At Shang Mall

Had lunch with my amiga, Bo Parcon, who left for some R&R in Dubai a few days after. Notice he is wearing a tee by me. Let's just say he shopped in my suitcase.

Sipping my fave caramel frappe at Starbuck's. Shit, kamahal sang kape nila!

Then we met up with Aisha and Mike (wearing a YSL shirt) ...

and our 'yaya', Jor-el Espina, in Comme des Garcons, no less. Sosyal, no? I'm so happy for Jor-el because he got chosen as one of the new designers to watch out for in 2009 by Mega Magazine.

We checked out Paul Smith, Ben Sherman and Homme et Femme. Lots of sale pieces but the only thing I liked was the MMM 20th anniv bracelet. Didn't get it much to my regret now. Oh, well, next time. At Bench I got some Lesley Mobo undies, at Human a tee by the Joey Samson collab they had, and at Powerbooks the book called "Young European Designers".

Something odd happened after I took that picture above at Shang. A guard kindly asked me to stop taking pictures. I apologized since I know the guard is just doing what he's been instructed by management. Often I get embarassed in such situation. I just don't get it why it's not allowed to take pictures in the mall. Security threat ba?

Action Aimed Towards Subversion

Dear Friends and Family,

Let me first thank all of you who have supported me in the smallest to the biggest ways possible these past weeks before I left for my vacation; during the presentation of my capsule collection for PFW 09; my whirlwind cavort in Manille, Roxas, Cebu, Boracay, Iloilo and Bangkok; and so many other instances too numerous for me to mention here. My vacation was truly an inspiring one simply because you have been part of it and it made me really special to be there at that moment at that perfect time. Thank you for the treats, gifts and kind words you have given me. Thank you for the laughter, the stories and the tsikas. Thank you for sharing with me a part of you, a moment entwined with me forever. I am truly grateful and overflowing with good vibes just thinking about the wonderful things we have shared.

I am in Siem Reap now starting another 'journey' of sorts. Will tell you about it soon. But for the meantime I will be posting entries about my recent holiday.

Love,

me

Quick Post: at Style Anywhere

You'll never know who's going to snap your pix during fashion week. The whole week was a veritable fashion fest for all fashionistas, fashion savants and fashion lovers to play and display their style choices. Part of the ambiance, dahling. One street blogger to check is Style Anywhere. I'm lucky to be snapped by street fashion chronicler Onin here.

Quick Post: DP at Beautiful Things

One of the few interesting people I had the pleasure of hanging out with is Khaz of Beautiful Things. Omg, we love stuff, fashion and shopping so it was easy for us to click and bond. I'm going to make a separate post about our time at Eairth, Cecile Zamora van Straten's house and Homme et Femme. Anyhoot, he made an entry about the jacket he got from my latest collection here.

Quick Post: me at El Bosquejo

See me here:

Le outfit:
Crop Jacket - Don Protasio f/w 09
Tee: Joey Samson for Human
Pants: Don Protasio f/w 09
Shoes: Don Protasio f/w 09
Bag: Longchamp x Jeremy Scott

Thanks Paolo! ;)

Quick Post: LTE

Hola friends! I'm in Iloilo already after a whirlwind affair at Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2009. Daming tsika but it has to wait.

Anyhoot, my good friends at Las Tres Estrellas made an entry about my collection. So sweet of them. Please check it out here.

Will update more soon. Mag-uukay muna ako.

Quick Post: at the dandy project

Fashion Diary style, me at one of my favest blog, 'the dandy project' by the very stylish Izzy. Picture taken during the second day of the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2009.

Top: Knit wrap top paired with Ann Demeulemeester stripe knit top

Pants: Hugo Boss orange label

Bag: Longchamp

Shoes: Converse

Quick Post

Hi guys! I'm in Cosmo Manille, already. My show was yesterday and it went great. If you wanna check out some of the clothes I presented, please see here.

Will update soon.

Fashion Diary : 21/05/09

Tee: blue 'no sense but good idea' tee, white tee from bangkok

Jeans: People Are People

Necklace: my fave skull from HK

Shoes: Muji

Top: Edwin tee

Jeans: True Religion

Shoes: Nike Air Rifts

Fashion Diary: black tees again

Top: Jil Sander (actually it has a dark blue stripe but it blends in so it's almost black)

Pants: Imitation of Christ

Top: brandless tee i got from the thrift shop.

