DIY women’s fashion using a men’s dress shirt.
no sewing, cutting or damage to the shirt! multiple ways to wear a men’s shirt as a shirt, dress or skirt using the buttons and sleeves to transform it. all you have to do is find the right shirt :)
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It’s not unusual to see the odd makeup brief at Jerome Salaya Ang’s show. In his Holiday 2010 show, we saw streaky black mascara, white irises, and skull masks that covered half the face. This time around, the models walked the runway in his feminine creations looking unlike themselves.
He asked his friend Jen Delica, who has done prosthetics for TV shows and teaches at the Center for Aesthetic Studies, to create the silicone masks that covered the foreheads, noses, and chins of the 15 models…
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–I love it! So different. It shows that ugly is also pretty.
Michael Cinco for America’s Next Top Model
A few weeks back, word circulated that the work of Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco was to appear in the latest season of America’s Next Top Model. Michael confirmed the news when we asked him about it, saying, “Yeah, I was featured in a shoot in one episode. I did the couture dresses for the six finalists in a landfill photographed by Nigel Barker.”
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It was all so pretty! Filipino couture is really just beyond. I am just so proud of Filipino talent. Philippines’ Fashion Industry really has alot to offer. So fellow Pinoy fashion lovers, lets show them what we got! :)
Tumblr chose 24 fashion bloggers from all over the world and sent them to NY to attend Fashion week.
They had arranged a breakfast for them with Nina Garcia at Cipriani.
Now why am I writing about this now?
There has been some news about Tricia Gosingtian, a Filipino who was interviewed in the video, describing how is fashion for her here. What she said in the video comes across to people is that Philippines, being less fashion forward than other countries, has less concern for how we Filipinos look. And she easily gets attention because obviously, not all of us are as rich and famous as her. I’m not hating, I’m just saying that some people has more advantages than other people. But, can we blame her? That’s what she loves doing anyway. That’s her work. But personally, I think she would’ve done better in the video.
You can read her apology here.
So, do you guys think she’s so full of it now? Or was she just overwhelmed by everything?
The young designer’s creation made it to the campaign of Lady Gaga x Gilt.
A bit of exciting news got us all on our feet during the very hot weekend. And speaking of feet and all things hot now, Kermit Tesoro’s heel-less shoes were featured in Gilt, an international fashion sale website, and it came out on Nicola Formichetti’s blog, no less!
“I’m over the moon,” Kermit says upon learning about the big news.
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Backstage at Alexander Wang || NYFW Spring 2012
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Fashion Recessionistas! Please check out this awesome clothing line, its called Proverbs Clothing. They sell vintage style pieces online. I haven’t seen anything higher than 1000 Pesos yet. :)
At the 1:02 mark, hold your breath for the wonder that is Tricia Gosingtian. (If you are her/her friend, please know right now that I’m being entirely sarcastic and scrolling down may prove hazardous to your health.)
Not everyone thinks fashion is all that important, which I agree with to some extent. Some people have nothing on their minds except shoes, bags, and labels. (For these people, fashion is just a way to be recognized as someone with means and a style known as “You wish you could afford even one of the things I’m wearing.”) But anyone worth their salt knows that it’s never really about fashion per se. More often than not, what really matters is style.
Designer collections on every spectrum are built on stories of the women they aim to dress — what kind of woman is she, where is she going, what are her sensibilities, how can we grow and move with her. These clothes are built to accommodate our bodies and our needs, while showing the character of their makers. That is the art of beautiful clothing: the interaction between a designer’s original intention and a wearer’s interpretation of the garment.
And here, in the Philippines, we’re so lucky to be surrounded by so much talent in the fashion industry. We don’t just have dress-makers; we have visionaries who know how to make a zipper beautiful, even desirable, or how to make sheer fabric seem effortlessly wearable. Even department store shopping has improved greatly in quality and aesthetic over the last few years, because retailers are coming to appreciate that all people across all income brackets have a clear idea of what is beautiful.
So, the second someone establishes herself as an authority as to who’s “fashion forward” in the entire country, she sets herself up to be judged, and rightly so. Especially when there is a clear apologetic tone like, “Sorry, we’re not exactly Paris, but luckily the nation is being enlightened by my Tumblr as we speak. It’s a good thing Japanese fashion taught me a thing or two about dressing up.” (Newsflash: anywhere you go, you’ll find that not everyone dresses to the nines. Not even in the most fashionable of fashion capitals. I believe they call this “life.”) A statement like that is insulting for anyone who lives in the Philippines and believes that they have their own sense of style.
Likewise, a statement like that disregards our very own home-grown fashion industry that is booming with such a strong creative pulse. We have a whole industry full of stylists and make-up artists and sewers and designers and cobblers and collectors, who not only create beautiful things, but who make statements with what they put on their back. They put themselves together with diverse wit, and an elegance tailored to the fringes of their personalities: old world, industrial, minimalist, flamboyant, colorful, new school, urban, earthy, vintage, and styles that have yet to be categorized.
But mostly, a statement like that shows ignorance, and not only about what’s going on locally. It betrays a lack of understanding of how fashion is the most common art through which people express themselves. Whether we’re talking a Hanford undershirt or a Rajo Laurel gown, personal style is a constant conversation among those who make the clothes, those who admire the clothes, and those who actually wear them. And it is the personal style of every individual who’s ever put on a garment that allows fashion to keep growing and moving the way it does.
So if being “fashion forward” means I need to wear giant contacts and make ignorant statements implying that I’m the only Filipino who knows anything about fashion (especially thanks to my being inspired by Japanese fashion), I’ll pass. I’d rather be my own third world self, with a larger-than-average body, a love for color, and an understanding of wearable art.
I was at the Forever 21 Fashion Show today at SMX Convention Center.
I just got tickets last night, called up my friends instantly. So I realized that I have nothing to wear. I was so stressed today, that I forgot that I had a yellow maxi dress. Which was a better choice to wear :| But its okay.
Today was the funnest day ever! I met so many people!
I had pictures with Sarah Meier, Tricia Gosingtian and Divine lee.
I was starstruck! I will have more of these. PFW will be tradition to me and my friends!!!


