Mind you that the cartoon prints are from Larry Alcala, a renowned Filipino Cartoonist. At first, it might seem bizarre to see comic sketches on shirts, shorts, vests and even long-sleeves but if you come to think of it – isn’t it cool to wear one of these? After all, fashion is just a freedom of expression. The prints actually make you feel and look younger too.

Now, here are more fresh photos of Solo’s men’s cartoonist collection. Click on the images to zoom.

I somehow believe that these cartoon prints might be the next “in” thing to hit Philippine men’s clothing. In line with this hot collection, Solo even informed me that they are currently conducting an online model search. So if you have that model in you, you can easily join the contest by logging on to their online model search website here to find out the details.


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I think yuppies and students should wear this at the office or in school. You can wear it with or without a dress shirt inside. It will keep you warm and sharp-looking during this rainy season.


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This is one of my favorite pairs from Mint and you can tell by the design, the blending of colors plus the suspender-like straps that you won’t be ending your day without receiving compliments. The straps are not really suspenders. They are there for you to drop it on the sides of your waist and to show it off.

Front View

Rear View

Just a word of precaution though. Be careful with those straps. I once found myself stuck on the front door of our house when the straps got entangled with the door knob.


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It’s called Retrosexual. And it is the top 1 user-submitted word on Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. So how does the famous dictionary define it? Read on.

RETROSEXUAL

Definition: a man who adopts a traditional masculine style in dress and manners

Example:

“Think of him as the anti-metrosexual, the opposite of that guy who emerged in the 1990s in all his pedicured, moussed-up, skinny-jeans glory. That man-boy was searching for his inner girl, it was argued. The retrosexual, however, wants to put the man back into manhood.” — Lini S. Kadaba, Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr. 7, 2010

Submitted by: West4th, NY

Editor’s Note:

Retrosexual is a word that has been used in two very different ways.

It sometimes describes an old-fashioned “manly man” – e.g. a beer and football-loving guy who cares little for his appearance.

But it has also been used, as in the example above, to describe someone who self-consciously adopts traditional masculine styles – e.g. old-fashioned manners and clothes typical of the early 1960s (think Mad Men).

Well it seems to me that maybe this is a men’s fashion revolution – and I guess men’s style and fashion of the past are coming back. Remember the Freemasons and Illustrados of the 1800′s?  The way they dress with that formal suit look, decent tie, walking staff and a smoking pipe?

How about the cowboys in Marlboro’s past advertisements?

I think that society is bringing back that classic and gentleman look in men’s style and clothing and perhaps that is the very reason why we are seeing Fedora hats recently.

Maybe retrosexual is just another fashion trend to some, but I guess the question is: Is there really a genuine retrosexual man who honestly doesn’t give a damn about looks, about hairstyle, about clothes and all that stuff?


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*Image credits: Merriam-Webster, Skintight, Freddie

Their clothes are definitely for modern guys who love that “porma” look. Most of their styles are really extraordinary and unique. You will find it hard to find similar styles in other shops.

I didn’t have any intentions to buy clothes at that time because as I mentioned, I was there to buy a book and not clothes. But still, I ended up buying a short sleeve stylish dress shirt below which was on sale. It originally costs 1,699 Pesos but they sold it to me for only 999 Pesos.

It looks better in actual and when wearing it than the pictures above – I’m just not so good in photography. Pairing it with khakis or beige slacks is perfection! It also goes well with jeans.

And speaking of Philosophy, they only have two branches. One, as I mentioned, is at Bonifacio High Street (The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig) and the other is at SM Mall of Asia (Pasay City).

Now here’s the catch. Before my friend and I left, I looked around to see if I could buy anything else. To my surprise, I saw shirts which appear to be “for women”.

I asked them: “Isn’t this a men’s shop? Why are you selling shirts which look like uhm…”

My friend interrupted: “A blouse?”

The sales clerk answered: “Yeah it is a men’s shop.”

Me: “Then why do you have men’s clothes in that section where I bought my polo shirt and women’s clothes over here at the back of your store?”

Sales clerk: “The clothes here at the back are not for women. They are also for men. These shirts which look so flamboyant are for the metrosexuals and gays.”

