Choco-Vim Chandelier
Noel wanted an apartment with a chandelier, not a chandelier with an apartment. So he made his own, based on a design he’d seen in a book. That design used champagne flutes. Instead of glasses, he used bottles.
He found a stash of Magnolia Choco-Vim bottles at a vintage store (Somebody told me that an “antique” has to be 100 years old at least) in Cubao Expo.
Choco-Vim, infant readers, was a chocolate drink that was popular when we were kids in the 1970s. I used to drink Choco-Vim during recess time.
Noel and his decorator cleaned the bottles and strung them up with lights. Voila.
A piece of Seventies nostalgia dangling from the ceiling. You can see it at Noel’s house, which I call “Jackie O in the Hamptons”.
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