Sa Wat Dee, Mike
The first time I met Mike Lavarez, in the launch of I Love You Store – Cubao X’s The Other Side, he was wrapped in this Javanese manskirt with a slim button-down while rocking Chucks. I’ll see him again presenting Eigengrau, a totally black collection, in a show with Geof Gonzales. But it is in his Asian vein that he’ll come up with this new collection Sa Wat Dee, the Thai hello/goodbye, inspired by an Oriental trip.
Photographer: Ria Regino
H&M: Alex Sumogat
Model: Shyrmaine Macaso
The collection will be available at the Black Market (Singapore), ILY (Cubao Expo), and Backstage (Serendra).
Ornusa in Salaya
Ornussa Cadness wearing Jerome Salaya Ang in Philippine Fashion Week Spring Summer 2010. One of the more moody shows I saw this season, I think it had that John Galliano vibe. Girl’s awkwardly on the cover of both Rogue and UNO magazines this October.
If I Get Lucky
I once kept a bike in my previous apartment but decided to give it up, sell it out when I moved in to my current building which has parking lots made for cars. I terribly missed it when I saw this second hand bike shop at the foot of J. Ruiz LRT station. This photo was taken at their garage in Horseshoe Village where the owner also kept many other vintage items. So once I got home, I asked the building security if there’s any way I could keep a bike without having to take it to my studio unit. Turns out there’s a space where the staff park their scooters! Maybe I’ll get myself them pedals soon again. So I won’t have to take the tricycle when going to and from the grocery. So I can bike around campus leisurely on weekends.
Fingerstache and Other Hipsterisms
If you remember the days before you got annoyed with Superpoke, it felt like Hipster BS. Except you simply give away to your friends some partly-true hipsterisms like Dave Eggers, bangs, fedora, glorifying/hating Pitchfork, occasional political passion, vinyl obsession, Zooey Deschanel, oversized glasses, Sufjan Stevens, and The Fingerstache. I got the chance to sport one the other night, and thanks to adoborat for documenting the party with his fancy fisheye technique. I am now proving myself worthy of your ironic pokes. Also, I apologize to SUPERMIKKI for not letting him finish. CSJ’s The Best Shoes of All Time and a few other printed pieces, which he showed at First Dibs, are still available for sale.
