Retasso Collection on Fashion was a product of a brilliant mind of a man named Ronnie Cabreros. He started putting up fashion shows and events years ago. Since he was exposed into different productions and events, he had the idea of managing talents; models and dancers with the aim of showcasing skills in modeling, dancing and even hosting. With the help of his assistant, Ms. Jen, they worked hand-in-hand in scouting talents from Antipolo (where he resides) and in Quezon City where Ms. Jen is located. What is RETASSO Collection on Fashion about? Based from the video clipping, the host had described retasso as "piraso ng pinagtagpi-tagping tela na kinolekta upang makabuo ng isang maganda at presentableng retasso attire." It is very fascinating to see creative outputs like this. And models were trained not just to do ramp, but Retasso models are also skilled with talents of dancing, singing and hosting. They were also the ones who designs and put personal touches on their creative retasso outfits. That flourishes their creativeness and sense of style. Retasso had shows in Ever Gotesco Malls- Ortigas and Commonwealth branches, Riverbanks Mall in Marikina, and many other places. Watch out as Retasso group makes their way into the world of Fashon shows and events. As their tag line says: "Retasso Collection on Fashion- The newest Fashion show in the City"
Seldom have I encountered women who are wearing simple dresses and yet they look so elegant. Even on their casual wears and just walking by the streets on ordinary days. An ordinary day doesn’t mean “ordinary” fashion especially to us women who are very meticulous about how we look. In school, especially for us girls, who are studying at schools which do not require uniforms, are having a hard time to search for dresses everyday just to not look the same each and every day, women who are fashion conscious specially. I have a classmate whom I always notice that even if she just wear a simple printed shirt and just a pair of jeans, with a cute flats (a ballet shoes alike), accessorized by earrings, and bracelet and just a simple make-up she does look sophisticated. She is Marianne Enriquez. She is not the type that wears a lot but can look so stylish.
I asked Marianne about what she does in mixing and matching clothes, how to put accessories together so that it won’t look like a disaster. And also about make ups that she puts on her face so that you won’t look like a clown. She just said that “less is more.” The more you put a lot the more you will look like a fashion victim. It is very important that you wear clothes, accessories and make-ups that you are comfortable with. Being “fashionable” doesn’t mean that what is “uso” we’ll wear or we’ll follow. Also, it is very important to be confident about yourself of what you are wearing even if those clothes are just from the “ukay-ukay” or “tiangge.”, it doesn’t matter as long as you can carry yourself whenever, wherever.
The T3 Foundation Incorporated celebrated its first founding anniversay last August 28, 2009 at the Ynares Center, Antipolo City with the theme: "Programang Aktibo sa Ganda't Ligayang Itinataguyod ang Yamang Angkin ng Ating Bayan" or P.A.G.L.I.Y.A.B. As part of their program was a fashion show entitled, "KARISMA: T3 Fashion Style" showcasing different couture created and designed by Mr. Caesar and modeled by our very own Polytechnic University of the Philippines Ramp Artists and other members of the T3 Foundation Inc. The show has shown different kinds of fashion style. The first was the casual wear which has shown denims with highlights of purple. Then the “Filipiniana”, which the models wore modern Filipiniana clothing and made out of some local products such as pinya and abaka. The next one is the “Sagala” or the traditional Santa Cruzan. Also, “Mascarade” with some avant garde couture and models wearing creative masks. And the last one was the “Wedding” which showcased different wedding gowns, wedding garments for men and for the bridesmaids, flower girls and ring bearers.
Pineapple fiber or Piña is a strong white or creamy cobweb-like fiber drawn from tall leaves of an indigenous pineapple plant. The fiber is hand stripped from the leaves in lengths of about 18 inches to 3 feet, sun-bleached, hand knotted and spun. As piña fiber recovery is only about 1%, it can take six months to gather enough fiber to produce two pounds of spun piña.
This video is a news clip from Asia Brief, a news channel in China. It features the genuine piña cloth from the Philippines. Pineapple fabric was discovered in the early 18th century. This fabric is use to make shirts being worn by rich businessmen and politicians during that time. This fabric is made from the leaf of a wild pineapple which can be found only in the western part of the Visayan Island, Philippines. Fibers are meticulously extracted from the leaf and made into threads. These sensitive threads are then patiently hand woven into a fine cloth by middle aged women using handmade bamboo equipment. The fabric’s width is 26 to 28 inches. A yard of Pineapple cloth can be done in a week time, working ten hours a day.
