Styling Gig - Prenup

Photos by Leo Velasco

Styling by Ursula Perez

Hair & MakeUp by Bern Cruz

BEBOP

WAR HAMMER

ALICE x STEAMPUNK

Campy, B-Rate Zombie Movie

TODAY MARKS THE DAY

over pesto shrimp pizza, buffalo wings
green tee and coffee

a fashion baby
is born

long overdue
at the right time

excited as fuck and trying to be realistic

Baby Buoy

You know what makes me happy?
Model boys that can act.
and sexy kissy scene

With skin you can sink your teeth into

Young-ish model boy from this summer
Liking my profile pics
Chatting me up
Based in Makati these days
"we should hang out sometime"

and
Mowdel-parkour-sprite-zombie-pua
Boy, you may be a cocky jerk
but you sure are eye candy
I saw that ha

What is it that you want?
What is it that you give?
Where do you plan on finding it?
How do you plan to live?

when faced by the question RTW or couture? I always answer, I want my clothes to be wearable, but my direction is "the future"
I've always said sell-ability is a measure of success. But what I always come up with isn't always wearable. So dilemma.
The forever dilemma of the creative individual. Selling-out or staying true and going hungry.
I want to... make a balance. Can I? May I? Will I be able to?

I have this friend. I've always been his fan since college. There were 3 of them mga bakleur Fine Arts palang alam nang fashion ang pupuntahan. Kermit Tesoro, Mike Lavarez and Geof Gonzales. I've always liked Geof's clothes best. (shhhh) He is anything but wearable. And when looking at his work you have to stop and think about it. Understand it. Then EUREKA! Then a long drawn WOOOOW.

For the longest time he gave up on fashion altogether, and did styling for pre-nups just so he could earn moolah. AND THEN he went back to what he knew best. And look at him now! http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/17051/edgy-style-wins-look-magazine-awards%E2%80%93geof-gonzales-off-to-central-saint-martins On his way to Central Saint Martins. Shet.

So proud of you Geof Gonzales. And you just inspired me to make a decision.
To stick with what I know best. To go by my instincts.

I will still think about the bills and supporting myself with this career.
But it won't be the basis of my work.
Necessity will never fuel design. Desire will. chos.


I leave you with this. Gareth Pugh's SS 2011 pre-show presentation. Oh also a Central Saint Martins alumni. Featuring Crystal Renn. The damn fine plus-size model.

the Fs

some friends are like clothes

for the longest time

they define you

without meaning to

you start to dress alike

like falling

unconsciously in rhythm

in a cycle, your periods

then 

they get stuffed into 

the back of your closet

out of sight,

out of my mind

on the off chance

that they do 

get your attention

you realize that 

they no longer fit

what the hell

where you thinking

wearing that?

and that's when you 

comprehend

you no longer need

that

article of friend

spring cleaning

your garage sale 

cast-off BFF

maybe another person's

favourite outfit 

School of Fashion and the Arts Design Institute

I'll always remember this
as a place of
lightness and light

it's not gonna
get any easier

but for now

Mistress Seamstress Ursula Perez

new term, new hair! DIY 'do

classmates said I looked very Jenny Humphrey. Why?

BULLET PROOF WINDOWS

Gothic-inspired head piece I designed for Clothing Evolution

SoFA Design Institute @ night

Matthew Barney

I have a friend who spins, DJ Mike Lavet
http://soundcloud.com/mike-lavet

Juxtapoz Magazine on FB had an article on a Seattle based sculptor tonight. Mike Leavitt.

I know it's kindof a stretch but whatever.

I do follow the urban vinyl culture. (even if I don't own even one designer toy, not even a Munny.) I can't name drop this and that street artist turned international collaborator of big ass cool urban brands and fashion houses. I know enough. I recognize this and that.

Mike Leavitt does somewhat caricatures of people, to put it loosely.

That's Kim Jong II, Mark Ryden (2 of em) another urban vinyl designer for his Art Army collection, Van Gogh and Amy Winehouse.

Not so crazy about his work.

Too literal. Ugh.

But on second thought, maybe if I saw them in real life I'd be less critical and more of a fan.
(and I saw his working sketches, and I think they had more character than the actual 3d versions!)

I do however appreciate this series.
http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Exhibit.ExhibitDescription&exhibitID=62F0DA42-19DB-5802-E04ADA07E360E6DE

Art Army Royalty

why? cos each Art "soldier" is worth googling. Just to enrich you modern & post-modern art knowledge.

PS
I think most of them we discussed in Art History I just have a really shitty memory

PPS
The only artists who I remember/ didn't need googling we're Damien Hirst, Christo, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, and Yayoi Kusama. Shet. Ang konti lang ng alam ko.