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by Vicky Herrera (Published November 18, 2011 in Inquirer 2bu)
Twenty-seven-year-old Abdul Salam is among the first of a new breed of menswear designers in the Philippines. When he’s not going to karaoke bars, hanging out with his girlfriend or checking local fabric markets, Salam is in work mode, 100 percent focused on his menswear label Sir, which specializes in custom-made button-down shirts.
His move into the design world started when he was working at True, a boutique store in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. “My friends there definitely showed me the ropes,” he says.
For six months, he worked as a store clerk, which included mundane tasks, even cleaning the toilet and folding T-shirts. Then, he moved to handling the visual display of the store. Eventually, through hard work, he was offered the manager position, which gave him first-hand knowledge of the industry.
Aside from being an assistant buyer at trade shows and assisting in designing for the label, he also managed a staff. It was a real taste of the managerial and leadership aspect of running a business. “It was the best three years of my life,” says Salam.
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Here’s a lil peek at our visit to Christian’s studio, Create PH, during the final weeks of the book production process of Unscripted.
Check out his organized blackboard with his detailed design plan. (The photos to the left and to the right are photos of his personal work.)
I’m sure you Dollhouse fans know what that word on the screen says :)
I spotted this lil drawing on the corner of the blackboard. Well, it was a few days before submission and we were under ALOT of pressure! Thanks for being positive guys! haha.
And not only will December bring our book launch, but also an amazing EXHIBIT by this group + photographer Roy Macam’s work.
December will be beautiful. I guarantee it.
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By Vicky Herrera (Published September 24, 2011 in Inquirer 2bu)
A girl biking in a gown––that’s something you don’t see here in Manila,” says designer Robin Tomas, juxtaposing the usual sights of Manila and New York.
“People there don’t care,” he adds. He has become more assertive since he moved to New York. “I guess, when you think people don’t really care about who you are, the more courageous you become; the more assertive you become,” he says with a knowing smile.
He has been living in NYC for a decade now. It’s the city that has nurtured his style aesthetics and provided him with valuable work experience in thefashion industry. After graduating from ParsonsSchool of Design, Tomas interned for international fashion houses such as Valentino and Anna Sui.
Last year, he won the Supima Design Competition for the “Best Reinvention of the T-shirt,” which was sold in the world famous Bloomingdale’s store in Manhattan. On Sept. 8, he launched his Fall 2011 collection during the city’s “Fashion’s Night Out” event.
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Here it is!!! This the article this post
I have the firm belief that although you seemingly take conscious steps in life, you are no doubt guided by a higher force to take you where you are really meant to be. Perhaps this same force placed me front row during my very first Fashion Week show, watching my older sister Teresa strut down the runway when I was 10 years old. And later on, this force led me to enter this same incredible industry that also marked the careers of my other siblings.
I had no concept of fashion or modeling back then, and that this world of glamour would be very much a part of my career and learning. But what I do remember from that night and the shows thereafter, was this incredible wave of creative energy. A spark was lit. I knew that one day I would become a part of this energy in a real, meaningful way.
Throughout the years, I’ve struggled to find that role. I’ve done the modeling. I’ve assisted designers and stylists, and have even written show reviews. But what melts a lot of these roles together is my latest one for Philippine Fashion Week TV. It’s been my second season of co-hosting the show with Sarah, and I feel just somehow, something higher led me here again.
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The Passion Player. That’s right! :) I’ll post the entire article and more pictures when I get a chance. Things have been crazy busy lately.
PFW is happening this October 24-30 again. Get readyyyy
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proofofpassion:
by Vicky Herrera (Published July 2011 in Status Magazine)
Marcela Gutierrez went through a tough trial in becoming an illustrator. Sentenced to go back to her drawing board, she savors in it, and she has no plans of bailing out just yet.
As Marcela Gutierrez approaches the podium to give a talk at the Ayala Museum’s Visual Voice lectures, she starts with disclaimers: she just flew in from Barcelona that morning, is suffering from an extreme case of jetlag, and perhaps the most nerve wracking of all, she has stage fright.
Not like we noticed any of those anyway. Displayed on the screen behind her are her breathtaking slides of watercolor paintings- from her own artwork of art to a slide of Prada’s Spring-Summer 2011 Sunglasses- the audience immediately whips out their cameras to take few photos of them.
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by Vicky Herrera (Published July 2011 in Status Magazine)
You don’t really get an opinion simply by posting a few photos and writing a few words online. It’s more about walking your talk and inspiring people to believe in it. SKY GELLATLY does both and more.
To call Sky Gellatly an influencer is nothing new. He was after all interviewed in the online documentary Influencers, in which a roster of other like-minded cultural innovators explain their thoughts on the movement of trends and the breakdown of the creative mind.
Not only has Sky served as the former director of marketing for sneaker store Flight Club, he has also served as editor for Details Magazine, and associate producer/assistant editor for MTV.com.Currently, he co-manages the careers of DJ Neil Armstrong, DJ Josh Madden, and Jay Z’s sound engineer Young Guru, as well as the career of this scene’s favorite photographer and director, 13th Witness.
Sky is also the strategy director of Team Epiphany, a marketing and communications agency based in New York. This year, the agency (or as Sky calls them, family) continues to make major moves in the cultural landscape. On the music side, Sky and rapper Lupe Fiasco will set out to tour as a DJ duo, as well as create their own music. The old saying does ring true: this Sky has no limit.
Tell us the story of the last time you felt really inspired.
