Boys in the Spotlight

Hollywood Actor,JAMES DEAN

In every occasion,there is always the relation of fashion.Of course,it's very important because in social gatherings like the E-AWARDS NIGHT or THE SENIOR'S TRIBUTE for the information of the many,you must dress appropriately based on the said occasion.Whether you go for a high fashion or the cheaper ones,what's right for you can be acceptable for the night spectators but there are some who will give negative reviews with raising eyebrows.Though you can not impress your college professor or your college dean during your classes,you can impress them in other way.The most obvious is,make your sense and style visible in public.Dress to impress every civilian day.Fashion is respect.Your outfit is your response to the people you meet in the street,in the university corridor or in the hallway.If you have an awesome attire,therefore,it corresponds to a respectful greeting.If your attire is bad and disastrous,for sure rotten tomatoes will give a negative feedback.
The E-AWARDS NIGHT 2011 happened on March 18,2011 at Benjamin Hall,Lacson Street,Metro Bacolod.It was an evening gala of the Education students of the University of St. La Salle-Bacolod.Held annually,it was celebrated as an honor or tribute for the graduating senior students of the college of education-reminiscing their previous years during their stay in the college.The theme was black and white or minimalism for the knowledge of fashion enthusiasts.Minimalism was a period of art during the 1950s to 1970s.It was a vintage art with the intervention and influence of black and white television,vint periodicals and detective movies during the 1920s.Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and James Dean is the perfect fashion inspiration in this black and white-themed soiree.

The Jonas Brothers

As a fashion writer,I am very skeptical in choosing my subjects for this article.It does not necessarily mean if you are beautiful and handsome,you are already confident that you look stunning and you look good in your outfit.No,it's not.If you want to look good in every clothes that you wear,make sure you are good in style mix and match.You must know your body shape and silhouette. Dude,always remember,not all clothes that are on-trend is always good for you.You must assure first that if the clothes loves you and so the people's eye will do,then go for it.

My Chemical Romance

Others think that black and white fashion is kinda boring and dull.In my opinion,yes it's true.Gone with those days during the 1940's-the WWII era when Chanel popularized the wearing of men's wear,which of course,black and white. Symbolizing how dark the era was.There is explosion here and there of the Axis and Allied powers,attacking military tanks and barracks,Parisian buildings collapsing due to missile attack and so on and so forth.
So,Coco Chanel,as a designer during that time,came to her thinking that,how will she come up with a whimsical design and play with colors and hues because of the tragic happenings.So,that's how black and white was noted by other fashion critics as boring.

Good Charlotte

During Hollywood's golden age in film industry,James Dean arose as a rebel image because of his portrayal in the 1950's Hollywood film,REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.The actor was considered as a style icon for men who loves to wear black and white outfit.For the contemporary period,The Jonas Brothers,My Chemical Romance and Good Charlotte are the modern style icons for men channeling minimalism.

Best Dressed Gents during the E-Awards Night 2011

Name/Age/Designation: Hyeonjin Kim,19,BSED Elementary major
Personal Style: Simple,Typical,K-pop
Style star: Korean Actor Kwon Sang Woo

Name/Age/Designation: Vince Onate,17,1st year Education student
Personal Style: Simple and American Boy Next Door
Style Star: James Dean

Name/Age/Designation:Joseph Rosales,Jr.,21,English Tutor
Personal Style:Minimalist,dapper and street casual
Style Star:Hugh Jackman
(The event's Master of Ceremony!)

Name/Age/Designation: Peter Aguilar,17,1st yr Education Student
Personal Style: Minimalism
Style Star: Kevin Jonas

Name/Age/Description: Prince Verdeflor Dumdum/17/1st year Education student
Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite,rock
Style star: American RnB artist B.O.B.

Name/Age/Description: Kier Joseph Tarrazona,20,3rd year Education student major in Physical Science
Personal Style: Smart and comfy
Style star: Zac Posen,Domenico Dolce, Steffano Gabbana

Acknowledgement:

• James Dean picture from http://www.hkll.zc.bz

• My Chemical Romance picture from http://www.search.independent.co.uk

• The Jonas Brothers picture from http://www.disneydreaming.com

• Good Charlotte picture from http://www.fashion.gearlive.com

• Best dressed gentlemen special thanks to Geraldine Matulac

Boys do fall in love

Fall in love to whom?Of course,FASHION!Street Casual,rugged,smart and cool,punk,rock,emo,hip hop...you name it.Everything's got to be perfect with these boys in their stunning outfit who rocked metro Bacolod.Real boys in real style!Be it ready-to-wear,mass market or the classy haute couture,the thing is,it's fashion.

