I go where the music is.

I’ve always been interested to check out the local INDIE music scene. Just never got around to following it as I would’ve liked. This event will allow me to experience it. Finally.

It’s INDIEviduality, The Royal Elastics Road Tour.

I’m looking forward to checking out the bands. I hear Nyco Maca + Playground, Taken by Cars, Pedicab, Cambio, Sino Sikat? and The Vince Noir Project will be playing at Warehouse 135 in Makati. Starts at half past 8 later this evening.

I’m all for promoting street art, music, and culture! Let’s throw in some street fashion in there, shall we?

I’m hoping to do some major camwhorage. So, if you want to get heavily snapped. Impress me. LOL. I kid. I kid. But yes, I do intend to wear my fashion bloggerazzi hat on tonight. Can’t wait to see all the personal styles I’ll get to discover.

If you’ll be there, say hi!

I will try promise not to bite.

By GeiserMaclang invite

NOKIA together with Manila’s prince of fashion, Inno Sotto, presents the second series of Fashion Watch 2008. First series included premier fashion designers Rajo Laurel, Rhett Eala, Patrice Ramos Diaz, Cary Santiago, and Gian Romano.

Like last time, it’ll be held at the Lobby Lounge of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Fashion Watch 2008 will be a twice a week affair that features work by Manila’s premiere fashion designers.

Series 2 will stage shows from the following fashion designers:

May 6 and 8
Mike dela Rosa

May 13 and 15
JC Buendia

May 20 and 22
James Reyes

May 27 and 29
Oj Hofer

June 3 and 5
Avel Bacudio

June 10 and 12
Jojie Lloren

Fashion Watch 2008 is truly back to feature another batch of style stalwarts who are ready to showcase the best of Philippine fashion.

I hope I can get around to checking out a few of these shows. Any recommendations on whose collection to see?

After a night with the new batch of tart-tongued graphic misfits in a series of shorts shirts, here is one loser’s shirt short tale of the tongue-in-cheek humour, wit, and brutal honesty captured in a brilliantly satirical horde courtesy of the genius behind the popular t shirt brand, David & Goliath, Mr. Douchebag Todd Goldman.

If winning a pair of purple socks after almost running over a lady out of sheer competitiveness for saying “David & Goliath” backwards had made the experience memorably funny, having to sit through the whole thing with Gabe Mercado and his SPIT — er, that’s Silly People Improv Theater, silly — holding the mic had made everything friggin’ hilariously fun and I mean, tears-in-your-eyes-and-willing-them-to-stop-cuz-your-tummy-already-hurts-from-all-the-laughing sort of fun.

Rather than bore you with inane details about the event, I’ll just entertain you guys with some visuals. It’s not much but it’ll do for now.

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I’d like you guys to meet Bonita Styles. Don’t be deceived. She’s a bad influence.

She may be looking all fashionable dressed up in that cute green number, cool white sunnies and sporting that funky ‘do but she comes bearing 6 tempting offers, good enough to give in.

Go on. I know you so want to know what the heck I’m talking about.

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Just to prove that I’m in a t shirt shopping frenzy, I’d like to let you guys in on my favourite expression of late — “Baby I Like That”. LOL. I seem to be uttering these words left and right, with every instance that my eyes would rest on a shirt. If this is some sort of flu, then it must be some money-draining-but-oh-so-stylish flu. Heh.

Teh boyfriend and I went to MOA last Sunday to watch U23D on IMAX. Awesome experience, I tell ‘ya. But before that, I dragged him over to ZARA so I can show this t shirt I’ve been checking out. It’s this white shirt with “Baby I Like That” on the front from the ZARA Collection. It’s a bit expensive cuz I’m now Php 1,550.00 poorer. Just for a t shirt! GAWD. But you can see that it’s no ordinary shirt, yea?

‘Delicate Garment’ it said. How is it delicate, you ask? Sequin embellishments! Talk about glamming up a shirt. LOL. You definitely cannot throw this thing in the washing machine. Ack. You’ll ruin it!

Another t shirt added to my collection. I’m looking to adding more. I’ll keep you posted. Hehe.

Image: rebootwear.multiply.com/

It screams “Menswear” but I just had to laugh when I came across this shirt cuz it’s so applicable to me in so many ways. LMAO.

Interestingly enough, I would never have expected that I’ll be extending a fabulous hat tip to The Technographist for this tshirt find and a nifty shopping advice to boot.

Pictured is our favorite design, a clever play on RSS feeds (you can subscribe to Technograph’s RSS feed here by the way). These t-shirts are great gifts for geeks, bloggers, web developers, and those involved in the online industry.

On that note, if you’re interested to FEED ME, you can subscribe to the Style Manila feed, too. But I also wouldn’t mind a cheeseburger thrown my way. Oh, make that a double cheeseburger. Hehe.