I am inspired every day. I wake up every day and do exactly what I want to do. It was a long road to getting to where I am today. I feel successful in that I am always inspired. But what I do does inspire me. Producing music videos that 13thWitness directs is so crazy to me. In 2010 I worked with the Deftones, Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, and John Mayer with 13thWitness. That’s inspiring to me. Helping DJ Neil Armstrong continue to develop his global DJ career after his two years with Jay-Z is inspiring. See the thing is, 13thWitness is my favorite Photographer. DJ Neil Armstrong is my favorite DJ. I’ll always say it: I’m a fan first.
Do you ever feel the pressure of failure?
If you haven’t failed, and I mean completely fallen on your face, failure will always be something that adds pressure on your psyche. Once you’ve failed, you start seeing more of the positive side of any opportunity, and that failure is simply another way of the cosmos telling you that “that wasn’t right for you.” What is meant for you wont pass you by.
How do you think media strengthens or weakens the culture you’re cultivating?
Media is everything. Editorial integrity cannot be bought. Opinion is informed by research. Media, that is critical of what is now and hot, is what keeps artists up at night and brands on their toes. Media spurns evolution, or at the very least, rebuttal. Media is the nexus through which criticism can engender real cultural change.
In Influencers you speak a lot about mentorship. How can one find a successful mentor?
I found my first mentor, Ben White the original Editor-in-Chief at Complex, after I, well, found Complex. But I guess in that situation, I realized that if I proved to the top guy that I was talented, everyone under him had to follow suit and work with me: always remember that the top guy has top reign. If you can impress the hardest person to impress, you will always win. Often, you have to anoint them; you can’t sit back and wait for someone to bring you under their wing.
What was the most invaluable lesson you’ve learned from a mentor?
Like Wu-Tang Financial: you gotta diversify your bonds!
Real Talk: You come up with a lot of word play on your blog. Tell us at least 5 that we can learn from.
1. Less is more, more or less.
2. Knowledge: know the ledge.
3. Beyond my means by any means.
4. If you go after a dime, be prepared, perhaps, to be nickel and dimed.
5. Only one mother.
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I’m so inspired right now. I love being able to create the ideas that spring to my mind. Seeing it manifest (step by step) is so beautiful. It makes me excited to wake up every morning. What do you call the things you do? If everyday you are an artist, a designer, a creator, an architect, an author… of your own life. Yes, that’s your art. This is my art. I’m happy to be growing in my own personal way. This kind of joy. These feelings. These are the things that people can never steal from you. It’s powerful.
Here’s another example of doing things for the LOVE :)
LINK: Test Shoot with Joseph Pascual, Styling by Eunice Alera, Makeup by Vicky Herrera (yes, Me!).
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STATUS Magazine July Cover Story
THE MISSHAPES has evolved from spinning in their weekly gigs to mixing the soundtracks for the coolest runway shows and after parties all over the world. Leigh Lezark and Geordon Nicol reveal how they transitioned from being New York’s it DJ group with Greg Krelenstein to becoming the world’s most searched fashion trendsetters…without even trying.
If you’ve spent these last 6 to 8 years clicking across the blogosphere, then you’ve probably heard of The Misshapes legend through one site or another. Being called to interview the DJ group—style and music’s pied pipers Leigh Lezark, Geordon Nicol, and Greg Krelenstein—for a cover story meant that, as a fan, I could finally rise from face-to-computer interaction to face-to-face conversation.
Leigh and Geordon are in Manila, the two of them representing the trio as international projects protocol goes, for a show in Philippine Fashion Week that night. It’s a job they’ve already gotten used to doing. “We do all kinds of different designers—from New York, Paris, London, everywhere,” says Geordon.
Naming themselves after the Pulp song “Mis-Shapes,” the group formed in 2003 and attracted a dedicated following through their weekly parties in downtown New York. Closely resembling the city’s Studio 54 days, it attracted a list of who’s who. A few of those spotted in the scene were models Agyness Deyn, Lily Donaldson, and Gemma Ward, designers Alexander Herchcovitch, Hedi Slimane, and Gareth Pugh, bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Gossip, actresses like Sienna Miller and Chloë Sevigny, icons like Yoko Ono and Madonna.
This morning, the duo is getting ready for a hotel suite shoot. As we wait, Geordon gives me a quick Misshapes history recap: “We started off doing our weekly party, then over time, it gradually evolved to DJing in events and different parties for different people, which evolved into doing lots of runway show music.” He runs down a few of their past runway music clients: Viktor & Rolf, Zac Posen, Henry Holland, Jeremy Scott, and Karl Lagerfeld.
Speaking of Lagerfeld and the great fashion figure that he is, it’s quite noteworthy to mention that he also chose Leigh to be Chanel ambassador, a title beyond any clothing-obsessed woman’s wildest dreams. Leigh talks about the Kaiser in a very respectful way: “I do think Karl has the best energy. He’s a huge inspiration… He’s very good at making people feel like they want to be the best of themselves,” she reflects. “So I did a video for the last cruise collection… He was very supportive, and he had me play Coco Chanel, which was an honor.”
Leigh keeps her answers short and direct. She hardly looks up, and she speaks as she files her nails while perched on the bathroom chair. I ask her what she thinks of the word muse, and she replies hastily, “Nothing…I think it’s kind of silly,” she looks up and pauses. “I mean, you can’t really define that,” she explains and focuses back to her task. She seems a bit nonchalant about the whole experience, remaining unfazed by the title. Leigh never seems to take things too seriously.
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