Who would really think that this life-sized doll, given the image of fashionista and life of the party was a nerd when she was growing up?
In an interview conducted by Herword.com (a site for professional Filipina) Tessa admitted that she was a nerd when she was growing up and it was her brother Louie's death that had caused her to retake priorities. Her brother’s death from a motorcycle accident has made her shed off any inhibitions, Tessa now takes on the world and lives by her rules without stepping on anyone’s toes.
With this philosophy guiding her, she finds her bliss in becoming the person that she really is. Happy and content with her life, age seems to be nothing but trivial for her.
According to her, turning forty is more even wonderful than turning twenty beacuse you don't have to do more goals. She quoted: "I think twenty would be fun, and forty would be fulfilled."
She described her fashion statement as a mix bag of excitement and confusion. Others might actually think that she is into alcohol and drugs but hey, the truth is she is into yoga and she doesn't do things like that. In fact, she is really a religious one. She even go to Baclaran as her devotion.
Tessa Prieto even shared that she cannot live without her padded bra and thong panties. Padded bra super enhance every thing she wears and she hates visible panty lines. And so, she became really thankful thongs were invented. She decides first on accessories before moving on to what particular dress that goes along with them. One good way of preparing what to wear for an occasion.
Tessa didn't like the idea of depending your fashion style on others. She goes for people who have "reinvented themselves" just like how Madonna and Demi Moore restated their selves.
Another fascinating thing that we can get from this interior designer and columnist of The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) is that she has a big confidence on Filipino fashion designers. She really supports local designers because she believes to their skills and they know their crafts.
Designers are too pleased to dress-up this life sized doll because they can unleash their creative outputs as long as it doesn't require too much boob exposure or anything like that. Despite Tessa's playful taste on fashion, she still refrains from too much exposed flesh and skin.
Among her favorite Designers are Inno Sotto, and Joe Salazar who create her formal outfits for major events. Rajo Laurel and Patrice Diaz do the funkyy and adventurous getup.As a supporter for local fashion, she also tries out the works of up-and-coming designers with the likes of Kate Torralba, Dennis Lustico and Mitch Dulce.
Tessa likes Mitch Dulce's avant-garde style. She thinks that if there is one word that best describes her, it going to be "avant-garde."
For budding fashionistas who look up to Tessa’s spunk and individuality, she points out the importance of being comfortable in your chosen style.
If you think you can wear it, go ahead! Be confident. And most of all, have fun. -Tessa Prieto Valdes.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. –Oscar Wilde
In my last blog, I introduced a very interesting girl who has a different sense of fashion. I met her in a mall in Cainta and became one of my closest friends. Her name is Tek Reyes, a college student taking up B.S Nursing, loves to fit tons of dresses in the fitting room but doesn’t buy any, laughs like there is no tomorrow and dips her French fries in Coke float. Perceived as Jologs by people who doesn’t know her but unique and extraordinary according to her friends.
I admire Tek because of her “Be Yourself” attitude. She is very spontaneous and believes that expressing ones individuality makes him/her standout from the rest.
Here are some of the things that I learned from Tek on how to be yourself:
*Find yourself-you must know, understand and accept yourself first.
*Stop caring about how other people perceive you
*Follow your own style- you don’t need to copy other's actions to fit in.
*Develop and express your individuality-whether it’s your sense of style, or even your manner of speaking, if you prefer to do things that are different from most of the people do, then be proud of it. Unless it is destructible to yourself and others.
*Believe in who you are- if you are interested in something that doesn’t interest most of the people, don’t be afraid or hide it; stand up and show your true and inner self.
*Respectothers as well-you shouldn’t disrespect people who disagree with you; they have the privilege of being themselves as you do.
*Nobody is perfect-don’t think that being yourself means that you cannot change who you are. If you want to be a person that you can be proud of and there is some way you can improve yourself, go for it. There’s always a room for self-improvement.
Being yourself is celebrating you as an individual, not hiding who you are or changing things about you just to fit in, learning to love and express yourself and be happy with who you are. Don’t worry about anything but being yourself and live life to the fullest!
