Lyka Made My Day

Quick post!

I was having a calm Friday morning, reading on meta-ethics and moral relativism, when suddenly Lyka Bergen, the La Toya Jackson of San Francisco, chatted me up on YM. Of course, there's the usual binayot achuchu and some beauty pageant and Project Runway talk.

Things took a tragic turn though when he sent me the link of Preview magazine, one of the top fashion magazines in Las Islas Filipinas. The discussion of the day is the red carpet pictures of Preiview's Best-Dressed Ball 2009. So we started exchanging comments on the clothes of the celebrities who made it to the list.

Below is the minutes of the meeting... with minor editing on grammar and typo and to make it more concise and coherent, but the rest is exactly how we reacted the moment we saw the pictures.

All photos are from Stylebible.

Divine Lee wearing a Balmain jacket, a dress by Rajo Laurel, and Lanvin heels.

kawadjan: si divine lee!!!! kainis. balmain!!! i wish divine ang name ko.

Melissa Dizon in a dress of her own design and Alexander McQueen boots.

Lyka Bergen: and Melissa Dizon. Kalokah. Alexander McQueen ang boots ng Melissa Dizon!

kawadjan: OA sya sa sunburn ha. OA sya sa tanning spray. nag-tanning siguro sila sabay ni jez patel.

Bea Soriano wearing Randy Ortiz, an H&M vest, and Gareth Pugh platforms.

kawadjan: si bea soriano in gareth pugh. nag tumbling ako. pero ang laki ng hair ha. di k o bet. as in gusto ko syang sabunotan!!!! kainis sya!!! she needs a proper stylist. best dressed na yan??? haler! *poot mood* besides, you should not wear H&M in a function di ba? Ewwww... di ko kaya.

Lyka Bergen: tawa kami ng tawa ni Mama O

kawadjan: if i wear an h&m vest i would not give the brand name to the magazine. sasabihin ko na lang na vintage. mas romantic pakinggan.

Pam Quiñones in an Ivarluski Aseron gown and Acne booties.

Lyka Bergen: bilisan mo na kay Pam Quinones

kawadjan: pam na now. oh. it's a poor imitation of some balmain gown and the f/w collection of gucci. it's bad. the gown is shapeless.

Lyka Bergen: true

kawadjan: omg, ang cheap ng fabrique! lalo na yung lining! omg, divisoria? colon sa cebu? tutuban? omg.

Lyka Bergen: hahahaha

kawadjan: and acne boots??? gosh, refer to the h&m comment

Lyka Bergen: gagah ka talaga

kawadjan: some celebs in our country can be quite delusional.

Lyka Bergen: oo nga. basta may pangalan lang ang sinusuot... pwede na

kawadjan: korak! di nila alam ang relative importance nito sa fashion industry

Lyka Bergen: at Preview pa to ha

Maricel Soriano in a Lanvin dress and Viktor & Rolf heels.

kawadjan: gusto ko si maricel. classy. but a bit boring.

Anne Curtis in a dress by Eric delos Santos and Christian Louboutin heels.

kawadjan: omg anne curtis. i closed the window na. i died.

Lyka Bergen: hahaha

kawadjan: i puked sa coffee mug ko. gosh. i might take a sick leave.

Preview Best Dressed 2008: Mai Kauffman in an Estien Quijano dress and Zara heels.

kawadjan: OMG... mai kauffman... i died the second time today. everything's just WRONG about her, starting with her make-up!

Lyka Bergen: true girl

kawadjan: zara heels! groundbreaking! as in zara!!! refer again to h&m comment.

Amina Aranaz-Alunan in a dress by Jan Garcia, Aldo heels and an Aranaz bag.

kawadjan: amina!!! omg, omg, is she pregnant? even if she is pregnant there is no excuse for wearing something so bad!!! saan galing ang tela?

Lyka Bergen: very Ms Colombia

kawadjan: i know!!!

Ria Bolivar in a Tina Daniac dress and Nine West wedges.

Lyka Bergen: I lyk Ria's. kasi Model sya. kahit ano... carry nya.

kawadjan: hmmmmm.... di ko bet ning. i'm sorry. ang gulo ng damit nya. and the shoes are sooooo wrong for the dress. too much.

Lyka Bergen: yun nga lang ang shoes

Preview Editor-In-Chief Pauline Juan in Mich Dulce.

kawadjan: ay sino itong si pauline juan? sya ang love ko.

Lyka Bergen: yeah Mich Dulce

kawadjan: she is perfect... well, she could have made the skirt shorter but she is divine as it is. winner! what do you think?

Lyka Bergen: true ka about the skirt

Preview Fashion Editor Liz Uy in Joey Samson and YSL Tribute pumps.

kawadjan: i love liz uy ning. what do you think of that black thing?

Lyka Bergen: safe.

Preview Best Dressed 2005 and Preview Associate Fashion Editor Daryl Chang in an outfit by Cary Santiago and Stella Luna heels.

kawadjan: daryl chang is the new bai ling?!



And these are already the best-dressed in Manille???

Hay, I need to see a psychiatrist now. I'm traumatized.

Lyka, I hate you. Beso, beso. Tse!


Post-script...

After posting this entry, I got comments from both Fuchsiaboy and Mel Beckham that the theme of the party was Barbie (thanks, bitches), hence probably explaining why the colors were a bit too bubblegum for our taste, ditto for the make-up and the hair.

I just feel that I need to mention that so that the readers would have a better understanding of the event in connection with the fashion of the evening.

Besides, that shows how we can easily criticize people without knowing exactly the context, and in this case, truly, that is my weakness.