Rafe Loves...Isi Pfänder

Raison d’Etre: to travel the world! I try to escape Germany as often as possible!

Job: Student (Hotelmanagement/Tourism)

Live: Now: Freiburg, Germany, next month: Barcelona, Spain!

Happiness: Spending time with my friends and family, especially on vacation

Brunch: The best Brunch is at home with friends after a long night out with way too much food and lots of Nutella!

Drink:  Feeling like a princess at Ábaco in Palma de Mallorca or just having fun at Woody's in St. John, at home in Germany we usually go to the Bar Mille Miglia which is in one of the Hotels of Germany's biggest amusement park, Europa Park Rust. It's a theme Hotel and you really feel like you're somewhere in Italy when you're there!

Eat: Chada Thai in Lahr, Germany, Bona Taula in Calonge, Mallorca

Escape: Anyplace with sun and beach! my favorite spots are St. John USVI, Mallorca, Spain and Belek, Turkey

Read: Glamour, Joy, Cosmopolitan

Listen: I like almost all types of music as long as you can sing along or dance to it! at the moment i'm really into House music and R&B

Watch: I love TV shows!! I did not miss a single episode of Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives or Private Practice (and many, many more!)

Indulge: Chocolate ice cream for breakfast!

Shop:  Zara, Forever21, Vero Moda

Splurge: Shopping in the small small shoe stores in Italy

Charity: Stiftung 100, a German foundation which helps woman and children in Nepal

Dream: to spend a wonderful last year as a student in Barcelona, meet many interesting people and find a great job somewhere abroad (anyplace with sun and beach..)

Accessory:  I love my Rafe bags because they are unique! They give a special touch to every outfit! Especially when I wear them in Germany I get compliments all the time! At the moment my favorite bag is the Chain Embroidery Crossbody Bag which completely enhances every ordinary outfit! I also love Rafe shoes, they are chic and comfortable!

Rafe Loves...Sarah Cristobal

Raison d’Etre: To have an amazing tan. (Kidding!) To love and be loved. (Only child syndrome.)

Job: Senior Fashion Editor at StyleList.com, freelance writer; charitable do-gooder, extreme motocross, mime, professional juggler, globe-trotter (most of these are true)

Live: The Village, NYC

Happiness: Sitting with a glass of rose on a beach in VilleFranche. Oh, and my family and friends being healthy and happy of course. (Wine first though.)

Brunch: Pastis in NYC, Sylvester's in Northampton, MA

Drink:  Elderflower Martini at Hotel du Cap, Penny Drop at Standard Grill

Eat: The Standard Grill in NYC, La Fontaine Gaillon and Brasserie Lipp in Paris, Miramar in Barcelona

Escape: Anywhere with a beach! South of France, Tulum in Mexico, anywhere in Spain

Read: Cat Fancy, New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Grazia, Vanity Fair, Coastal Living

Listen: Hard to pick a favorite. Currently really liking the Karen Elson album and Whitest Boy Alive. Also have a penchant for Yanni.

Watch:  Saved by the Bell reruns, Welcome Back Cotter, Dora the Explorer, you know, the usual.

Indulge: Designer shoes and dinners with friends. Also tanning and Saved by the Bell reruns.

Shop:  Colette, Barneys, Zero Maria Cornejo

Fashion: Peter Som, Costello Tagliapietra, Dries van Noten, Isabel Marant, Alabama Chanin

Aspire: It varies from 1960s era Jane Birkin to Susan Boyle pre-makeover which makes it very hard to get dressed in the morning.

Charity: Free Arts, NYC Ballet, Edible Schoolyard

Dream: To one day get the call that I am indeed a distant relative to Cristobal Balenciaga and therefore will have full access to his archives. Also to star in an off-Broadway production of "Cats" and be a world renowned Scrabble player.

Accessories: I love Rafe accessories because they are organically cool, accessible and lovely, just like dear Rafe.

Rafe Loves...Yeane Keet

Raison d’Etre: My children, my political ambition and my passion for fashion 
      
Job: Sales and Marketing Director for Denpoo Mandiri Indonesia and I am also in the Chamber of Commerce of Indonesia

Live: Jakarta (Indonesia)

Happiness: To be on a beach with a book in a clear blue sky

Brunch: China Doll (Sydney) with my girlfriends

Drink: Martini at Cork and Screw (Jakarta)

Eat: Social House (Jakarta)

Escape: Maldives, Bali, Sydney and Paris

Read: Australian magazine (Instyle,Bazaar,Vouge), Why men love bitches.

Listen: Chill out and anything on the top 10 in I-tunes but no Beiber.

Watch: Tudor and Rome.

Indulge: Bags..can't get enough!!!

Shop: FJL(jakarta), Paddington (Sydney) and Hermes!


Fashion:Anything chic and timeless.

Aspire: Coco Chanel

Charity: An orphanage in Jakarta. There is one organization I am in called PUN (perempuan untuk negeri) which helps unfortunate women

Dream: When I achieve my career goal I want to go traveling around the world with my love one.

Accessory: I love Rafe accessories because they are unique and timeless with edge!

Rafe Loves...Cheng Bernardez Lucas

Raison d’Etre: My husband and daughter Sam

Job: Full-time wife and mother...and one of those ladies-who-lunch :-)

Live: To provide a comfortable, loving home for my family at all times, and to guide my daughter as she faces the real world so that she'll turn out to be an independent, productive individual as she pursues all her dreams. Moreover, I hope to touch other people's lives as well.