Name: Karl Heinz

Age: 24 yrs. old

Hometown: Berlin,Germany

Designation: Football Player

Personal Style: Rugged

Style Icon: Leonardo Dicaprio

Name: Henry Steven Malaca
Age: 20 yrs. old
Designation: Call Center Agent at Teleperformance
Personal Style: K-pop
Style Icon: SHINee and Super Junior

Name: Dioleen Monserate
Age: 23 yrs. old
Designation: SM City Employee
Personal Style: Minimalist, Color Blocks and Patterns
Style Icon: Jake Cuenca

Name: Marlon Jore
Age: 22 yrs. old
Designation: Gaisano Main-Bacolod Employee
Personal Style: Simple and Decent
Style Icon: Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Jake Cuenca, Coco Martin

Name: Mark Wayne Santos
Age: 29 yrs. old
Hometown: Roxas City,Capiz
Designation: OFW Aspirant
Personal Style: Rugged and Casual
Style Icon: NBA Athletes

Name: Maki Severino
Age: 21 yrs. old
Designation: 2nd year BSIT student at USLS-Bacolod
Personal Style: Street Casual
Style Icon: Jake Cuenca

Name:Ronelo Salem
Age: 17 yrs. old
Designation: 1st year Hotel and Restaurant Services student at Bago City College
Personal Style: Rock and Hip hop
Style Icon: Super Junior

Name: Rene Panes
Age: 21 yrs. old
Hometown: Iloilo city,Ilo-ilo
Designation: Manager at Big Boss Car Wash in Iloilo city
Personal Style: Unique
Style Icon: Jake Cuenca

Name:Arjay Borromeo
Age: 21 yrs. old
Designation: BSHM4 student at La Consolacion College-Bacolod
Personal Style: Rock
Style Icon: Edward Cullens of Twilight

Dude,welcome to the 60's!

  

Think of Zac Efron as "Link Larkin" from the musical film,HAIRSPRAY.The luxurious tux,rolled up slacks,tucked in polo shirt,suspenders, bow tie,the suave hair cut and the winkle pecker vintage shoes exposing a little bit skin through the ankle.It was an era of handsome gentlemen,decent and dapper in the art of dressing up.Now,1960's men's wear fashion is a fad in the Metro Bacolod area popularized by dapper trend setters.This style is also interpreted by Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass,the resident bad boy in the TV hit series,Gossip Girl.The 1960's style is appropriate for real men who are rich,famous and very classy.A trend of luxury and magnificence with the touch of George Peppard,Elvis Presley and the beatles.Best stores to find these stuffs are the surplus stores in downtown Araneta street and San Juan street just beside the Plaza Mart.Prices are very affordable and surely your 200php budget can fit a head to toe outfit.Vint pieces are making a huge comeback this year and wear this trend in your school's civilian day,night out,cocktail parties and other social gatherings.It looks like your wearing the likes of 1960's old Hollywood glamor personalities.Mix and match your outfit with a modern touch of 21st century fashion.

Hip hop Urbanite

Name: Gian Gabon

Age: 20 yrs. old

School/Course: University of St. LaSalle-Bacolod/BSIT4

Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite

Reminds me of a style icon: Justin Bieber

"Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only.Fashion is in the sky,in the street,fashion has to do with ideas,the way we live,what is happening" -Gabrielle Coco Chanel

The ideas of hip hop fashion dates back during the 1980's when sportswear fashion became a fad among trend setters. They explored something to mix and match their sportswear outfits including the gangster flat top cap,the chain blings,high-cut shoes,baggy pants and graphic tees.The modern trend scattered in all parts of the globe including in Korea,wherein they have their own version of hip hop urban fashion called, k-pop or the korean gangsta and locally, here in the Philippines, we have our jejemon fashion which others believe only exists in text messaging style but it's also in fashion. Originally, the hip hop urbanite fashion was derived in New York city by the street thugs community in Bronx and later on it spread like a flu in Eastern countries like in South Korea,Japan,People's Republic of China and the Philippines.It's like a blending of two cultures, the western style and the eastern style and the given countries made their own interpretations of the trend.

In Metro Bacolod,young guys are so obsessed of the supra domination.Majority of it's patronizers are the teenage guys in their Secondary and Tertiary Education years who are an avid fan of hip hop and RnB Music.Supra shoes are first sighted in Justin Bieber when he wore this to his music videos like Never say never,Baby and Eenie Meenie with Sean Kingston.The Supra domination in Metro Bacolod,because of the so-called,Bieber Fever, teenage boys in the city are setting the hip hop urbanite trend which is labelled as cool,rugged and casual.The best thing to work with this trend is to wear a fit(not too fit) tank either graphic art or a checkered short sleeve polo,pair with skinny jeans(not too skinny) either in acid wash or coated and pile up with accessories like blings,chains,dog tags,rubber ballers and jejemon cap/gangsta cap.Don't forget the supra shoes,which is the highlight of the whole package.This trend is appropriate for lean boys only.This will emphasize their legs because of the skinny jeans and tiny feet looks bigger because of the hugeness of supra shoes.Think of Jason Derulo,Justin Bieber,Kardinal Official,Iyaz,Eminem and Wiz Khalifa as the hip hop urbanite style icons.

