tell mr. 14 i want to see him tonight I'll be wearing that weird thing with the blue straps

Mood: My name is trouble my last names a mess 

Dear Blog,

Just a Mega young designer 2011 recap 

3rd challenge 

the mental experimental avant garde challenge  

our group won most cohesive collection 

Entry 003 COMBATRON Man dress

My inspiration for my Man dress is Combatron. I wanted to make the piece a tribute to the few first ever avant garde pieces that came alive during the 1950's . The outfit is organic yet with a mixture of robotic futuristic feel. Combatron is a Pinoy robot character from Funny Komiks that was famous in the early 90s. The design brings back so much memory of the POP culture that I grew up with. It is not just an outfit, to me its art. The panels of the outfits formed into an art installation, layers upon layers of texture with each panel injected with love and passion

and i had to model  for one of the other contestant because we were short of models that day :) 

meanne's entry 

i had to do a little cat walk as well 

my carrie bradshaw day dream came true that day 

you know the one when she modeled for D&G 

ME LIKESY

anyways it was a really fun day

to bad i don't have a video of the runway show 

Photos by Niccolo cosme

Thats All for now

Kisses A.

Mr. 45 said; Fluid Skin; sexy

Mood: when you can wear what you feel what do you wanna say? 
Dear Blog,
Just a Random What I wore post 
 for the GEN M (Mega Young designer competition 2011) Final Gala 
at Republiq 
Black Coat: Margiela 
Necklace : Margiela 
Raw nude draped Top with eye detail: Willar Mateo
Pants: Topshop
Shoes: jeremy Scott. X adidas 
Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs 

and before i forget Look what Mike Of toxicdiscoboy.blogspot.com gave me for my birthday 

Super sweet! Doodle me lovelies 

Current Mood:

Thats all for now

Kisses A.

“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'” -George Bernard Shaw

Mood: YELLOW

Dear Blog,

Last year was a complete blast. A lot of unexpected great things happened and I'm really really Excited for 2011.  I feel really positive this year and hopefully i'll achieve more things, more work, more play and more Love .

yesterday was my Last episode on Gen M.  Yes i'm sorry to say that i'm officially out.

I got eliminated during the Boardwalk challenge because i did not meet the target market of the said RTW brand and like what they said sticked to my true aesthetic which is a mixture of Love & avant garde. It's really not that bad though and i do not regret anything i did. the whole Mega young designer experience was a complete blast. i will surely Miss the Group A. which consists of meanne, santi, aram and russel. all in all i won the divisoria mini group challenge, the most cohesive collection mental experimental avant garde group challenge, the Maldita man Styling challenge, and the men's wear denim Wrangler Challenge. Not bad for my 1st designing contest :) being consistent with your aesthetic is actually a good thing and like i said fashion is not just about making clothes we should not forget that its also about letting people dream. its about creating this feeling inside. its about love :)  And I wouldn't be able to do this without the support of my lovely friends,(you know who you guys are)  family (momcy and the 2 best sisters in the world) , and to my mentors lotho and john. sending extra kisses to everyone 

My last design for Generation Mega

The patchwork dream dress 

detachable Gray crop tank  with hand stitched details

with a draped cotton patchwork printed dress 

i don't have a photo of the dress without the gray top:P

but thanks mia for the photo

Inspiration: i was fascinated with the idea of dreams and how odd it works. whenever you are in a dream state no matter how weird the plot of the story in your head maybe they still seem to make sense to you at that specific time. i took all the most bizarre dreams i could think of and patched it all together like all the different fabrics that i was assigned with. they didn't seem to match but ended up as a cohesive ensemble  

i love this photo of me and my model was Glad that i got pauline this time
my last few words on the show 
"I would rather be eliminated for making a dress that makes me happy rather than making an ordinary dress that will please them. Just so it could fit their standards of what is wearable" -kisses A.

Thats all for now

Kisses A.

monday kisses and happy salad days

Mood: I need to tell Mr. 13 that he has perfectly Imperfect hair  

Dear Blog,

Just another Random post
Monday

Recently been feeling all tired and abused 
thats why its important to have friends over for some R&R
watched Gen M last monday with le girls
me,piwi, karl, & will

willar found a new playmate 

A dress I'm making for Meanne Santos

and something for myself

 my sewing machine got a new makeover with the help of willar mateo and his rainbow lover stickers

Willar's Stamp loving mood

here are my new rescue babies, 
their whole family were killed by EVIL EVIL Kids but luckily these two cupcakes survived

MaXX

and Godiva 

me trying to pull off the one sided men's wear look
was Really Glad to see Karl & will that day 
Can't wait to see karl wearing the dress i made ;)
Shameless Plugging insert here-----
GEN M 
Manila Bulletin Lifestyle Section ;)

photo from Ly-ar Martinez
 Thats All for now 
Kisses A.

the jellyfish Invasion

Mood: Blueberries are the Only natural fruit 

Dear Blog,

My first piece for GEN M

#001 Dikya (jellyfish)

Organza X Glue gun X beads

Molded Gown

photo by Elite Manila
photo link here
one day i dreamt of this huge gray room
i walked inside and in the middle 
of that room i saw i small crystal  lake
went closer and saw this form of a woman naked 
lying on the middle 
gray hair, blue lips
no other features
surrounded by a school of jellyfishes 
intertwined 
connected
then i woke up..

Photo by Daryl Linn Lozano

photo link here

i chose the jellyfish as my inspiration because of all the interesting facts about

them that i can relate to 

usually misunderstood as beautiful but mindless creatures

 they don't have blood , a brain and a heart

but yet they have survived for almost half a billion years 

seemingly harmless but a few of its species are considered to be one of the deadliest creatures on earth

simple but complex 

mysterious beautiful alien like creatures of the sea

The body of my gown is an abstract representation of the sea and corals 

where the jellies come from

the beads embedded on the corals

represent polyps or jelly seedlings 

seedling that bloom in phases of the moon, or different climate changes depending on the species

photo by Enriquez Claudine 

LInk here 

i attached bias strips of two toned gray and blue organza at the side
crawling from the front to back  
a representation of an intertwined jellyfish 

and before i forget 
Please watch the 3rd episode next monday 10pm on ETC channel
repeats on sunday 10am 
another Exciting challenge will be revealed
Teehee
thats all for now
Kisses A.

In search of magic powers

Mood:  Seduced by the lie of butterflies

Dear Blog,

Just a little Random Update

I feel so bad for not being able to do any posts

its just been a crazy crazy month

im emotionally drained

and to top it off i was sick for 3 weeks

imagine how hard that was to compete while feeling like a dried up veggie 

anywhoos i'm sort of back 

im just taking advantage of the little free time that they gave.

But the good thing is that i lost a lot of weight 

extra skinny please 

SHAMELESS PLUGGING INSERT HERE----------

oOohh and before i forget our show just started airing last monday

its on ETC  every Monday 10pm 

GENERATION MEGA 

im actually excited  :)

the first episode was good  

 I feel all jelly and mushy inside from all the love that i have been receiving from friends, family, co workers and ex lovers 

thank you 

will be sending you guys extra electronic kisses ;)

MY CURRENT MOOD

CocoRosie --- Lemonade 

The Launching 

Gen M. Launching @ Republiq

They made us do a little runway *kape*

Hello kitty glow in the dark jellyfish dress by Willar Mateo

Photos by Juan Rafael Liwanag

Thats all for now

Kisses A.