Necklace: Marc by Marc Jacobs cherry watch necklace

Pants: Levi's

Shoes: Adidas

Fashion Diary : The Frenchies

Top: Paul&Joe

Pants: DP pinstripe

Shoes: Adidas

Top: Dior Homme cut-off tee over a Whereabouts tank

Pants: DP pinstripe

Necklace: skull from HK

Fashion Diary : Common T

My last Bangkok visit yielded a few buys and one of those is this Common T top with a black sueded print on the chest "Young Forever". Isn't it so Ann Demeulemeester-esque? When I go back to Bangkok end of June I'm surely stopping by there again and get some more pieces.

Top: Common T

Pants: DP pinstripe

Accessories: AA bag, skull necklace and Converse

Fashion Diary : Bo Parcon pants

My best friend Bo Parcon is one designer I admire not because we're best friend but because he really makes clothing pieces that are covetable.

Case in point is this twisted seam pants I'm wearing in stretch printed canvas. I just love it.

Pants: Bo Parcon

Top: H&M tee

Shoes: Converse

Necklace: skull pendant from HK

Fashion Diary : 'Rock n Roll' Comme des Garcons

I forgot the name of the artist who did this print. It's actually has a signature on the side. The shirt is from Comme des Garcons. I call it the 'Rock n Roll' print.

Pants: DP skinnies in stretch cotton

Shoes: Converse

Fashion Diary : Rick Owens, Dots

Never mind my twisted head. I was trying to fix my pants when my photographer snapped this. This is not me trying to be pose-y pose-y ala Zoolander.

Anyhoot, the stuff I'm wearing:

Top: Rick Owens tee under an Emporio Armani vest

Pants: polka dot piece from the thrift shop

Accessories: skull necklace from HK, stainless steel bracelet belt from Bangkok

Shoes: Muji

Socks: Happy Socks

Fashion Diary: black tees

Top: H&M tee

Sunnies: Fly

Necklace: skull from HK

Pants: Dries van Noten

Socks: chekerboard from Bench

Shoes: Nike Air Rifts

Shades: blinder style give by Loven from Beijing

Tee: some find from Magarbo

Pants: Levi's 501

Socks: Muji

Shoes: Nike Air Rifts

Cute

Went to KFC for a meeting and I saw the toys they give for their kiddie meal. I want one ;)

DP stuff: 'safety' accessories

'Queen' pin

'bells' bracelet

'black safety pin' bracelet

'black safety pin' one piece earring

'black safety pin' pin

On The Radar: wwa

One of the most enigmatic Thai brand is wwa. I've known about them through Chuvaness a long time ago and when I passed by Bangkok last year I dragged Kawadjan to check it out.

I was impressed. Their store is a hole in the wall but stocked with weird goodies a Margiela or Comme des Garcons lover would fawn over. I fell in love with a leather belt but didn't buy it. I didn't buy anything at all! I guess it was just not in shopping mood that time. That time their SA told me that they will be moving location in a less secluded area like inside a mall. Wan, the spokeperson of wwa, told me that they're still in their current location and have no plans of moving yet. It's kinda hard to look for their shop because their shop sign is just an A4 computer print-out. But I tell you it's worth finding when you like intelligent fashion.

Last Sunday, my article of wwa came out of The Philippine Star's 'On The Radar' section. Read it here.

I'm going back to Bangkok end of June for some buying trip for Poetry and I will surely check out wwa again. Also included in my schedule is checking out The Alchemists at GOA, another Chuvaness approved brand. Btw, I want to get this bag from wwa if I can afford it. Isn't it so chic and wild?

Inspiration Board

This is my inspiration board. It's basically just random stuff I find interesting.

Here you see some scrap of fabrics with prints that we've done. Random notes from friends, a tearsheet of an editorial from an old Vogue.

In the tearsheet Christy Turlington is wearing a Helmut Lang tee which I love. I'm also loving the plastic-y texture of the sack bag I got when I bought a crochet scarf from a fair here. This board is basically for my spring/summer 2010 collection. The fuchsia scarf print and the paradise embroidery will be translated into a top, I guess.

The new Maria Luisa store containing a store within a store of Yohji Yamamoto is quite genius for me.

Still into that plastic-y, fake, techno idea. That's what I get when I see the flower sequinned scrap I cut from a t-shirt. And our new 'owl' print on the side with bow tie.

So what to expect for s/s next year from DP?

1. Plastic-y looking, synthetic materials

2. Fuchsia and red mixed with black and white

3. 'Paradise', 'Fake', '90's'

4. Relaxed, loose, androgynous, city

5. Gauze, chiffon, tissue cotton, canvas, acetate, plastic sack, etc.