MORE TEAM PHOTOS

Insider bits: Paulines trouser is Givenchy. Liz's skirt is actually a jacket she transformed into that bubble thing. (If you're a good stylist, you can rework anything!), and Cit-Cits shoes are bespoke Kermit Tesoro.

Photo by: Mark Buenaobra

DEFINITELY UNFORGIVING

Ruched pieces on anyone who is not skinny (like me) makes us look 5 pounds heavier, but on someone who has zero body fat (like Anna here) then its just textured fabulousity. Unfair.

NEW BEHIND THE BYLINE OPENER

I have a new found respect for actors when we shot this. I had to do my 2 second contribution to this 20 second clip in 30 minutes. Raymond only did it in 5. Kalurky lang.
Only on STARWORLD.

SIBLING RIVALRY

BLACKS, GREENS AND BROWNS

OUCH

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Wouldn't mind trick or treating in a Fendi Peek-a-boo.

WHAT HIATUS?

I haven't blogged for so long that when I typed in my URL, the history thingie can't even remember my address. Boo. Well, I have some photos taken by Mark Buenaobra in the recent Fashion Week that made me want to go online again. Sorry for suddenly vanishing from the face of the earth, (thats what happens when work takes over life) hopefully, fingers crossed, i get back on a consistent blogtrack again. With that I'll leave you with the first day of Fashion Week. So happy with this photo because we never really planned our outfits, but then together it looked like we came with a specific color palette in mind. As they say, great minds think leopard and earth hues. Haha.

HUMOR ME

A break from writing my column. How many times have you wanted to say this to someone? hahaha

Cute blog I swear>>> stuffnoonetoldme

M BARRETTO HOLIDAY 2010

Piolo Pascual and menswear designer M Barretto.
Eeeek. I die. Sorry, pero diba naman! That smile was for me!!!! Eeek. hahaha. Backstage at the M's collection. His show explored a different concept from the usual runway setting. The models just trotted out, positioned themselves in a U formation, and stood still for 20 minutes. In a more intimate gathering, this would have worked, a sort of clothes on display like a gallery. But as it was a big crowd, I don't think the objective was achieved. The only thing it was able to do was, make the models more accessible to photo opportunists. We couldn't even see the pieces because the mob was so thick. Good thing Pauline, Preview's EIC, had the foresight to drag a team backstage to take a sort of lookbook snapshot of the clothes. Will post mine here after my article on M Barretto comes out this Saturday in Phil Star Supreme. In the meantime, Piolos photo will do. =)

DC DAY FOUR

BLACK BRIGADE

p a g e b o y.

d r a p e s.

STAND ALONE

RONALDO ARNALDO FW2010

He's in my top ten. You'd think its the restrained lines and the wearable silhouettes? Actually, it's the ingenious manipulation of the oh-so-overused traditional fabrics: pina and abaca. Reworked, tweaked, draped and constructed to create these refreshingly new--architectural silhouettes. I was sort of worried that he might border on the cliche when he shared to me that he was working with organic materials a few months before. But boy was i wrong. This is directional and classic at the same time, and so very now.

PFW HOLIDAY 2010 DAY FOUR

Where's the end of the line?

LIKE WOW

w i r e d.


Listening to Delphic's Doubt as I was resizing these photos. Electronic music (awesome video!!) to go with the seriously cool sci-fi mutations of style.

The collection is untitled. I believe that for a suggestive and conceptual art/fashion, the audience must be the one gathering all the visual perception. Of course it’s our responsibility as a designer/artist to provide the core value of the collection: which is genetic expectations traversed with sci-fi direction. KERMIT TESORO

Despite the absence of a title we seem to have had great synchronicity in terms of materializing the concept without setting too many structural constraints and rules. The concept explored antiseptic and clinical aesthetics, anatomical alterations largely inspired by sci-fi themes of genetic splicing and human-robot hybrids. LEEROY NEW

Read my complete interview with Kermit and Leeroy HERE.


p a n e l l e d.

h o r n y.

d r i p.

e x o s k e l e t o n s.

h e l l r a i s e r.

t u b e s.

f r i n g e.

w e a v e.

a r m o r.

b r i d e.

s o l a r.

e n d.


Photo credits: Mark Buenaobra, Earl Semitara. Thanks guys, you rock.

WANTED INTERN

I need an intern. (as if that isn't obvious) hehe. I need someone with good taste, can work hard, and doesn't have a curfew. Email me CVs at stylesamurai.stylesamurai@gmail.com if interested.

TEAM PREVIEW

DC DAY THREE

Jacket: Phillip Rodriguez
Long sleeve tee: F&H
Shorts: Eairth
Shoes: Michael Antonio