Bona Fide 50s Style
Real Home, REAL LIVING April 2005
by Chinggay Labrador
Styled by Gwyn GS Guanzon
Photographed by Chester Dy


Fashion designer Michi Calica brings her
signature romantic touch to her New Manila home

The elegance of mid-century design is a memory to most people these days. It’s your grandparents’ breezy home with polished, crazy-cut floors and windows that stretched to the sky. It’s a photo of your mom with her elegantly coiffed hair, against the backdrop of the family lanai with pared down yet sophisticated grillwork. It’s an old black and white film from a time when movie stars epitomized glamour.

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