Filipino fashion has truly gone a long way, national or international arena. Farther--it reached the Hollywood. First come to mind? It’s Monique Lhuillier. Icon in fashion, in line with Vera Wang, Coco Chanel, and other designers in Hollywood and New York City. But how was this wonderful and talented Filipina had made her way to an overwhelming spotlight in fashion designing?
Diane Monique Lhuillier was born French-Filipino in Cebu, Philippines. Her parents are Micheal Lhuillier a former French consul in the Philippines now a jeweler and Amparito Llamas, designer and a former fashion-model. She is the wife of Tom Bugbee, CEO of Monique Lhuillier Inc. Her taste for fashion was influenced by her mother who’s lover of glamour and style. She was exposed to the importance of fashion because of her family’s extensive travels.
Monique decided to study at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), in L.A. California, at 17, but by then 18 was the qualified age to enter the institution, but because of her perseverance, guts and talent she convinced the administrators. She got scholarship for advance training and she decided to specialized in evening and bridal gowns.
In an interview, by Metro Society she said that Filipina sensibility affected her craft. Growing up with women who are simple yet not ordinary, women who makes the ordinary to extravagant. No wonder why she is known for her “detail-oriented and clean” designs.
Her way to Hollywood started when Josie Bisset’s character in Melrose Place got married. Monique was the one who made her dress. Then it was followed by Kelly Rutherford whom she also dressed up for a show. Since then her name has became a word-of-mouth to Hollywood stars like, Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Wiherspoon, J.lo, Halle berry and Debra Mssing and many more, and she has become a bigger celebrity than the celebrities she dresses up.Monique
Lhuillier is truly “a person of details” and never a mediocre.
I admire people who are confident with themselves and don’t get affected by other people’s criticism about them.
I was in a shopping mall somewhere in Cainta when a girl caught my attention. She was laughing with her friends, they’re talking about a “JOLOGS girl” (that is what they name her) who passed by a while ago. In an instant, my attention automatically shifted to the girl that they are talking about. She was wearing a skirt with red and white stripes that labanderas in the ilog usually wear (according to the gossiping girls), gray shirt with the picture of Jose Rizal printed on it, a pair of black flip flops and a huge backpack. I’m sure that she heard the giggling of the group of girls and what they are saying about her but she doesn’t get affected at all. I was surprised with her reaction so I followed her and talked to her as well.
She was Tek Reyes (TEK is her nickname), a 19 year old nursing student. I found out that she was used to all kinds of criticism. She states that she was “immune” and doesn’t get affected by what others comment about the way she dresses. She told me that she is comfortable with what she wears and she was just being herself. She also admitted that the set of friends that she have are “JOLOGS” too. JOLOGS is what they call themselves because that is what our society classify them as. But what do we literally mean by the word JOLOGS?
According to WikiPilipinas.org, JOLOGS is a Filipino slang term/word used to describe or depict a person who is out-of-style, trashy-looking, pathetically cheap and corny. It is sometimes equated with another Filipino word for cheaply-dressed person, BADUY. Filipino linguists offer different theories concerning the origin of the word. Some say that it came from a food called “Dyolog”(dilis and itlog)-the food of the poor, some say that it is named after a cheap disco, Jaloux while some state that it originated from the Jolina Organization. Whatever its origin was, having Jologs as a term to classify a person’s sense of style is a form of discrimination.
I do believe that nobody has the right to discriminate a person just because he or she doesn’t share the same taste in fashion that the people in upper classes have. Respect for anyone's individuality is what we must all learn.
Digital Camera+colorful background+great poses= Glamorous picture!
At first glance, you would think that this photo was taken on a studio, or most likely you would think that the background was edited. But hey, the secrets behind this photo were... First, It was not taken on a studio. Secondly, yes, it was edited. But not the background. And ... the photo was taken at the wall of newly established Hypermarket in Mandaluyong.
This photo was taken by Broadcast Communication students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines. The students were about to go to their classmate's house right after their much awaited Sikat Awards. This Awards night is a yearly event for Communication students of PUP wherein their production projects and festivals were awarded.
They were walking on a street when they noticed this colorful wall of Hypermarket parking lot. Then they decided to take so many photos out of it.
