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This was yesterday's outfit. Apart from a busy day at work yesterday ( Why do I always feel harassed the day before I go on leave for a vacation? ), My Bibe 's really sick and she's got me worried. We're already in Cebu right now to visit my mom and sister but My Bibe's still sick, so I really couldn't enjoy this trip. I just hopes she gets better by tomorrow. Anyhow, after black and brown last Monday, it's black and blue for Tuesday. The blue isn't jeans, though, and no, I wasn't trying to pull off a Steve Jobs. I was just a bit lazy, that's why. Good thing I had this jacket on hand to break the walking boredom that is my outfit.

Happy birthday to my sister! Just two more days and it's my turn to age another year. Today My Bibe remarked she hasn't seen this vest I'm wearing for the longest time. Me neither. I got it from Onesimus at SM Department Store. It has one button underneath and a zipper on the side. Save for the herringbone pattern in front, it's all linen, a fabric I don't like that much because of the difficulty in ironing it entails. But because there's not much fabric to this vest, I let it slide. Apart from the vest, my outfit today was comprised of a white shirt from Celio (with sleeves rolled up for a laid-back vibe), metallic trousers from Merger, and brown shoes from Traffic. The reason for all the brown was my sheer laziness in changing bags. In lieu of a watch, I wore a bracelet I got from a flea market. No hidden surprises with my socks today; they're all brown.

It's another turtleneck for today, also from Onesimus. Good thing the weather's still wet so it's still all good even if I put on a jacket. While yesterday it was a rather formal jacket over the turtleneck, today it's a more casual vibe with this leather one from Zara. And here goes the inspiration: Cool this Magneto guy, eh? And note that his leather jacket is not the usual black stuff, which makes it a more interesting piece. I also patterned my hairstyle today after his but don't expect the exact same effect. Although we both have wide foreheads, my hair's shorter and dare I say, thinner. Pinstripe pants (Topman); belt (Hickok at SM Department Store); shoes (Zara).

Where normally one would dress according to the weather, it was the other way around with me today: the weather behaved according to my outfit. So instead of saying my outfit is perfect for today's wet weather, I'd say my turtleneck and jacket are perfect for this rainy Wednesday! You see, I've decided the other night that instead of just phony image distortions and floating coins for Magneto week, it should be my outfit that reflects the inspiration from the iconic villain in the first place. It is in this context, therefore, that I am whipping out stuff from my closet that will display my take on Michael Fassbender's effortlessly cool Erik Lehnsherr in X-Men: First Class. I started off with a black turtleneck from Onesimus. Turtlenecks are evidently a favorite of Erik's in the film, and I perfectly understand why. For one, they're very versatile, casually cool on their own and easy to dress up in an instant. Oh look, he also wore a black ...

Tomorrow I'll be in a suit for our department picture-taking, or "class picture" as I want to call it. So to cushion the sudden transition (hardly anyone wears even a tie in the office), I've decided to wear a suit jacket but dressed down with a turtleneck. Or if you want to view it the other way around, it's a turtleneck dressed up with a suit jacket. I bought the suit (with pants, of course) from Merger way back in 2008 for our department Christmas party. I like it a lot especially since I was one of three who were awarded "best dressed" that evening (yay!). Here the jacket went with a ribbed turtleneck from Onesimus, pants from Memo, and Aldo shoes.