Fashion Week > Hell Week

It's going to be Hell Week for me, meaning a lot of major papers to be written, a lot of quizzes to study for, a couple of major exams, but this doesn't mean I will be neglecting the shows coming up, specially because it's Paris Fashion Week!

Let's cap off the other shows first.

milan

All the amazing shows have been piling up and I haven't gotten around to posting them yet! We have moved on to Milan Fashion Week, but I haven't finished London yet. :)

more clothes

London Fashion Week has been wonderful! I could only wish to see the collections up close and in real life, but for now I am settling with photos over the internet. As I was saying, LFW is amazing. I actually like it more that NYFW. I have accumulated so much photos over the few days and I'll try to post them up to be up to date.

Before I move on to London Fashion Week, I want to tell you about the amazing weekend I had! It was the weekend of, one of my bestfriends, Joane's debut.

Last Friday, I had to stay at the dorm since I had a school activity the next morning. The CBA was, surprisingly, fun and exciting! We won 2 out of 3 games. Who would have thought we had such block unity? I played in 2 of the games we won, but I had to leave to make it in time for the debut.

At 3pm, I got picked up at the dorm and driven to Manila Pen. I got to the room and Ana & Yua were there already. Eventually, everyone started coming in: Karlos, Czar, Nic, G&G, Jara and everyone else. We started getting ready and the whole room was in absolute chaos! Grabbing eyeliners here, tossing of lipsticks there. I actually tried my hand at putting falsies on myself, but I looked ridiculous so I had Joane's make-up artist do it. Eventually we all finished and saw that the guests were pouring in the lobby. We were tasked to open the celebration by doing a catwalk and so we did. After that the celebration got started and it was great! We had a sit-in VIP dinner while the other guests had buffet. We took tons of photos while it was all going on.


After the dinner, there was the traditional debut rites- candles, roses, treasures. Then the party got started! There was a lot of dancing, but after 11:30, everyone retired to the hotel room. That's when the party really got started!



Those are some of my photos earlier in the party (meaning not intoxicated or stoned). I drank so much Absolut, but didn't get wrecked or anything. Meet my drinking buddies:

That's actually just a few of them. I stopped drinking before I could get shitfaced, and I did something else, which thankfully did not get me shitfaced, just trippy. I'm pretty sure I was annoyingly talkative that night.

I got really tired and I realized it was 5am so what better to do when you're all intoxicated and god-knows-what than take photobooth pics? At around 7 am, I finally got to sleep (the conditions I shall not disclose). I woke up at 9am with a raspy voice and dry mouth. The only people left at the hotel were Tina, Minhoo, Joane, Paolo, Karlos, Tiambeng & I. We, again, took photobooth pics.

After that we went to McDo do eat and I got picked up at 4pm. Slept when I got home.


Truly a weekend to remember!

Disclaimer: there are a lot of events and occurrences I did not and can not mention here for the safety of people's reputations.

There is hope for me yet.

I never thought I would ever own anything Lanvin- or ever even get close to anything Alber Elbaz has created, but there is hope for me yet.




Lanvin's collaboration with H&M is going to be something I am looking forward to with unbearable excitement! Father promised we'd be going to Hong Kong sometime this year or next and I cannot wait to get my hands on the pieces!

Now, how adorable is Mr. Elbaz and his accent?

Part Trois

Okay, I should stop the French thing, it's not Paris Fashion Week.

I am done with my classes for the week, but yet I'm staying at the dorm until tomorrow because of a Community Building Activity I have to attend in school tomorrow. I'm sorry, I don't see the allure in wasting my Saturday running around playing games competing with other blocks. I still have to attend, because I only have 1 cut left until I get dropped and we would not want that. So I'll have a ton of time on my hands tonight- I might as well cap off all the shows I have seen so far.

Part Deux

Despite me having a 6 day weekday this week due to all the school-related activities I have, I refuse to let the week slide without me going through all the shows this Spring/Summer. I had a bit of a problem going through Style.com. All this time I thought I had seen all the shows, but it turns out there were more links not displayed in their homepage. I have finally caught up now, and here are some more favorites (there are a lot!)

Fashion Week !

Fashion week is here again and I cannot be more delighted! It's time for me to update my wardrobe and where better to get new ideas than from the new Spring 2011 collections? Only a few designers have come out with their collections so here are a few that I have liked so far.

