WAITING FOR SUMMER

I can’t wait to plunge into the pool, hit the beach and enjoy the sun in my neck of the woods. Summer here can get pretty humid, hazy and really hot but who cares! Seeing our garden burst with color, bright pink bougainvilleas, the bees and the pending heat wave – I am not complaining!

(Ovadia & Sons have officially launched their S/S 2011 collection and is now available online. I can’t wait to burn my wallet – uh oh!)

But, as the temperature rises, there’s no need to bare too much flesh. Keep cool layers of loose cottons and grab a great pair brightly colored shorts paired with lightweight footwear like the classic espadrilles.

Currently listening to: Consolation Prizes by Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)

AM NO ABERCROMBIE & FITCH GUY BUT I WEAR WEAJUNS AND SHORT SHORTS

I remember mom would make me wear pink, khaki and plaid when I was little and pulled it off quite nicely. Shirts and shorts mostly from Lacose, Le Tigre and her all time 80’s favorite Collezione – yes, that store along J. Bocobo street in Ermita.

My parents believed in traditional clothing and viewed it not as a style but as clothes worn for generations. Suddenly, I have gone back in time when I used to borrow dads Weejuns to school and wear my Tretorns to church. I never gave up and it has been my uniform since god knows when.

Growing up down south, my summers were usually spent waking up early, hitting the fairway at eight in the morning with cousins and sometimes with my dad when I was 9 and ending the day hitting a few buckets at the driving range.





Vincent Schoepfer's Gossip Boy S/S 2010

The past few days, I have been frequently checking out Vincent Schoepfer’s Gossip Boy collection for S/S 2010. His collection simply embraces the dapper philosophy of waistcoats, henleys, prints and bow-ties creating a modern uniform of travel.