El Bosquejo

This is from the About section of his online catalog:

Bosquejo is a collection of different jewelry lines designed by Miguel Paolo Celestial.

“Bosquejo” is Spanish for sketch, outline, and draft. Miguel first used the name for his menswear blog, El Bosquejo (http://lbosquejo.com), which is his personal style diary for ideas, inspiration, and ponderings related to men’s fashion.

Initially, Miguel just wanted to create necklaces for himself, since he was not satisfied with what was available in the market. He wanted to use materials that were not usually worn as accessories, and join different types – such as metal, wood, stone, and plastic – to see how they complemented each other. After making a few necklaces, interest in them convinced Miguel to produce commercially.

The pieces are intentionally androgynous, wearable by both men and women.

I'm positively dying over the accessories line of Miguel Paolo Celestial El Bosquejo. As y'all know I have a penchant for accessories (if you didn't well you do now). And I think pieces from El Bosquejo are the perfect addition to any wardrobe or archive.

Miggy (yuck, feeling close; I don't know if anyone even calls him that), uses various materials ranging from stones (not bato ha, the nice looking ones), grommets, nuts, among others. My favorite collections from his line are the "Hardware" (which is very industrial, very steampunk, unless I got the idea of steampunk wrong lols) and "Sacre" (which is still a bit industrial but with a religious twist). The prices of his pieces range from 500 bucks to around a whopping five gs for a heavily embellished necklace.

Here are some pictures of the pieces that I want from his site Bosquejo Bazaar:

Arianna II from the Hardware Collection. Priced at P3795

Iocaste from the Hardware Collection. Priced at P2800.

Featherlight from the Hardware Collection. Priced at P500.

One of my absolute favorites: Erinyes from the Hardware Collection. Priced at P3095.

Benedict IV from the Sacre Collection. Priced at P4895. Now that I think about it, the Sacre collection seems more steampunk than the Hardware collection.

Miguel is a very talented designer and thrift shopper (y'all should head over tot his blog after reading this post. His thrift purchases are just as amazing as his designer mainstays. And, isn't he just so adorable???

Here he is wearing the Metal Urchin piece from his line. He's tres adorable right?

Here's everything you need to be able to get a hold of him:

His Tumblr.

His Blog.

His Online Catalog.

And his email for orders and custom pieces: miguelpaolocelestial@gmail.com

Till next time!

Kiss kiss!

Today...

... I had a shoot. I shot the mini collection that I exhibited a few weeks ago. Here is a teaser.

Sapi levels photobombing.

In the meantime, here are behind the scenes pictures of me and my friend Erika.

 Til next time!

Kiss kiss!

Let me tell you about my weekend.

Hey guys! I haven't fallen off the radar completely. I'd like to apologize for being such a horrible human being for not updating everyone on what has been happening with my life (but if some bitches were following me on Twitter, y'all would know what went down).

Ok so let's start this post with Friday. My parents left for Japan a couple of days before, and their trip, which was very well-deserved btw cause the parentals have been working themselves to the bone trying to keep up w  dem billz. Anyway, this meant freedom for me and the 2 buggers that live w me at home. It came at the right time because last weekend was one of the busiest weekends I've had in quite some time.

Anyway, Friday. It was relaxed compared to the following night, but more on that later. So I decided to wear my new Lorico top (a navy blue button down with white stars all over, totes [don't judge] Dolce), and other accouterments. I went to Fiamma for the birthday party of one of my favorite girls, Belle, and the going away party of new friend Anna (whom I now love!)

Belle was recently featured in Megastyle.ph! Check that feature out guys!

The party was pretty cray. Here are some pictures lol, don't judge me!

I GOT DOWN. Lulz.

Getting frisky w the ladies. Anna on the left, Jermy (that's not her name lol) behind me and Mika (NA NAKA-QUOTA!!!) to my right.

Love of my life. Hi Tonio ha ha ha.

So yeah, things got pretty out of hand, and I had my exhibit the next day! LOL.

Saturday, or in Ponti's words, SaturCRAY! was my exhibit day. I collaborated w my friend Cheska for her thesis. The theme of the collection was trash couture which is very cliche but we wanted to make it more couture than trash (even more cliche lol). Here are pictures! Big thanks to Tash Alquiros, Kat Penaranda and Miel Ampil for helping us set up and taking pictures!

