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Dress to thrill

by Bea J. Ledesma - August 29, 2008 - 12:00am

Ruffles and bows, oh my!

by Bea Ledesma - August 27, 2008 - 12:00am

It’s clear from Dennis Lustico’s Fashion Watch showing that the man knows what he’s doing. Lustico distilled many of the coming and already popular key trends of the season. Ruffles? Check. A few...

Fashion blogs on the brain

by Bea Ledesma - August 24, 2008 - 12:00am

I don’t remember much before the Internet. I vaguely recall this block of dried pulp with text all over it — a “book” I think it was called. All I know is that as soon as my dad hooked us...

Under wraps

by Bea J. Ledesma - August 22, 2008 - 12:00am

File this under bizarre behavior: a college classmate was shivering beside me thanks to the cold drafts emanating from the industrial air conditioner directly above us during one of those interminable lectures theology...

Flash of the titans

by Bea Ledesma - August 17, 2008 - 12:00am

Easy does it

by Bea J. Ledesma - August 15, 2008 - 12:00am

Piolo’s new passion

by Bea Ledesma - August 13, 2008 - 12:00am

Dressed in a fitted polo shirt, jeans and aviators, Piolo Pascual is as good-looking in person as he is on TV. The well-spoken actor, who is so busy with work it took a major amount of pencil pushing with his scheduling...

Bottoms up

by Bea J. Ledesma - August 8, 2008 - 12:00am

“Just when I got used to pouring myself into skinny jeans,” a friend groaned over lunch one day, “those wide-leg jeans come back to haunt my nightmares.” Skinny jeans have become such a...

Survival of the fittest

by Bea Ledesma - July 30, 2008 - 12:00am

I knew the big day was nearing when texts from friends, relatives and near-strangers had escalated to a fever pitch. “Please,” went one particularly absurd plea, “I’ve been waiting for this...

The preppy guidebook

by Bea J. Ledesma - July 25, 2008 - 12:00am

Unlike the posh upper east-siders who inhabit a certain gossip-infested production, not all of us have the bank accounts to match the on-trend wardrobes of investment bankers and their offspring. As one viewer noted...

Now you can style your phone

by Bea Ledesma - July 20, 2008 - 12:00am

HO CHI MINH — Fashion isn’t the only industry subject to the mercurial temperaments of fickle consumers. While clothing designers scramble like mad in order to fashion a cohesive collection for each season’s...

Brand new you

by Bea J. Ledesma - July 18, 2008 - 12:00am

Sail away with me

by Bea J. Ledesma - July 11, 2008 - 12:00am

While devotees of Dior have been on the ‘60s bandwagon for quite a bit, the closest people get to the decade are paparazzi pics of Amy Winehouse’s out-of-control beehive.

Bridal blush: Tips from the experts

by Bea J. Ledesma - July 4, 2008 - 12:00am

Welcome to wonderland

by Bea J. Ledesma - June 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Long before the ‘90s made monochrome cool and Armani the king of beige (or “blond” as Donatella Versace likes to refer to the wheat hue), Cyndi Lauper ruled the airwaves and her mad mix of prints...

Hippie young things

by Bea J. Ledesma - June 4, 2008 - 12:00am

Long before mom retired the ethnic tunic and printed wide-leg pants, the hippie had been relegated to the annals of fashion history. Only to be resurrected — years later — as fodder for the likes of Prada,...

Play it school

by Bea J. Ledesma - May 30, 2008 - 12:00am

Got a chronic case of I’ve-got-nothing-to-wear blues? Start the school year — and post-summer season — with a spanking new white wardrobe. With Labor Day over a month past, any objections to wearing...

Mad hatter’s party

by Bea J. Ledesma - May 23, 2008 - 12:00am

Right on the heels of Sarah Jessica Parker’s centerpiece-topped ensemble for the Sex and the City London premiere comes YStyle’s timely ode to the hat. Whether perched loftily over a shellacked coif or...

The Westwood story

by Bea J. Ledesma - May 2, 2008 - 12:00am

On the heels of their collaboration with designer Alexander Herchcovitch, Brazilian shoemaker Melissa debuted another exclusive partnership with none other than British institution Dame Vivienne Westwood.

Super fly

by Bea J. Ledesma - April 25, 2008 - 12:00am

I flew first class once. Fresh from college grad, I was dressed in my schlubby uniform of striped T-shirt and tatty old khaki skirt (not so different from how I dress at the moment, now that I think about it). I...

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