, lead vocals of Mazzy Star. She has a voice of a deeply sad seductress angel and a face of an ethnic waif you will find hard...

23 mar 12

Take Me to Lollapalooza

Were paying the 90s grunge and all those music festival glamour in the decade a tribute through our Collection No. 10. It is without a doubt a transition collection as we have taken a break from our ...

22 mar 12

Holy Goodies: Pattern Perfect

Heres some achingly quirky tile backgrounds for your Twitter/desktop vanities. By accident, I chanced upon a long-forgotten art folder in the recesses of my computer due to my topsy-turvy filing. I h...

20 mar 12

Major Ambition

Ive been all ears to Asteroids Galaxy Tours Out of Frequency, all day and all night. They are my favorite band in the whole of Milky Way! To listen to Mettes expensive voice, the horn sessions and al...

14 mar 12

Fashion Fetish: Jil Sander FW 2012

I have never posted a runway review on this blog  before. This is my first time and I want to make sure that I start off with my favorite fashion house - Jil Sander. Let me redefine perfect...

12 mar 12

VLM Mix: My summer wine is really made of all these things

My summer wine is really made from all these things by Sofia Cope on Grooveshark

10 mar 12

We can stay in the sky together

I dont consider myself lucky but if theres one thing I should be most thankful for - Im thankful that the people I truly value are still with me. Then again, I am bound by the reality that some of th...

07 mar 12

The Glamour Underground | Bloodrush

Here is a little place for our aesthetic enjoyment and ramblings (sensible and senseless alike) . Watch as we unveil the virgin, our first installment, tomorrow night, February 29, 2012. www.bloodrus...

28 feb 12

Precious Pullitzer

I am honored to get my hands on a bunch of vintage Lily Pullitzer dresses. YES! They will be released at the shop this summer. Among them, I like this pink dress with elaborate gold embellishments be...

22 feb 12

Fashion Fetish: Mary Katrantzou

Next in my wildest plans is to create digitally manipulated prints and turn them into wearable things. Mary Katrantzou is a genuine icon in todays fashion innovations. She has and always will blow me...

21 feb 12

A fan girls greatest hits

It is with great jubilation to announce the release of VLMs first collection of fashion and art novelties hand made by my partner Riz and I. We agreed to name it "Fan Girl" as the collection ...

15 feb 12

Lover, Come Home

A US soldier lighting a cigarette for his Japanese girlfriend. Photograph by John Florea. Japan, 1946. via asiangirls whiteguys.tumblr.comI chanced upon this photo above in Tumblr and it ins...

14 feb 12

Bardot Girls and Blues

All at the same time, I have revisited Riley Keoughs 2010 spread for Dazed and Confused and heed Lana Del Reys bad girl blues. It was a perfect match, professedly, as these girls, to me, are both Bri...

03 feb 12

The Art of Amber Ibarreche

I am not sure what it takes for me to feature an artist. All I know is if it has anything to do with my latest compulsive preoccupations, then its worth the time and space. Such is Brooklyn-based art...

03 feb 12

Little Worlds

Im not going to lie, I love creating dandy little things. I used to have my eyes glued on Kids Concoctions from way way back and I always feel rather vehement over the sound of snipping scissors and ...

01 feb 12

Grandma leaves the light on for me

Now that I have satisfied my urge to change paths and try out new things, I am forever followed by the dreaded thought of the real world. But I actually would love to pose a series of question t...

27 jan 12

Photo Lust: Pure Poetry by Max Doyle

Vogue Australia October 2007Photographer: Max DoyleModel: Sarah StephensSource: *Bianca* from The Fashion Spot"Sister - youve been on my mind and sister - were two of a kind. So sister - Im keepi...

27 jan 12

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