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No more pink or blue as parents welcome gender-neutral toys
By Cristina DC Pastor A major department store is moving to whitewash its aisles by removing the color divide between boys’ toys and toys for girls. Blue and pink shelves will be gone and so will references to gender in marketing to children. Some Filipino American parents welcome the idea of not stereotyping, say, dollhouses […]
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Cloning the Congen: We know ‘why’ but not ‘who’
By Cristina DC Pastor Why would anyone want to duplicate the Facebook page of Consul General Mario Lopez de Leon Jr.? Tech hacks will tell you that these so-called scammers’ nefarious intention is to reach out to the person’s network of friends and ask them for cash. It may not be as simple as that. […]
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Young Filipinas among big buyers of Birkins, fancy designer bags
By Cristina DC Pastor Whoever said, ‘People don’t want to flaunt their money,’ have not met the women who buy capricious designer bags. We mean over-the-top totes that scream heavy color, faux leather, tassel trims, braid handles, and metals that shine from a mile away. These buyers are mostly Asians – some in America and […]
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Facebook feud resurrects Tim Garcia, reveals his new identity as Trans woman ‘Isabel’
By Cristina DC Pastor About 5 years before Jeane Napoles, there was Timothy Mark Garcia, known among Manhattan’s fashion cognoscenti as Tim Garcia, a publicist for designer Marc Jacobs. Tim is the son of former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia. The older Garcia now sits in a Philippine […]
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Serial entrepreneur Mita Quiogue: Finding success one business at a time
By Cristina DC Pastor Burnout and boredom, if used perversely, may appear to be a deadly pair. But to Mita Quiogue, these twin states of mind fueled her desire to come to the U.S. in 2008 and set up an eyelashes and anti-aging business in the heart of New York’s shopping district. She had a […]
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Please don’t call them paparazzi or ask them to take pictures with a smartphone
By Cristina DC Pastor The life of a Filipino American community photographer usually revolves around people, parties…and sometimes Photoshop. In the FilAm community, almost every event – big (dinner gala) or small (birthday party) – is documented for posterity. There is an official photographer who is hired by the organizer, and some others who show […]
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Will the butterfly sleeves ever wing their way into haute couture?
By Cristina DC Pastor Clearly, what stole the show at the Independence Day Parade were neither the showbiz celebrities nor the posturing politicians. It was the procession of brightly colored Filipiniana ternos with cascading skirts and boxy, in your-face butterfly sleeves. Typically associated with Imelda Marcos, many variations of the terno were worn proudly at […]
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Renee Salud to present Filipiniana gowns young FilAms will find ‘culturally hip’
Renee Salud’s latest runway show is set for June 27, 7 p.m. at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Newark at 128 Frontage Rd. in Newark. Tataksaludnyc 2015 will feature collections that demonstrate intricate ways to use Philippine indigenous fabrics together with embroidery as well as new ways to wear the traditional Filipiniana terno. “My show […]
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Edwin Josue and Jerry Sibal wed after 23 years together
By Cristina DC Pastor Bakit labis kitang mahal, pangalawa sa Maykapal Higit sa ‘king buhay. Through a dozen of their favorite love songs, real estate professional Edwin Josue and events designer Jerry Sibal walked family and friends through an intimate journey of how they met 23 years ago and eventually married. At their May 28 […]