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Memories of Madrid: Working out with Rizal

Forgive me for my absence, I have been moving apartments — and Lord knows how fun that is. Nonetheless, I am continuing my European vacation nostalgia with my time in Madrid. I enjoyed the quaintness of Madrid. We stayed at a Best Western hotel where we could enjoy a rousing game of Conecta 4 in...

Zines are the O.G. blog

In short, zines are the middle finger to glossies. They were all the rage during the ’60s and well into the punk-infused ’70s. Aesthetically, they were rough around the edges and showed every Xerox flaw with pride. Zines were a DIY piece of counterculture and each of them honed in on a particular niche. From...

I am so immature

I took an extra long weekend and went to New York for some non-Fashion Week related fun. To get a little more cultured, I decided to go to the American Museum of Natural History and then the next day I went to The Met (a.k.a. The Metropolitan Museum of Art). I felt so refined as...

Emile Hirsch hangin’ out at a fashion exhibit?

This week I got to cover a fashion exhibit in San Francisco that is in conjunction with a PBS documentary, “Interpreting Ancient Fashion”. The event featured designs from the always lovely Colleen Quen and Jude Gabbard, a face I am not familiar with in the SF fashion scene – but talented nonetheless. The two went...

New York visit photo montage: The MoMA

I went to Fashion Week for work at the beginning of February – and of course, all the time in Bryant Park started to irritate me. Ergo, the fashion shows started to irritate me. Even so, I did get to do non-Fashion Week stuff with my friends Janet and Erline: One day, Erline and I...