This is what I wore; the "Stalin" look accdg to my little brother: a vintage blazer fr my mother (styled into a military jacket, black cropped skinnies, metallic leopard print socks (I don't think it can get any gayer than that), patent brogue ankle boots, the chain necklace (styled into a sash); thanks Anika for taking the pic!

With Cheskalou

My Alexander McQueen x Marchesa dress made out of coffee filters and a used table cloth. lulz

Our wedding dress made out of cheese cloth and a used table cloth

Our bandage dress made out of towelettes and garbage bags 

It was really fun that we could gather our friends to celebrate out accomplishment. I  wish you guys were there to celebrate with us! A look book and an editorial for this mini collection is coming soon, so stay tuned!

That Saturday also, Ralph Perou opened his Perouvian Wasteland at the Ayala Museum in collaboration with Status Magazine. This amazing British photographer has shot the likes of Katy Perry (whom he told to go to the exhibit as she had a concert in Manila the next day, but unforch that bitch was a no show lols), Vivenne Westwood and other really famous people. He did a talk earlier in the morning where he photographed everyone who attended (I will have my day with you mister!). He photographed 50 Cent and this other rapper, and I just couldn't keep the ghetto in me. I had to strike a gangsta pose in my heels. Lols.

With my friend Henriette

I don't have pictures from the exhibit, as you guys know by now, I'm the lousiest blogger on earth.

After this, I had dinner w my friend Megan who was at the exhibit and interviewed me for this online publication she works for! The profile is coming out in a few weeks! Then I had to rush over to Fiamma for my friend Anika's surprised birthday party which was pretty wild! Then after that I had to rush to Robot for the Status x Perou after-party where I met the lovely Mr. Perou. He complimented me on my shoes quite a number of times and suggested w trade! At that point, I would've taken his shoes as my feet were insanely dead.

Ok so this is it what went down:

Ralph: Hi, I'm (IDK which name he used) chenerlou. *stretches out his hand*

Me: *smile* *shakes said hand* (At this point, I'm like ok random white man shaking my hand)

My friend Chinx whispers to me: Dude that's Perou.

My jaw dropped. LOL and then we started talking about our shoes. He is a very funny man. I'd love to just hang with him and grab a few pints, not that I drink beer lol. But he's a very quirky guy! I love him na! After my friends and I rushed to a few more parties arnd the Metro. It was a really crazy night! I'd tell you guys more but I'm getting tired of typing lols. So if you wanna find out more, follow me on Twitter or email me!

Til next time!

Kiss kiss!

Back to school

Hey lovers!

I am back in school. Sucks, I know. This weekend, I will be slaving away with my friend Cheska to build the garments we're showing at our exhibit next Wednesday (pray that I will still be alive by then!). If you're in the area, please go to the Picasso Boutique Residences in Makati on the 11th of January at around 7 in the evening. Hopefully we'll finish on time and have magnificent pieces to show!

We're gonna be producing garments made out of recycled materials. It sounds cliche but it's actually challenging because you have to think of the materials and how fragile they can be and turn them into pieces that are actually viable for use. I'd love to show you the sketches of the pieces we're making but wouldn't that take out the excitement? I'll show you the pictures of the garments themselves with the sketches when we actually finish.

Our exhibit is gonna be a la a Givenchy couture presentation. the pieces will be hanging from a ceiling with good lighting and all that good stuff. I'm really excited. LOL.

I'm in the mood to send thank you notes to all of my readers out there. So if you want to get something in the mail (like actual mail in an envelope and stuff), send me your addresses to jjorbeta@gmail.com.

Kiss kiss!

I'm right in front of my computer but I'm sending this from my Blackberry.

I got this crocodilia quite some time ago. No, it's not the elusive croc PS1. I wish it were though. I've taken this bag for granted. I've forgotten how beautiful it really is. Seeing it in that state reminded me of why I loved the bag in the first place.

I miss you guys!!

Kiss kiss!

Ps.

If any of you can recommend a good cobbler. I want to have the shoes shown redone. Yes, they are a bitch to get into. Borderline murder/suicide. I want to have that stupid platform removed. So please help!

UPDATE: Just checked the blog's stats and my blog has reached Poland, Spain and Malaysia! HOLLER! And Russia, I still love you :*