Take it to the streets fashion portfolio

It's a male style domination in the urban area that i noticed plenty of guys are still looking good and fashionable despite of ordinary days.It was wednesday when I walked around the downtown area going to SM City-Bacolod when I met stylish passersby.At the first place,I don't have a difficulty in approaching them to take their pictures with their dashing outfit because I'm already confident.They thought I was one of the Fashion editors of the biggest men's fashion mag in the country,but it isn't so.I told them I was a newbie fashion blogger who's advocating fashion awareness for real men.I photographed these handsome dudes via my Windows mobile originally from States and exactly when I uploaded the images in our computer,it looks like it's captured from a professional fashion photographer's camera Nikon D40 or Canon 350D,but certainly it's not.Just a simple camera phone.

1. Name: Unkown
Age: unkown
Occupation: Student
School/Course: La Consolacion College-Bacolod
Designation: Skateboarder
Personal Style: Casual cool (sweater, chino shorts and vintage shoes)
Remind sme of a style icon: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp

2. Name: Manuel Mendoza                                                         Age: 15
Occupation: Student
School: Negros Occidental High School
Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite (gangsta cap, cardigan and sneakers)
Reminds me of a style icon: Jason Derulo

3. Name: Rom Laguna

Age: 18
Occupation: Graphic Artist at Graphic Edge
Designation: Loves to design tees
Personal style: Pop Art (Graphic tees and bags)
Reminds me of a style icon: Henry Holland, a British fashion designer from the House of Holland

4. Name: Ariz Jasper Duatin
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
School/Course: University of St. LaSalle/Social Science Major
Designation: Fashion Enthusiast and Menswear stylist
Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite, dandy, jejemon and dapper (gangsta cap, checkered top, supra shoes, tux, skinny jeans and bling)
Reminds me of a style icon: Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo and Michael Louis, a mens wear stylist from boston bazaar

5. Name: Denver Colina
Age: 25
Occupation: Student
School/Course: Riverside College/ BS Radiology
Personal Style: Dapper (checkered top,chino shorts and espadrilles)
Reminds me of a style icon: Chuck Bass from the "Gossip Girl"

6. Name: Peter Lawrence Apurado
Age: 23
Occupation: Unemployed
Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite (gangsta cap, jacket and black sneakers)
Reminds me of a style icon: Teddy, the lead vocalist of "Rocksteddy"

7. Name: Jr Mago
Age: 25
Occupation: Tambay
Personal Style: Hip hop urbanite (gangsta cap,sneakers and jacket)
Reminds me of a style icon: Eminem, Florida and Iyaz

Real Guy's Fashion Love Affair

In this post-modern society,men are liberal thinkers and getting out of their comfort zone.We are so creative in thinking of any ideas to come up with our certain style.A style either to impress our inner critic or a style to impress other people.It's up for us to choose our own side.Other says,impressing other chicas is no longer necessary because other guys already have a girlfriend.This school of thought sounds backward due to the fact that dressing up is not just a manner of impressing for the girls,but for other people as well.They can be our family,friends,proffesors,boss and even our followers.Hence,dressing up so stylish is for everybody.
If you are dressing up,you are also making love with the clothes you wear and the trend that your carrying on the street.What gives us happiness the most is,if we love and like what we are wearing.If we do,then it sets our mood for the day and the way we deal with different people we meet everyday.
We got to be real!I hate it when other people perceive that being so lavishly stylish are only appropriate for gay men who loves playing colors and mixing-matching their outfit.This is so wrong.Here,in Bacolod City,an urbanized metro in the Negros island of the Philippines,the straight guys,there are some who are stylish in the art of dressing up and there are some who only traditionally wears a simple t-shirt,simple jeans and the rugged rubber shoes-which is so dull and boring.Straight men in the city are now stylish.Therefore,as I was strolling around the metropolitan city,it came to my mind that maybe i should think of my own little way to increase awareness of fashion literacy for the modern guys in the city.I'm thinking of a dandy man-a man who is intellectually brilliant,who has nice speech,an eloquent speaker,concerned about their looks and very fashionable.Modern guys are expected to be stylish because it speaks about liberalism and being open-minded.