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Fiery. Fierce. Filipina. Those are just three of the many words that can best describe our cover features this week: jewelry designer Guenevere Rodriguez and sisters Michelle and Mary Mangiliman.
All three of them are Filipinas. All three of them are in fashion. Did someone say fabulous?
The three ladies also have their own stores in Brooklyn: Guenevere in Williamsburg and Michelle & Mary in Greenpoint.
Asian Journal met up with the three on various occasions, and we discussed, among others, the path they had to travel to be where they are right now and how their families have played a crucial part in this journey.
Guenevere Rodriguez
There is a feeling of serenity and peace when you enter this jewelry gallery in Brooklyn. Then you marvel at the designer’s creations and you immediately feel soothed. Stay longer and chat with the designer and you end up feeling relaxed, calm.
Welcome to Guenevere Rodriguez, the store.
Guenevere has been in the jewelry business for almost seven years now, opening shop in the south side of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, even before the neighborhood was considered hip and cool.
For the past two years or so, the store has been carrying her full name, Guenevere Rodriguez. Hers is a niche market; she produces jewelry infused with positive energy and intentions.
In the beginning, the store was called ‘Special’ and it included everything that Guenevere loved. She would travel around Asia, going to Thailand, India and the Philippines, and she would buy stuff there that she’d eventually sell at her store.
Back then, it was a fulfillment of her life-long dream: to open her own store. She searched high and low for a possible store and one day, found a ‘store for rent’ sign along Bedford Avenue.
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