(Photographed by Gerd Perez)

Taking advantage of the time where there are no “guards” at the underground pass. :P

It’s one of the things I want to do while I’m young :P 

(Jacket : Penshoppe | Mod Graphic Shift Dress and Satchel Bag : Folded and Hung | Flats : Parisian)

(Photographed by Raymond Angat)

It’s my 2nd day of finals exam for this term and this is what I wore earlier this morning. I had one exam for the day : Managerial Accounting. I was suddenly thinking of Alexa Chung and Kate Lanphear when I was prepping for school. Then, I thought why not mix their signature looks. So, here’s my attempt of it. I mixed the softness and femininity of Alexa and the hardness- androgyny of Kate. Soft and Hard. This totally summarized my emotions since last Monday.

There are things that I want to say but, sometimes, it’s better to stay quiet and keep it all to yourself. Being quiet or not saying anything doesn’t mean that I don’t care or I’m letting it pass by. It’s more of protecting myself and preventing any damage or “burning” of some bridges to some people. It’s like accounting. There are times that you debit your ideas and thoughts to your mind back : adding them to your assets  and “learnings” and crediting those sentiments that you want to inform people about a certain issue.

But at the end of the day, it’s all about opinions and we are entitled to our own beliefs but it’s not right to push and put words on someone else mouth or start blaming people around. Or judging to quickly. :) Learned so much this week , even if I’m off for 1 week at work.

Anyhow, I only have two exams tomorrow and I’m free for SUMMER :)

xoxo

M

I’m really thankful for the things happened to me since the start of the year. This is one of them. I want to thank MegaStyle.PH for believing in my team. To tell you guys honestly, it really did push us to our boundaries but it was a great learning of going beyond of our skills and creatively do something unexpected.

It was also a humbling experience with a lot of creative artists who collaborated with this—the photographer, Adrian Gonzales, Hair Expert , Adam Teh, Make Up Artist , Chuchie Ledesma down to 3 super hardworking models, Francis Ariosa, Eriko Malabanan and Jessica Yang. 

No words can describe what we’ve gone through. It’s a labor of love (for our passion - fashion, cliche but it’s true).

Here are some of my favorites :

The inspiration of the shoot came from an advocacy of me and Adrian. It’s about women empowerment. We want to show that women of today can actually be more that just a woman. That she can also do what men does. We thought of making her a part of an a-team of detectives, just like Nikita or Charlie’s Angels. Strong Women but she doesn’t let her job nor her gender tell her what she needs to wear. She doesn’t care of what people might say to her and she does her job well. To make it feel and tailor fit it to asian feel, we thought of Wong Kar Wai’s movies and apply the “color” of his films.

I also want to share one photo that was not published and I think it deserves to be seen :)

 You may still see the rest of the editorial here :

http://megastyle.ph/gallery/style-edit-undercover

credits

Photography | Adrian Gonzales

Styling | Maureen Manuel

Styling Assistant | Raymond Angat

Production Designer | Alvin Francisco

Lighting | Amiel Kirby Balagtas

Shoot Assistants | Dan Doydora

Models | Jessica Yang , Eriko Malabanan of Yeoh Models, Francis Ariosaof Cal Carries

Hair | Adam Seth Teh

Make Up | Carmela Ledesma