playing queer eye

As promised, I have some photos here from that talk I had last January emailed by Lyn Jaen, the organizer of UI's Career Day. I so enjoyed that talk... never mind that I had tingling legs and a still to be diagnosed illness (don't worry, it's nothing serious!) that was probably brought about by too much cola and fat. In the photos, I was doing some "fashion critiquing", you know, to the tune of "Queer Eye..." and Trinny and Susannah. So here goes...

"Those shoes are totally wrong, dahling! "

"Do you have shoulder pads on? That's way too 80s for me..."

"Except for some needed "leverage" in the height department, I think you're kinda okay..."

"A bit ho-hum, this outfit you can totally wear to go to your equally boring job."

Spring Fashion 2008

It's 2008 and I just wanted to share these fashion photos of my favorite Spring 2008 looks. Better be caught dead looking fab than drab...

Michael Kors -- glamorous!

Tuleh -- yummy orange

Diane Von Furstenberg -- love the colors!

j low

Lowest of the (J.)Lo
what the hell was Cavalli thinking when he made this atrocity?

This is what you'll look like if you deny your pregnancy and when you've been impregnated by your undead and underfed husband. I came across this photo and I just couldn't get over how utterly MENTAL Jenny from the block looks like with this 70s get up gone totally wrong. Har-har-har! She looks like she's gone over the edge! And what's with the shoes?! Gah! You can take the girl out of the Bronx but you can't take the Bronx out of the girl. I think she wore this horrendous get-up in a concert just recently. Sorry J.'Low' fans, even if you give me a ticket, I'll never be caught dead in any of her concerts or watch any of her movies. No matter what she does, what she wears, and how much she has in her bank account, she still looks cheap! Just goes to show that you can't buy class, dahling!

what a show!

Eric's show last night was a huge success. His 40-piece collection was fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! Of course I had a sneak peek days before the show but it's different when the clothes are on stage donned by models, they look absolutely beautiful. F&C's jewelry collection also added that extra oomph to the whole get-up and I must say that with this show, Eric has definitely outdone himself.

I'll be posting more photos when the official pictures from that night will come out. In the meantime, here are a few snapshots taken after the show for the curious...

with friends Dr. Kristine Treñas, moi in Eric de los Santos couture,
designer Jasmine Castelo in her androgynous outfit,
and Luziel O. in vintage Eric de los Santos.

Picture perfect. Jasmine, Eric's sister and my
HS classmate, Julie Ann de los Santos Miñoso
Brends, me, Dr. Kristine, and Luziel.

Hubby Brends, beautiful me (this is my blog, I can say what I want), and
my best friend forever, the show's director/choreographer Aldrich Aparicio.

a decade of fashion

Eric de los Santos celebrates 10 fabulous years in the fashion industry. I'm speechless. I've been doing this guy's press releases, bios, profiles, interviews, etc. for years now and I can't think of a thing to say except -- Congratulations my dear fab friend. You deserve all the blessings and success and I know you'll make it to another 10 - 20, hell 50 years!

On Dec. 9, Eric's going to celebrate in a big (and very exclusive) way with a by-invitation only fashion show at Hotel del Rio. Below are 2 samples of his invites and we were torn because we couldn't choose between the two -- they both looked so good. I haven't seen what Eric finally decided on but I think he went with #2. I would go with #1 for its elegant simplicity but the Andy Warholish effect is kinda cute, too.

For more about Eric, visit him at his website at www.ericdelossantos.com (by the way, Brendan, my hubby made the site).

Congratulations again Eric! Good luck on your show and see you on Sunday! Now I have to find something to wear. (Hint, hint!)