about the finer dandy.
My name is Dino-Ray Ramos. I’m a Filipino boy that uprooted from Texas to San Francisco to become a writer – and fortunately it worked out.
I am currently a freelance writer and a university instructor. I enjoy the high and low brow aspects of pop culture. I try to share it in my irreverent and insightful discourse about entertainment, fashion and my life in San Francisco – and I try to dress well while doing so.
For more information about my career click on the links below for my resume and clips. You can also read my delightful discourse at my blog.
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer, January 1999-Present
* Specialties: fashion, entertainment, and pop culture
* Current publications: Asian Week, The Bold Italic, Hyphen Magazine, Nob Hill Gazette
* Previous publications: 944 Magazine, Alternet.org, Austin Monthly Magazine, HipHopRnBSoul.com, StyleHive.com, TheCelebrityCafe.com, Dallas Voice, Fil-Am Press, Filipinas Magazine, Metro.pop, Papierdoll.net, Redefine Magazine, Wiretap
Social Media Editor and Instructor, Academy of Art University in San Francisco, July 2008-Present
* Develop and teach fashion news and reporting courses in the BFA and MFA program
* Edit, write and oversee the redesign of the School of Fashion’s blog, “Fashion School Daily”
* Chronicle alumni and graduates’ shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
* Editor-at-Large for the university’s arts, fashion and culture magazine, “One Eighty”
Writer and Creator, “The Finer Dandy,” February 2008-Present
* Produce written and multimedia blog posts about pop culture
* Provide timely coverage of entertainment news, fashion commentary and movie reviews
* Conduct and write interviews including Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Harrison Ford, R.J. Cutler and Ang Lee
San Francisco Fashion Examiner, Examiner.com, July 2008-May 2009
* Provided commentary and news about the San Francisco fashion scene
* Reported on local fashion-related events including the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit at the de Young, Neiman Marcus’s exclusive Halston exhibit and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
* Produced fashion and entertainment news including live red carpet coverage and interviews (Robert Pattinson, Andre Benjamin, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Tim Gunn and others)
Style & Entertainment Writer, Bay Area News Group East Bay, August 2006-July 2008
* Served as staff writer for Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and sister newspapers
* Writer and creator of the “Dressed” fashion column and blog
* Covered New York Fashion Week and interviewed industry professionals such as Naomi Campbell, Simon Doonan, Loulou de la Falaise, Robin Givhan, and John Varvatos
* Wrote entertainment-related stories and celebrity interviews (Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Wes Anderson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Cho, Jason Schwartzman and others)
* Launched “Bay Area Style” website
Fashion Blogger, Omiru.com, January 2006 – July 2006
* Created articles, blogs and purchase guides for the high-traffic fashion website
Entertainment & Style Writer, Edge Publications, LLC, January 2005 – November 2006
* Contributed style and entertainment features for high-traffic news, culture and information-based online publication
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Journalism, 2002
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
SKILLS
Computer/Technical
* Social media: Facebook, Current TV, Digg, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Tumbler
* Blog publishing systems: Wordpess, Typepad, Blogger
* Multimedia software: Soundforge, Audacity, Acid, iMovie, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Professional, GIMP, Microsoft Office, XyWrite, JazBox
* Microsoft Windows/Macintosh Operating System
* Nvu, HTML, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer
One Eighty Magazine
clips.
(some clips are PDF files, right click and select “save as”)
POP CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
‘Harold’ films break Asian-American stereotypes
Is ‘How gay is that?’ going to be out of fashion someday?
Confessions of a suburban hipster
Life Scripts: Language, Symbols from Far East popular choices in tattoo parlors
Pattinson is an in-vogue vampire in Twilight
Baumbach, Leigh chat about dysfunctional ‘Wedding’
Filmmaking friends board the “Darjeeling Limited”
A fashion writer reviews “Star Trek”
Park Chan Wook Has An Irresistible ‘Thirst’
Ang Lee finds the ‘Woodstock’ connection
An open letter to a certain hotel con-heiress
`Hairspray’ ignites ’60s nostalgia, higher than a beehive
Actor Emile Hirsch goes ‘Wild’ with director Sean Penn
Beckham shows his undies in S.F.
Luminaries hit the ‘green carpet’ for screening
Regina King adds dysfunctional twist with ‘This Christmas’
‘Golden Compass’ points to fantasy world of style
Designer bring Warhol’s ‘Factory’ fashions to big screen
FASHION & STYLE
Browsing the racks of Barneys New York with Simon Doonan
Chris Marches On: Bay Area native Chris March gives dramatic flair to ‘Runway’
Robert Verdi’s fall fashion focus for men
Josh Warner’s Good Art is the type you can wear
Modern Day Dandy: Looking Sharp with a Twist
31 Do’s & Don’ts for the Modern Gentleman
Today’s celebrity designers: Stylish friend of fashion foe?
Dress your age, not your shoe size
Here comes the grooming: Growing pains of men’s hairstyles
The guilt is too genuine when the fashion is oh-so-fake
New York’s Fashion Week Live! tour to visit Bay Area
Fashion’s new narcotic accessory: Socks by V.K. Nagrani
Green living, fashion coexist on the runway
Something borrowed, something…green?
Padma Lakshmi’s Jewelry Collection is as Soothing as Her Voice
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Dino,
I think your work is great. Your writing is fresh and you provide a real insight of what many writers seem to mask. I look forward to reading more from you.