There is no denying that Love Marie “Heart” Evangelista-Escudero is one of the most captivating style icons of our time. In her sartorial choices, she is that rare combination of elegant, polished, and bold—yet she remains playful enough to quip about a Martin Bautista creation being her “grocery” look.
With her first fashion book, Styled with Heart, the actress, artist, and TV personality reveals the secrets to her standout style—a style that Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, who wrote the foreword to the book, describes as “completely original, often surprising, and always impeccably elegant.”
“Styled with Heart is a summary of that personal style that I was able to refine in the last few years: classic and polished with the right amount of playfulness,” Heart says of her newest release under Summit Books, her second with the publisher following the 2015 beauty book This Is Me, Love Marie.
In Styled with Heart, Heart breaks down her signature style into the elements she refers to as the “origins and hallmarks of my aesthetic.” Here, readers will learn how to wear impeccable white the way she does; pick up tips on playing with color, patterns, and prints; finish off a look with the perfect accessories, bags, and shoes; and get the most out of “forever pieces”—those classic, trend-proof items that give you the most mileage for your money.
Styled with Heart also illustrates the many ways you can express your style on your travels and on special occasions, and inspires you to turn to fashion to describe your mood, to lift your spirits, or to simply show who you are. With this book, Heart also took the chance to play personal stylist to three ladies, allowing readers to see that they, too, can add a hint of Heart to their own personal style.
Besides letting readers in on her styling mindset, Heart also lets them into her private life by sharing stories about her family, her showbiz beginnings, her life with Senator Chiz Escudero and their dogs, and the penchant for painting that has led her to hold art exhibits, create handbag paintings, and have her very own collection under womenswear label Kamiseta.
With Styled with Heart, the sartorial evolution of this timeless style icon becomes that much clearer. As Kevin Kwan says, “At the end of the day Heart has mastered the art of dressing in the way that makes you notice the woman, not the clothes.”
Heart launched Styled with Heart with a book signing at the Manila International Book Fair 2019. Copies are now available in bookstores nationwide for P450.
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