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All images by bleacher+everard (copyrighted) Click on images to enlarge! (Above: India, opening the Cielo Latino "Coffee Table Magazine") Days, evenings... nights without sleep... my urge for perfection has stolen my stillness, again. Cielo Latino , the benefit gala for the Latino Commission on AIDS has enveloped me in an unimaginable way. My job? To glamorize the event. The results? The production and art direction of an AIDS campaign worth over a quarter million dollars ; a "Coffee Table Magazine" which feature those which in one way or another have supported the AIDS cause and quotes from their rationale as to why they are involved in the AIDS battle. A list of designers who have donated to the Cielo silent auction. A growing list of celebrities that have said "presente" for the AIDS cause. A first-time Greeting Committee for the Cielo Latino gala. A new International Ambassador for the LCOA and recipient of the ILKA Award, Gael Garcia Bern

And they lived happily ever after, drank Bellinis (the signature drink at Cipriani) , danced amongst lovely and beautiful people with wonderful hearts at the "ritmo" of Marcelo Cunning, and above of all, they were happy to save lives. Here is the veredict... (This Jeniffer Lopez knows how to have fun in Dior) (Karlo and Denise Quiñones) (Karina Vieira and Dr. Pablo Meyer) (LaPerla [Javier Boné] and actress Lupe Ontiveros) (Yai from Arcos Communications and Maribel Schumacher from TuCasa Entertainment) (Adriana Maldonado from Metropolitan Designers and Rita Castillo from Conventus) (Jose Santori, Karlo, Arlene Ramirez-Shapiro and Antonio Zazua) More to come, give me some time to collect more images... Love, K.

(Above: Patricia Velazquez and "moi," in a pink Carlos Campos suit.) Well, I think once in a while we all strive for something that can make us feel more human. Of course we need love, we need to be touched...caressed. Simply put, we need to know that we matter. But working in the business Patricia and I work for can basically make you loose connection to your basic homo-sapiens feelings and essence. It can be a bit superficial, or a lot, and one can start missing some "tuercas y tornillos" and get "cucu in the head." (Above: Patricia Velasquez and Carolina Herrera.) I always try to go back to basic stuff in order to be in touch with my inner being. Whether it's at home, cooking, cleaning, sitting down with friends and being silly, or watching the Oprah Show or Extreme Makeover ( and cry my eyes out) , I like to often knock on the spirit and soul door to keep myself grounded . Crying is not only good for the heart and keeping in touch with your hu

(Above: Jason.) With a new look and some new contributors Uomo Collezioni will look pretty handsome with the new editorials and pages to be filled with celebrities and exciting articles. Yes, we photographed some pages here in the city of New York and we definitely had fun, it was fierce, it was creative, we had some laughter and my personal bag was stolen by an idiot on a bicycle. We'll leave the "bag" for later. (Above: Jason and Karlo.) Anyway, Jason and Jerreth were amazing. Strong faces, chiseled, handsome, masculine and without the attitude outside of the camera. Thanks Giorgio (stylist) for the lovely time and the handsome clothes. Hollywood here we come! (Above: Jerreth and Jason) And still at the end of the day (2:00 AM) we still had time for one more picture of camaraderie... love you guys!!! (Above: Karlo, Giorgio and Jason) Until next one! Thanks for reading! PD.: Sorry guys but on these photos I am not wearing my bronzer. Can you tell?