A little knowledge in photo enhancement was applied on this picture. And poof! It turned out to be a photo that seemed to be done on a studio.
Many people really love to collect memorable and cute photos for their online social network, and for sentimental reasons as well. And sometimes it looks more appealing when it is enhanced. That is why many of us are fond of photo editing to give a picture new set of taste.
And I am encouraging everyone to use readily available resources in doing stuffs like this. We don't really have to spend much money for a better picture. Well, of course specialized photo taking in the field of photography offers much quality than this, but at least you can save a lot of efforts and money in using your own creativity.
FMCC, Team Manila, Happy Days-- to name a few These are just some of the Pinoy stores across the street that have great designs as they support our very own country. People may say that it's too over rated, Manila shirts or Pinoy shirts are just scattered around and wearing one would mean looking like the person behind, infront and at your back. Is that it for you? Wearing same apparel at the same time with an anonymous person doesn't feel good but then again looking at the brighter side, we should be happy for having it as a fad would mean more people supporting Pinoy brands, wearing these Manila shirts loud and proud. There are even Filipinos abroad who wouldn't miss out on purchasing one so they themselves can wear it proud whereever they may be. We have Yabang Pinoy as one of the many advocates that are up and out for Pinoy support. After all fashion is more than the usual flashy bags, you don't have to sacrifice your advocacy in life such as standing proud Pinoy for fashion's sake for you can be fashionable in you own simple way. One very convenient means of selling these shirts aside from having their own posts at the mall, most of them are up and available online through multiply. It'll be a hassle free transaction and these items will either be shipped to your house or meet ups would do as well. And I can attest to its credibility for I've already had numerous multiply transactions. Online Shopping doesn't just have benefits for costumers but for owners as well for most of them would want to sell online for they don't need to pay for rent for their stall and more accessible at the same time for us consumers.
here are some of the Yabang URLs to show and support Local Pinoy Brands: http://francismclothing.multiply.com/ http://teammanila.multiply.com/ http://sigawsambit.multiply.com/ http://analogsoul.multiply.com/ http://hamegame.multiply.com/ http://vorpalproject.multiply.com/
I saw these really cool shoes in Louis Vuitton Resource Center!
These shoes are called Cancan, named after a lively, high-kicking stage dance originating in 19th-century Parisian music halls and performed by women in long skirts and petticoats.
They are designed by Marc Jacobs, the current Creative Director of the prestigious French design house Louis Vuitton, for the Fall/Winter Collection 2009.
LEFT: Cancan Ankle Strap Pump in Brocade Fabric.
This Cancan Pump in Brocade fabric, most likely silk, comes in color gold and is woven with elevated pattern in gold thread making it look dazzling. It also has a black velvet ribbon and its heels are accessorized with two pearls (one in gold, and one in white).
RIGHT: Cancan Ankle Strap Pump in Suede Baby Goat Leather.
Made from the elastic but delicate suede baby goat leather, this Cancan pump like its sisters has a black velvet ribbon , has a leather sole and its conical heels are accessorized with two pearls (one in black, and one in white). Its blackness together with the white pearl made it look so elegant!
Cancan Ankle Pump in Satin and Lace.
This one’s my favorite! A combination of satin and lace made these shoes look French-y!
These fabulous Cancans are tied in the ankle using the black velvet ribbon, has a leather sole and its heels are accessorized with two pearls. This pump comes in two colors: Red (with white pearl) and Pink (with gold pearl).
LEFT: Cancan High Boot in Suede Baby Goat Leather and Patent Calf Leather.
If you're into high boots, this version of the Cancan is perfect for you. The shoe is made in suede baby goat leather with a ruffle accent at the top made from patent calf leather.
CENTER: Cancan Thigh Boot in Calf Leather.
This sexily laced thigh boots features zippers on both sides, a leather sole, and a conical heel accessorized with two pearls (black and white). These boots are entirely made from calf leather!
RIGHT: Cancan Thigh Boot in Brocade Fabric.
Made from a deluxe brocade leather from the toe to the thigh, it’s an eye-catcher isn’t it? It features a black velvet ribbon and zippers on both sides, and its heels are accessorized with two pearls (gold and white).
These shoes surely gave the 18th century Cancan a new twist!
