New addiction: Colorful socks!
Left: Bought these socks for a bundle at Debenhams months ago. Soft, smooth, and available in blue palette, they’ve been really practical to use—along with my shoes, which are mostly brown, blue, gray, and black.
Right: My editor David gave me these faint blue-red stripes from Fred Perry. Not as soft as the ones on the left, but they look fancy yet subtle enough for me.
Clothes alone do not make the man. Understanding good style is equally, if even more important. Anyone wealthy enough can buy designer clothes, but money alone won’t guarantee a good fit or a balanced outfit. This is what separates the genuinely stylish from the merely fashionable.
Vault Magazine’s special issue is dedicated to the building blocks of classic style – elements of a man’s wardrobe that are neither dated nor fashion forward. In other words: timeless.
“The Elements of Men’s Style: A Visual Guide to Classic Dressing.” Available in good bookshops.
I finally saw Leighton Meester, known for playing the bratty, bitchy, overemotional Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, at the Philippine Fashion Week more than a month ago. She walked down the ramp sporting a wide smile while waving at everyone from the audience, whom she probably didn’t even recognize due to our number and the effect of the stage lights. SHE WAS ALL SORTS OF PRETTY! I was so starstruck I couldn’t get a worthy photo of her!
Here she was, escorted by fellow Penshoppe endorser Mario Maurer.
