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GLAM ROCK!

2009-02-15T03:55:00.000-08:00

from: http://fashion.crishzaragoza.com/2008/12/13/glam-rock-for-men/

o guys...glam rock daw o!

First: The Pants

This is pretty simple for men. Just go for black pants or jeans. Any black and any jeans will do. However, if you are opting for denims, it’s best to go for something tight fit and dark in color. You can also go for white denims that are skinny fit… well, that’s just a suggestion. I know some men wouldn’t want to go down that lane. Hehe. But if you are serious about going Glam Rock for your Christmas Party, then look at the outfits of the Jonas Brothers.

Second: The Shirt

Nothing complicated here. Just wear mostly black T-shirts. It would be best if you have a black shirt with Rock band designs or Rock legends faces on it. Just remember, go for dark or loud colors! Also, go for a little tight fit shirt. Don’t wear collared shirts, by the way. Just top your shirt off with leather jacket, black jacket, or unbuttoned plaid shirt (preferrably dark colored). You can also top off your shirt with a vest. You can make use of black, leather, gray, white, or denim vests. A great tip to make it look more “Rock-ish” would be to add multiple pins.

Third: The Shoes

Always go for black or black with white or black with neon colors! Sneakers and rubber shoes would be nice but it won’t be bad to try leather boots too.

Fourth: The Accessories

Just go for leather bracelets and you’re done. But if you want more Glam Rock added to your outfit, then add dog tag necklaces, metallic/gothic bracelets, and the shutter shades in either pink, white, or black. It’s a funny accessory to add but will surely complete your Glam Rock outfit. Now if you want to do something to your hair, you can just mess it up and go for a wet look, color some parts pink, or just apply gel and raise them all up if you have short hair!

something i'd wear myself for this season...

2009-02-15T01:33:00.000-08:00

inspiration for this season (summer/spring 2009) is very varried...there's color...earthy tones...the runways seem to be inundated by them...so here are some pieces i'd want in my closet...

Men's fashion have so evolved tremendously that it has taken an appreciable space in the runways which have always been the sanctuany of women. The fashion-forward man is not insecure about his sexuality, in fact, he celebrates it...He is not afraid to wear color, or to challenge the fashion-stereotypes he has been boxed in for so long...

Ermeneglido Zegna is just sharp. It defines the man in every one. When I die, i'd want to be burried in one of these suits.

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA

Viktor and Rolf is not for the faint of heart...the color and the way they're put together takes a ceratin uhmmpphh for the avearge man to wear...

VIKTOR & ROLF
Victor Glemaud is just chic...it's very wearable and comfy-looking.

VICTOR GLEMAUD

What i applaud most about VERSACE is that you could never go with them. there's a certain Versace look for almost any man out there.

VERSACE

This season, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO's white ensembles are just impeccable. wearing them creates a distinction of some sort from the average man.

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

Pringle of Scotland is just very wearable...the colors are not very glaring or too forward...its the perfect addition to your casual wear...without being too bland and insipid.

PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND

Prada has always been on the avant-garde when it comes to the male clothing...this season, its more of the layers, and showing off these layers...not something we'd wear here in country...

PRADA

Perry Ellis swings it both ways this season, there's the earth tones and the more colorful pieces.

PERRY ELLIS

i used to admire PAUL SMITH but this season is just blah for me...

PAUL SMITH

Moschino is a must-have this season, these pieces are very versatile...they can be matched with other pieces and still look very sharp and manly...

MOSCHINO

Missoni's color palette is very retro, but not cheesy...the macho can wear them without worrying about their testosterone being compromised...

MISSONI
IT's LoUis Vuitton...they just scream class

LOUIS VUITTON

KRIS VAN ASSCHE interpreation of the very loose trousers and tight tops are very iconoclastic, while defying the skinny jeans trend, its doesnt say HIP-HOP...its just HIP!

KRIS VAN ASSCHE

If you ask me, what i'd wear on a first Date...it would be KILGOUR...its just very mannish and classy and very gentlemanly...

