because of the movie amelia, everyone seems to be so into her life. ive always admired amelia, the spunk, the sassiness, the determination and dedication to her craft. and by golly, she knows fashion!
December 5, 2009
December 2, 2009
weird
two days ago, i had my first bazaar. and it was fun, and worth it, and a testament to the fact that there is hope for vintage fashion.
although, i must admit, i also got crunched eyebrows, been dismissed and received that quintessential blank stare with ” so, these are like, used clothes?!”. My cousins even told me how weird my little business is. believe me, sometimes, their reactions make me think i’m a swindler or whatever.
indeed, vintage fashion is a strange world. sometimes, its hip and flaunted or its quiet and just below the surface, hushed even. but it’s always there. and is here to stay.
you just have to understand it, really. because there will always be those who’ll appreciate, and even some who’ll live for it, like i do.
the bazaar sales showed me that. so, thank you friends. and with that in mind, i will forge ahead, and continue doing what i love, even if its unusual, and sometimes hard to understand.
i am proud to be weird, anyway.
September 25, 2009
VintageManila at the CCP!
one of my most favorite clients of all time, M! in her vintagemanila dress at the CCP, during the concert with UP College of Music institution Chino Toledo and National Artist Virgilio Almario.
way to go, dear! and congratulations!
September 10, 2009
art fair ’09
saturday was a love love day! i went to art fair ’09 at the NBC Tent to see the works of my friend. as usual, i am in awe of how talented people can be. and such small world really, it turned out my high school friend had some pieces there, too. and they command super high price! 120K each! hmmph. i should have been a painter.
food trip
dress from HK
mickey watch from the happiest place on earth
i recently met with my kawaii friend F! fresh from Cebu. I brought her to church and we had dinner in this hole in the wall restaurant just across the church. i had coke zero (walang light) sa bote! and inihaw na baboy in sizzling plate. y-u-m-m-y! im really loving K! these days. its soooo like the place where i grew up.
online goes runway
Gail Angeles dress
my mother’s bato bato
I attended the Fashion Show of Leonardo Salinas of Malasiqui and Australia at the Makati Shang with friends R, P! and M. Im super proud he’s making waves in the Land Down Under and his clothes are included in that high end online shop www.im-hm.com. I love the way he does his pleats and the way he sculpts the female form. Such is craftsmanship.
photo shoot
90′s skirt dress from DSWS Loyola garage sale
RayBan shades from my Dad
my cousins in their “pang-araw-araw look”
back when i was just starting the store, i did a lot of photo tests (is there such a word?) with my cousins. i figured since the store is vintage, i might as well use my Lola’s house as backdrop. the “malaking bahay” as we call it is still one of the best houses i’ve seen. of course, growing up, i wasnt even aware how grand it is. i just know this as my one big playground. per my Lolo’s will, the house will be turned into a museum handled by the Local Government and me (haha) when my Lola dies. until then, this will serve as the official backdrop of the VintageManila store. Here, im wearing my vintage effortless skirt-dress from my Loyola days pa, and my Daddy’s original super super old Ray-ban aviator.
the triumph of the tutu
vintage dress from HK
shades from SM
im wearing my vintage, super 80′s-looking karinska tutu. im loving the colors, and the design. simple, no-brainer, effortless dress. i remember those times i used to envy the ballerinas in the SM Cubao Ballet Center. we were soooo far from Cubao my Mom told me to stop harboring any illusions of ever attending classes there. haha.
vintage die hard,
i guess i am.
i have always been fascinated with the bygone era. be it in music, in books and yes, even in fashion. there’s just something magical and magnificent about everything vintage.
ahh- vintage love!
im blaming it on my aunts who were true blue flower children, and living with my Lola growing up.
im blaming it on the place I grew up because it reeks of that old old feel.
im blaming it on audrey and gracie and imelda whose style i have always loved.
im blaming it on my yaya who forced me to watch those black and white LVN and Sampaguita movies every afternoon.
and yes, im blaming it on me, because i loved those times of my life i think i do not ever want it to end.
