Fashion Forward: The Seventies Groove

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Don’t forget to hype this look over at lookbook.nu For our company Christmas party, each employee was tasked to participate in a short dance number. For our group in particular, we built a rough musical around the Austin Powers films–we took every single dialogue to heart and had everything down to a T, with a [...]

An Attempt at Japanese Fashion: The Modern Traditional

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Don’t forget to hype my look over at lookbook! The one big misconception I managed to correct over the past three years about Japanese fashion is that it’s not just tantamount to cute or “kawaii.” Likewise, it’s a common misunderstanding to consider Japanese culture as the epitome of “weird.” It’s more than the sum of [...]

Hello Chinese New Year: Out with the Old, In with the New

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It’s officially my year–the year of the Dragon! To those born on 1988, this is our forecast: The lunar years of the Dragon are 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 and 2012. Individuals born in these years will embody the traits of the powerful dragon, and will be very intelligent, popular, talented and proud. [...]

The Real Score with Excess Baggage

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It was at that very moment when the clock’s long and short hands aligned itself in perfect symmetry to welcome the year 2012 that I made a sweeping declaration to devote the upcoming 365 days to my own pursuits and endeavors. 2011 was a year of exploration and experiences, but now that I think I’ve [...]

Fashion First: Bershka, now in Manila

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When I go out of the country, one of the boutiques I hunt down madly on the very first day would be Bershka–most especially during my high school and college days. Which isn’t really a surprise since I’m irrationally crazy-in-love with all the Inditex brands–it’s a preference (or a prejudice, as some people would like [...]