Happiness: Doing things with my family, traveling in style, spending long hours talking with my friends over lunch and coffee, retail therapy

Brunch: Vigan Longganiza with garlic rice at Via Mare (Manila), Fried Tawilis and Bulalo at Josephine's (Tagaytay), Strawberry Pancakes at The Original Pancake House (Redondo Beach, LA), Steak and eggs (Las Vegas)

Drink: Geez, it's been ages since I've been to a bar!!! Although I got to go to Fiamma last year for a friend's birthday, lol! Nowadays, any kind of drinking would be in the form of red or white wine with dinner at some friend's house or restaurant (how boring, I know!). :-)

Eat: Crustacean, Lawry's, Cheesecake Factory (LA), People's Palace, Chateau 1771, Kai, Abe, Fely J's, Duo, Chelsea (Manila), any cafe in Paris

Escape: Hong Kong just to shop and eat, L.A. to bond with my family there, Lourdes, France (okay, have to pass by Paris too!!!) to recharge spiritually and increase my faith

Read: Time; Vogue, In Style and any other fashion glossies that catch my eye
 
Listen: I'm stuck on retro! But I still appreciate other kinds of music- from classical to standards to R&B, even to Lady Gaga.

View: I can be shallow so I like watching chick flicks and reality shows. My favorite movies are Sleepless in Seattle, Before Sunset, and I Am Sam and City of Angels because I cried buckets!
 
Indulge: Traveling in style, shoes & bags, just like any girl!!! , buying expensive gifts for my loved ones

Shop: All Outlets in US, Nordstrom, The Grove in LA, and I enjoy going to Target still to this day, via Condotti stores in Rome, Galleries Lafayette and stores along Rue des Rennes in Paris, Harrod's, Harbour City in Hong Kong, Rustan's, Greenbelt and Power Plant in Manila

 Fashion: Carolina Herrera, Herve Leger, BCBG, DKNY, Nicole Miller

 Aspire: Audrey Hepburn, Jackie O, Kate Moss

Charity: I try to help out anywhere I'm needed, like through World Vision, Unicef, parish projects

Dream: To grow old with my husband living a happy, healthy and comfortable life, and to see my daughter live her dreams and build her own happy family.
 
Love Rafe accessories: (because…) I love Rafe accessories because they are so chic and can make any woman wearing them feel really beautiful. Rafe bags are trendy yet functional, with nice little details that seem to think of every girl's needs. This white Rafe bag is precious to me as it was personally signed by Rafe, and unexpectedly, with the most flattering words from him. I always get compliments from people whenever I use my Rafe bag. I love Rafe!!!

Rafe Loves...Erica Gutman

Job: Speech Language Pathologist

Live: New York City

Happiness: My Family and Friends

Brunch: Sitting at a café with my girlfriends drinking mimosa and eating pancakes.

Drink: Sharing a bottle of excellent wine with my husband.

Eat: Buenos Aires, Spice, Motorino

Escape: Thailand.

Read: Cookbooks in the hope that I will be a good cook one day, non fiction, and interior design magazines.

Listen: Classic Rock, Rythm and Blues

Watch: Lost, The Wire and HGTV

Indulge: Chocolate

Shop: Calypso, Anthropologie, J.Crew and Club Monaco

Fashion: Marchesa, Joie, Rebecca Taylor, Nanette Lepore.

Aspire: To be successful and make a difference in others lives

Charity: Genetic Disease Foundation.

Dream: To travel the world

Rafe Accessories: I love every Rafe bag I own. They are stylish and versatile and look great with everything.

Rafe Loves...Azura Mangunhardjono

Raison d’Etre: Art, Charity, Family, Friends and Love

Job: Beside being the head of my family charity foundation for South East Asia, I also represent artists from Indonesia, design jewelry (Pavitra) and a 'mother' to 26 children in Indonesia.

Live: Wherever my heart is... but current location when Rafe sent me this e-mail is Hong Kong

Happiness: To live dangerously

Brunch: Sarabeth's Kitchen (New York), Cafe Pierre (The Pierre hotel New York) and my Mum's garden at her home in Sebastian de Los Reyes, Madrid

Drink: Anywhere that serves Dom Perignon or Krug (safest bet) but if I have to go with Martinis... MO Bar at Landmark Oriental is the best.

Eat: Anywhere my friend Joel Robuchon has his restaurant and my uncle's kitchen in Portofino (seriously, the man can cook and I don't have to pay!!)

Escape: I keep one as a secret, but the other two are Four Seasons in Langkawi and my friend's ranch overlooking the Pacific who owns many pretty horses.

Read: Esquire, GQ, Vogue and Stuff (I love gadgets)

Listen: I grew up with classical music, Opera, Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and lots of Jazz... But if I have to listen to one thing for the rest of my life that would be Piano Sonata 14 from Beethoven (a testament of something gentle can be very strong and haunting)

Watch: Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Mentalist

Indulge: Listening to Shakira's Hips Don't Lie and trying to imitate her dance move, buying too much flowers, Austin Powers and snacking on cup noodles at midnight (soooo gooood!!!)

Shop: Bergdorf Goodman, Harvey Nichols in London and Oscar De La Renta near our home in NY. Although I really hate shopping and rarely go.

Fashion: I am more of jewelry person so I will have a big purchase on incredible cocktail ring or amazing earrings but I love Marchesa and Azzaro although I have too many Michael Kors and Oscar de La Renta

Aspire: Depends on my mood... One day I love the bombshell way of Marilyn Monroe, next day I love Grace Kelly's elegance and chic but my so called uniform is white shorts from Michael Kors, heels and my boyfriend's white shirt with a huge cocktail ring. Go figure

Charity: Begins at home

Dream: In black and white

Accessory: I love Rafe because I can wear his bags with my so called uniform and my cocktail dresses. Well versed people call it "versatile" . I call it Rafe Love and Rafe Chic