The FEED ME shirt is available at Reboot Technology Wear. Shirts are pre-ordered with tentative price is between the range of Php 340.00 - Php 390.00 per medium-sized shirt. The price is inclusive of delivery fees.

Speaking of t-shirts, let me tell you this, my mind is filled with t-shirts lately. All I’m interested to buy are t-shirts. In fact, I bought a couple from ZARA recently.

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BEAUTY

Beautiful Makeup Search picks some great makeup for the multi-tasking Mom.

NY Spender loves her new T3 Tourmaline wet-to-dry flat iron!

ParisB of My Women Stuff shares some thought on the new Origins Organics face lotion.

Viva Woman takes a closer look at toners, toning mists and facial sprays and examines how each is suited for different skin types.

Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog interviews MAC Cosmetics Senior Makeup Artist Jennifer Karsten and gets the skinny on how it’s like to work with Kanye West.

Beauty Bento Box learns a thing or two about eye makeup via a MAC fafi eye makeover.

Beauty Secrets Revealed shares a Tropical Hair Conditioner Recipe for Silky and Shiny Hair

Beauty and Fashion Tech tries out a number of products from the new Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Line and posts a picture of the completed look.

Beauty Match discovers Cossidia Rejuvenating Capsules: Nanotechnology skincare!

FASHION

Style…a work in progress ponders whether jewelry can have the evil eye when she says ” Wish me luck!“

Petite Fashionista got an email from Hayden’s Panettiere’s mom and she’s got some exciting news to share Once you read this, you better hurry and grab a ticket to this petite friendly event!

Sasha of Style Manila discovers a way to wear her vintage silk sari as a dress.

Tops 2 Bottoms offers the Bandeau One-Piece Swimsuit as a stylish reason to get wet this summer.

Indie Style File take a long lustful look at Vancouver Fashion Week.

Shoe Blitz features this chunky heel sandal, which is a great alternative to flats.

SHOPPING

ShopDiary says Gossip Girl Serena Van der Woodsen’s Burberry Prorsum The Mason Warrior Bagwill come in handy when she eventually goes to battle with her arch-nemesis, Georgina Sparks.

Shopalicious shows you how to impress your Mom on Mother’s Day with this charming Ava Rose wicker handbag — and get 15% off too!

Her Accessories has been blogging about her favorite picks for Mother’s Day and has posted her favorite picks - sure to win you Mom points!

All that & a found a gorgeous knife pleat dress that will take you through summer

These days wherein most women are working towards keeping up with the trends and all things modern when it comes to their personal style, the appeal of age and antiques on apparel and accessories aren’t all that popular. Apart from the fact that we do find it intimidating to collect and relatively confusing to pick out which ones have that unique vintage characteristic, we often mistake that wearing the trends will automatically equate to our being stylish. But we all know that it’s not true now, don’t we?

Vintage fashion is not just a trend or your typical retro-inspired outfit. It’s like a state of mind.

How do we spot the “vintage” potential of a piece of garment or accessory? I still ask myself that question time and time again. I’m hopeful I could transcribe my own thoughts effectively to, perhaps, help you guys out. (Disclaimer: I’m not an expert on this!)

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First there was Marni then there was Becky. Both were peep-toe stilettos from Syrup. I reckon we’re all properly acquainted with those two. Now, I’d like to introduce to you my new Bronze Peep-toe Matthews Stilts named Lauren. Seriously. They’ve named this pair, Lauren, and it’s right there printed on the inner portion of the shoe.

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Photo courtesy of Sophie Uy

Yesterday was filled with girl-y flurry (and mishaps) that I simply have got to be thankful to Sophie for being such a great girl to hang out with and Angel who came to the rescue of a damsel in a dress distress. If it weren’t for these two lovely ladies, I wouldn’t have dared to let my hair get wet during Pantene Pro V’s event held at the Hotel Intercon in Makati City. Okay. So, I didn’t really get wet (though someone did fall into the pool as was expected), I was just having fun with the words. Hehe. BUT yes, I was close to packing up my stuff, head home and sulk. Early onset of PMSing, I’m afraid.

This dress became a hit with friends last night. Awesome, right? Well, before you go muttering, “it’s just a skirt which she wore as a dress”, like the last time I heard someone say even when twas indeed a dress I wore a while back, listen to this. This time around, it is a skirt that I wore as a dress simply because it’s tailored in such a way that it can be worn in a number of different ways. Brilliant, eh? So mutter away. Heh.

It’s a vintage silk sari called Ophelia. And it’s worth all the dollars I paid for it. All 25 of it. LOL. If converted, it’s worth just over a thousand pesos. Too bad she stopped selling them. I hope she starts making them gorgeous saris again.

Dress: Kariza by SohoKarma
Stilettos: Matthews
Bag: Vietnam
Earrings: CMG
Ring: Unknown

Another look at the outfit after the fold.

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