La Divina :

Bilbao, Techie Ysmael

La Divina : the life and style of Chona Recto-Kasten / Techie Ysmael Bilbao, with Jose Mari Ugarte - Mandaluyong City : Anvil Pub., c2016 - 189 pages : illustrations (some color)

Title page: "The Ayala Museum & Filipinas Heritage Library present La Divina: the life and style of Chona Recto-Kasten..."

Ole for Chona! / Lina O. Sevilla -- Lolo Claro -- Daddy Johnny -- Interview / Luisa Linsangan, Women's Magazine -- Chona on the basics of fashion / Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, Feminique Magazine -- "She wanted us to be sophisticated first, stewardesses second" / Jose Mari Ugarte, excerpt from Rogue Magazine -- Island in the sun / Chona R. Kasten -- "Most beautiful woman in the Philippines" -- "Fashionable socialite of the year" -- "And that's when our perfect world crumbled" : the human side of Chona -- A life divine / Jose Mari Ugarte, Rogue -- La Divina -- Remembering Chona / Gilbert Perez, The Manila Chronicle -- The women of Valera / Lorenzo Leviste -- "The era of elegance is gone" / Millet Martinez-Mananquil -- Chona R. Kasten : the last interview

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Kasten, Chona Recto-

CT 1798 K3 / B5 2016

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