KILGOUR

Avant-garde Men's wear is really not my thing. But i'd Wear this Galliano :D

JOHN GALLIANO

Hermes...perhaps one of the best collection this season...not too forward, but not dandy all they same...its not trying hard...its just fashionable

HERMES

its Dries van Noten...Need I say MORE???

DRIES VAN NOTEN
Dsquared2 is just funky and fun...but then again, its not for everyone...:D

DSQUARED2
cK is sharper than ever this season, with the cropped tie...its very classy...

CALVIN KLEIN

ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA is bold in blue and brown. and their combinations can never be wrong...WTG

ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA

What can i say, I love BOTTEGA VENETA's baggy pants...

BOTTEGA VENETA

Cerruti and scarf = Perfect!

CERRUTI

this season, D&G pays tribute to the geeks...the geeky chic...glasses and coats...so classsy!

D&G
Burberry Prossum's collection is a hodge-podge of color and layers...cool and chic.

BURBERRY PRORSUM

7 years past

2009-01-14T19:27:00.000-08:00

Joshua picked up the last week’s issue of Sunday Inquirer Magazine on his way out to the hospital. Di pa rin sya makapaniwala na si Charice ay binawian na ng buhay at the tender age of 23. Esophageal cancer.

It’s been 7 years.

Pitong tao na ng unang marinig kumanta ni Joshua si Charice.

It’s also been seven years since he last saw Michelle. It’s been seven freaking years. And yet, parang kahapon lang. It was only yesterday when the heavens poured its wrath on the parched earth and this morning the roads were still inedible chocolate éclair.

It was a sad the way it ended. He knew Michelle was the one. They had it going for them, until Theo came to town.

I

It was barely 10 years when Joshua first laid eyes on his Michelle. Nagcross-register sya sa UP Mindanao, “for a change of environment”, at least that’s how he’d always answer the curious people, when asked why he opted to leave Diliman for a sem. He did not shadow it was not just his environment that’s going to change. Everything will. And he will forever be ambivalent about this crucial decision he made barely 10 years ago.

Yes, a change of environment. For a change, he wanted to be far away from the inane basic unit of community that was his family, or lack of it, really. He’d always known his folks don’t lie on the same bed, ever since him mom discovered his father was having an affair with one the junior partners in his accounting firm. His mother never knew Joshua knew about his father’s peculiar bodily cravings.

It was one afternoon in his senior year. He had always known his father was a major 007 fan. Premier nun ng Casino Royale, and he bought two last full show tickets at Power Plant Cinema, he wanted to surprise his father for some quality father-son bonding that has been like looking for chicken’s tooth, ever since his father made it senior partner in the accounting firm. In the ultimate joke of the Olympian gods, what he thought would revive their bond would forever sever their already scissile rapport.

It was almost 9 in the when he headed towards his father’s office in Ortigas. He excused himself from the Chemistry group project he was doing with his classmates for the plans he had made for him and his father. He entered the lobby of the his father’s office building and getting a go signal from the receptionist, he went up his father’s office.

What saw in there would require years of therapy to heal.

The junior partner was scantily clad, lustfully licking his father's earlobes. His father, equally compromised, eyes closed, as if in Nirvana, never saw him leave, running away from what seemed like the preacher painted as Sodom and Gomorrah.

He never told anyone about this. And years later, it would be the subject of the many sessions he would have with his shrink. After getting into the country’s premier Univesity’s Biology program, he has always wanted to become an oncologist, his family saw less and less of him. It went unnoticed.

He was only so happy when his favorite bachelor uncle announced that he seemed to have won against the battle with cancer after six months of intensive chemo. Prostate cancer. His uncle invited him to stay with him in Davao for recovery. Joshua was just so happy to oblige.

II

UP Mindanao was entirely different from Diliman. It was beyond diminutive. Simply put, it was a hamlet in the middle of nowhere, where you have to be so conscious about your position in the face of the globe if you want to get a good signal. He, all at once, regretted having cross-registered in this campus. He never thought such a technological divide still existed.

---to be continued---