Springing in on Summer

There had been some fashion news about a trend this spring summer 2010 about a slightly new silhouette in man pants. Harem, or some would call drop-crotch, are finally hitting Philippine stores and I could not be more ecstatic. This trend started probably last 2007 but did not catch on everyone until this year. Most or at least some designers has included harem pants on their collection for SS2010.

Here in Manila, Folded and Hung, one of the leading clothing company in the Philippines had introduced them for their Mediterranean inspired summer collection.

photo from foldedandhung.com



and here is my version...

Anyway, here are some harem pants photos. Hope you'll try this pant silhouette soon.

phillip lim for the win

CDG = Awesome!

Hello Yellow!

I have been obsessed with the color yellow this summer. It started when I needed a new strap for my watch (BTW, the watch is my mom's. It's probably a gift from one of our relatives and I borrowed it indefinitely. read: forever!). Anyway, the original strap was a black patent crocodile leather but since it is missing one of the strap holders, I decided to hit the mall and have it re-strapped. I originally wanted a canvas strap instead of leather but the store did not carry it. So, I chose a yellow Italian Lizard strap.

When I am obsessed with something, I usually do a little research for it and here's what I discovered.

Yellow, in the English language, has been traditionally associated with cowardice. In American Slang, a coward can be said to be yellowbellied or yellowed. Ethnographically, the term yellow has been used as a slang term for Asians. In Italy, yellow (giallo) refers to real and fictional crime stories. This association began in about 1930, when the first series of crime novels published in Italy had yellow covers. There is a term called yellow movie which can refer to pornographic films in Chinese cultures. The ancient Mayans associated the color yellow with the direction of the South.

Below are some photos I got from nymag.com which are almost like inspiration or aspiration even.

I want this shirt from Marc Jacobs!

This Kris Van Assche open-toed shoes are amazing!

Seeing Double

Denim, that is... Double Denim, this trend had been on runways for Spring Summer 2010 and everyone had been doing it lately. I had been seeing this on blogs everywhere and even Hollywood celebrities had jumped on this trend. (see photos below, because no one reads post without photos!)


Fortunately, I had some denim shirt somewhere in my closet that I haven't worn in a while and of course, denim jeans (I mean, who doesn't own one! Who am I kidding?). So here is my photo wearing my own version of a Canadian tuxedo. I have read somewhere that in order for you to carry a good denim on denim look, make sure they are not of the same wash. I wore bleached denim pants and the aforementioned denim shirt on this photo.

BTW, I remember Britney and Justin wore a full denim on denim on denim look back when they were pop's biggest couple. Good thing, my look didn't remind people of them.

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