If we were to love anything about this hot humid climate, it is that we get an excuse to wear skimpy clothes! I am always running around campus and sitting on uncomfortable areas (stairs, floors, etc). I`m always going up staircases and most of them are open flight staircases (the ones where if someone is under the stairs and you're in a skirt, they can see your knickers). That's why shorts are the perfect wardrobe staple for a college gal like me!

I think shorts never go out of style! I've been wearing them since I was a toddler and I still love them until now! Recently a lot of new styles have been considered trends. What's great is that you can wear shorts anywhere and anytime! Here are some ways on how:

CASUAL


DRESSY


COLD


LEATHER


PLEATED


PRINTED


DENIM


Which shorts will you be sporting? xx

Star Magic Ball 2010

Once again, it is time for the Star Magic ball. For us Filipinos, it's that time every year (Okay, so it`s only on its 4th year, but it`s become an annual thing now) where we turn on our TVs to watch out local celebrities walk the red carpet. It was only last year that the event caught my attention. Gorgeous gowns, photographers everywhere, red carpet- I don`t know why I didn`t take interest in it before! Last year, the gowns were exquisite and I was stunned when I realized these were worn by local celebrities! Fashion really is improving in the country! This year, the dresses were prettier, the ladies more beautiful and the men more dapper.



When it comes to local fashion idols, Anne Curtis is someone I will never forget to mention. She is never afraid to try trends and almost every time, they work for her. At the ball she wore Michael Cinco (Who I think is a genius and whose dresses I dream of wearing). Her gown was gorgeous with such beautiful details. What's questionable is her styling. I am still confused whether I like it or not. I admit I am a fan of the dark lip on the right person, and I think Anne can rock anything, but with this dress, I`m just not so sure. It does match the nails, I`ll give her that. Maybe if the bag matched, it would be a hit? Either way, Anne still looks gorgeous.



I haven`t been hearing enough of Kelly Misa these days. As a pre-teen, I used to idolize her when she graced the spreads of Candy Magazine (my then Bible). Now she is as pretty as ever and as stylish too! This look of her in a dress by Joey Samson just reminded me why I loved her in the first place!


Bea Alonzo is my Dad`s crush. His reason being that she seems like such a nice, simple, polite, down-to-earth girl. Don`t get me wrong, all those are great qualities- in fact if you are any of those, I look up to you! It`s just that she doesn`t strike me as someone who would wow me- but that she totally did! Last year, she was one of my best dressed, but I saw her at a mall once looking not so fabulous and I figured she just got a lucky break. Now I have been proved wrong- either that or she has an amazing stylist. Again, Michael Cinco successfully makes beautiful girls even more beautiful in his creations.


Kim Chiu- hated her before, adore her now! How could I continue loathing her when she shows up in such amazing outfits? This jaw-dropping dress has to be my favorite of the night! It all looks so harmonious- her silver accessories, silver clutch, Furne One Couture dress, and flawless make-up. But back to the dress! OHMYGOD IT IS AMAZING. The intricate details. The sheer bottom. The structure of the bodice. I am salivating. (over the dress and not over Kim`s rumored boob job- although I must say, nice rack!)


If any boy deserved to be on the list, it is John Lloyd Cruz! This isn`t just me being biased. Ever since he dated Liz Uy (My fucking Queen I love her ohmygod), I have noticed he has become so fashyown! Here he is in Lanvin. FUCKING LANVIN. Need I say more? (I am sorry but hot men make me curse) PS. Please forget about that THING beside him. I could not find a nicer solo photo.


Maricar Reyes. I have only been aware of her existence for a short time ( I`m not sure but was she involved in the whole Hayden thing?). In that short period, I have come to know of her as a classy beautiful lady (Props to her if she was in that scandal, she made an amazing image despite it). Here she is in Ezra Couture looking her classy fabulous self!


Maja Salvador in Anthony Ramirez. Adore the neckline! This sheer thing is looking like a trend- a good one too! I am a bit iffy about the lace, but good look all in all!


Lastly, Cristine Reyes and her amazing Francis Libiran gown! Three words: D. I. E. !!!! The skeletal back is to die for! Her make-up and accessories complete the look! I am in such awe. This dress! JUST WOW.

Now I think I have run out of words due to so much beauty! So tell me which was your favorite look? :)