If I could live in my Havaianas, I would. Inspired by the ultimate summer song, “trade your neckties for bandanas, trade your condos for cabanas, trade your shoes for Havaianas….”, it’s always good to be reminded about the happy spirit of summer and the value of living life in a carefree and positive mindset.

So with Havaianas on my feet, it feels like I can virtually escape to a happy, sunny place even if Im in my office and the trip is made in my mind, it feels like summer even if it was a rainy, gloomy day.
And the ultimate Havaianas experience is the annual MAKE YOUR OWN HAVAIANAS event.

It’s an event we’ve experienced the past 7 years and it’s something you would not want to miss. You can actually choose a sole…

And a strap…

And a pin…

And the parts are assembled right in front of your eyes…

…making it your very own customized pair of flip flops!

Basti Artadi of Wolfgang, and wife Rissa with their own MYOH flip flops

Come and visit MYOH 2012 at the Rockwell Tent, running now until Monday, May 14. Opens at 10am everyday.
Sharing with you some of our fave moms in the metro who have visited MYOH during the launch party and its first day run!

Photos below this…


Mylene Dizon and her sons, with Agot Isidro

Expectant mom Rissa Mananquil and friend Sidney Yap

Pia Magalona with Arkin, Clara and Saab

Hindy Weber-Tantoco and kids with Havaianas Philippines’ Anne Gonzalez

Tweetie De Leon-Gonzalez with Anne

RX 93.1′s Delamar with son Cooper and Morning Rush co-hosts, Chico and Gino

Come on over to MYOH and experience how it is to have endless summer at your feet!

*Some photos taken with permission from the MYOH Facebook page.

View more photos of the MYOH launch party here.

Check out the official MYOH page here and virtually create your own customized pair.

For updates on Havaianas, like the Havaianas Philippines’ Facebook page here.

My love affair with Havaianas started 4 years ago when my events company, Creative Juice, was first hired to help organize Havaianas’ signature event, Make Your Own Havaianas. Like other Havaianaticos, this fun-filled, much awaited fashion event is something I always look forward to.  It’s fun choosing from the colors of soles and straps, plus pins and Swarovski crystals, which are then mixed and matched and assembled right before your eyes.  Then you get to bring home and wear a pair that is truly your own creation.

Havaianas is now practically my default footwear– for casual trips to the mall, to my kids’ school, on weekend getaways, for quick errands to the grocery or to the bank, or even while I was pregnant and when I gave birth at the hospital– they are on my feet maybe 90% of the time!  I love my Havaianas because they’re so comfy, practical, and still make me look fashionable specially when I put on my pairs that are embellished with pins or crystals. 

Make Your Own Havaianas 2009 is happening again on May 28 to June 1, 2009 at the Rockwell Tent. It is open during mall hours of Power Plant Mall.    

Make Your Own Havaianas, now on its 4th year

For more information or to practice making your own pair (albeit virtually) log on to http://www.havaianasphilippines.com/myoh.