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Attending the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 was one of the awesomest events I’ve been to this year. You see, I may not be a stylista so to speak, but I have deep interest in fashion ever since. I had high dreams of enrolling to a fashion school to be a fashion designer, albeit I put such dream onto hold due to certain circumstances I cannot disclose.

Here I am, writing about beauty and fashion, and taking pictures to boot. Though I treat photography as just a mere hobby or an icebreaker, it’s never been more rewarding to have my photos being featured by a publication. It must be a wake up call to harness whatever craft I have, instead of putting it on the back burner.

In this regard, I would like to thank Island Tribune Magazine, a Guam-based publication for the Filipino community, for covering Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 and utilising some of my shots.

Here are the soft copies of the pages. I’m so excited to receive my own tangible copy soon!

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Oz Go concluded the night’s show with his Holiday 2011 collection entitled With Every Heartbeat. I’m not really sure where did he get the title, but I’m thinking it may be from one of Swedish singer Robyn’s track (yours truly is a self-confessed audiophile ).

He said that “his collection references the very fierce and experimental fashionphile,” which is pretty evident by the dynamic use of out-of-the-box geometrical 3D silhouettes and other structural patterns. His selection of pieces is predominantly tinged in monochromatic hues, with the use of fabrics such as cotton, satin, twill and denier.

When the first garb popped out, I smelled “biker chick” on it. There loomed a different vibe when the following pieces came out which are somewhat minimalistic yet outlandish and futuristic. For the most part, they look kinda costume-y to me. On the other hand, each sartorial piece looks like it’s neatly done with precision as I didn’t find anything shoddy or unfitting. I like the pants with embossed polygonal details really nice in particular. I’m also digging the boots. The long black gown for his finale seems like origami-inspired.

Oz Go Holiday 2011 in Pictures

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Pieces are trendy and edgy yet very wearable—each is inspired by the famed video game Tekken. Thus, Regine Dulay titled her holiday 2011 collection Tekken Taleaa. Materials used were stretch fabric, leatherette and linen in flavours of earthly, neutral hues; with the execution of techniques such as quilting, patching and appliqués creating a textured finish on most dresses and separates.

I honestly do not get much of the Tekken inspiration; but, with the apparent edginess of the pieces comes a chic touch to them. The design overall is very urban and contemporary (insert the Marc Jacobs meets Yohji or Junya thought bubble here). Each garb seems neatly tailored, which I really like about this collection. I have a thing for casuals which are neither bordering to superfluous nor too commonplace, and this collection certainly nails the look I am rooting for.

I specifically dig the camel zip-up jacket (as well as the cropped one), the pleated zip-up jacket top in navy and all those gorgeous black pants (with quilted detailing)!

Regine Dulay Holiday 2011 in Pictures

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