Puey Quinones at Members Only.

It has been a while since I went out at night to a bar. It would always be just for dinner and then home by 9 pm. I am getting old. Sigh..

But last night was different. I had to be there for my SISTAH, Puey Quinones, who kicked of a series of mini fashion parties at Members Only at the Fort. StyleBible was there to take photos of Puey's 10 muses, one of which is your bloggerina. Puey created for me a one piece dress that everyone raved about. I wore it with Jul B. Dizon's Black-amoor brooch and dangling yellow gold earrings with rough cut diamonds.

The muses were Lulu Tan Gan, Divine Lee, Ange de la Cruz, Mai Kaufman, Carmina Sanchez, Ria Bolivar, Pia Campos among others. Although we were all wearing his creations, we all felt unique and was proud to be in an original design by PQ.

Here are the pics of the evening..and just to let you know...CandyMan and I left at 11 pm. Party all night, I can no longer do.














Thanks to Isha of StyleBible for this photo!

Fashion in the Jailhouse.

Event: Fashion Show sa Bilibid
Date: Nov. 5, 2008
Attire: Anything but orange (hahaha)

Ok folks. Here's something interesting. What do you get when you put Puey + prisoners + fashion show? To start with, a terrified bloggerina who promised to attend only to find out that there's nothing to be scared of. Secondly, you get 35 male prisoners, all interested in making clothes (no, they are not necessarily gay) and a tiny Puey Quinones, producing a fashion show to showcase the jailbird's work.

I have to be honest. The clothes, they were quite bad. I don't have to be Tim Gunn or Heidi Klum to know how bad it was BUT I have to admit, I can't help but admire them for the effort to create something from the little knowledge that they have for this art. I believe that putting a dress that one can wear and walk around with is difficult enough. I can only do the running stitch. They were so proud that their work is being recognized and even shown on national TV (TV PATROL). Not only that, Puey gave the winners cash prize, art supplies, cologne (sponsored by Afficionado) and eyewear (sponsored by Ideal Vision).

Now, the prize money might not have started out to be a lot (1st prize - P5,000, 2nd prize - P3,000, 3rd prize - P2,000) but because of the kind hearts of Joel Cruz and RC (who opts to remain anonymous), the cash prize turned out to be P40,000, P18,000 and P12,000!

With Puey's influence in the fashion industry, he was able to get Ms. Lulu Tan Gan, Robbie Carmona and Liza Ilarde to judge the "Bilibid Runway Project". The guests were mostly officials of the government and their wives. There were also the staff members of Bilibid and the family members of the contestants, all wanting to see the hard work of Puey and his students under the spotlight.

Top model, Ria Bolivar even came down to give support to PQ and walked the runway showcasing Puey's beautiful collection. Another good friend, Carmina Sanchez also offered her support by being the host for the evening. There are a lot of people that I am sure Puey is grateful to but I am sure that nothing can compare how grateful the prisoners feel towards Puey.


Let the show begin...
















Not really sure which of the dresses here won but perhaps Puey can leave a comment to inform us of the winners. Congratulations to all the winners and to all those who participated in making this show a success.

Dressing up the Women of FACETS.

Puey Quinones was responsible for all our clothes and I cannot say how beautiful we all felt thanks to him. Our deepest gratitude Sistah!

















For more fabulous outfits, pueyq@yahoo.com.