Me: “So you sell clothes for straight men, metrosexuals and uhm, gays?”

Sales clerk: “Yeah, that’s our niche.”

Me: “WTF!”

My friend laughed out loud. And so did I.

Then I walked out of the shop with my new shirt feeling half the man I used to be.

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And if you happen to be a guy who wants to “show off”, allure and eventually seduce your girlfriend or wife, you probably now have an idea where to go. Check out HOM’s store and you’ll find plenty of choices to make the ladies drool over you. Haha! Their products are not cheap though. I’ve seen a tank top (a.k.a “sando”) costing as much as 1,400 bucks!


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Why I like it?
Good for smart casual and office attire. Perfect combination with brown slacks or khakis. Best of all, it looks as if you are wearing a vest! Many of my officemates have mistakenly thought that I was wearing a vest on top of my short sleeve polo. I wasn’t. If you would notice, it is just the style that produces that illusion.

Oxygen round neck

Why I like it?
As you know, I have this ash colored jeans here and I don’t wear it that often because it’s difficult to find a shirt that will match the gray color. Good thing I found this shirt as it matches perfectly with that jeans.

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It looks like there is an Election Fashion awareness going on in the country and Blue Soda is one of the firsts to showcase what they have. I’d like you to see the shirts below and let me know what you think. Click on the images to zoom.

Shirt 1: Front

Shirt 1: Back

Shirt 2: Front

Shirt 3: Front

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“Hi Chris! I just want to commend you for a nice blog you have and I need some help in choosing fashionable clothes for fat/chubby guy like me. I am wondering where can I buy fashionable clothes for myself. Because when I go to F&H, People are People, Refill, etc.. there are no clothes that fits me. Can you help me? Thanks in advance.”

-ASH

Thanks Ash for your email and for the compliment. As you wish, here is my response to you. I have provided here some tips to help you and the other big guys in choosing comfortable and stylish clothes.

1. Don’t buy too loose or too fit.

When chubby guys buy clothes, they have a tendency to buy either clothes which are too fit or too loose to prove that they are not too big. However, I think this is a wrong move in choosing clothes.

If you happen to be a chubby guy, go for clothes which are one size bigger than your actual size BUT choose a slim fit version.

Confused?

Let’s say you go shopping for a shirt. You know that you are a size XL. So what you need to do is to find nice clothes on size XXL which are SLIM FIT. Once again read: SLIM FIT! So what will happen is that you will end up buying clothes which are just about right for your size and since it is slim fit, it will make you look slimmer.


2. Vertical Patterns

If you have attended Psychology 101 you should remember a topic their called visual illusions. During my freshman year in college, I clearly remember my Psych professor teaching us how to wear good clothes which will make short guys appear taller, fat guys appear slimmer, skinny guys appear bigger and so on and so forth.

I will not go over all of them. But what I remember is that, if you are a chubby guy, you should avoid horizontal prints on clothes because it only will make you look bigger and yes, fatter. Instead, what you should do is to wear vertical prints because the length of the prints will produce an illusion that you are taller and slimmer than you actually are. Choose a variety of vertical prints and not just plain stripes. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to find your wardrobe full of vertically-striped clothes would you?


3. Buy from shops like…

…Jag, Lee, Penshoppe, Bench, Human, RRJ, Tribal etc. They have tons of stylish and inexpensive clothes available up to XL (and in some cases even XXL). I also recommend that you go shopping for clothes in department stores rather than stand-alone shops for variety and for size availability. And if you can find American and foreign brands like TopMan, Van Heusen, Izod and Von Dutch – it would be much better because American sizes are naturally bigger.

You mentioned in your email some brands that you like. However, People are People, Folded & Hung, Refill, Mint, Oxygen and other similar brands rarely have BIG sizes. Yes, their clothes are very modern and chic but their target market is for slim guys. So I suggest you go for the previous ones I have mentioned.


4. Try MaxWear at SM Department Store

If you have some time, try to drop by SM Department Store one of these days. They have a section there called MaxWear and they have a wide variety of inexpensive clothes for big men.  Check out a few photos below:

They have plenty of clothes for both casual and formal wear and most of the designs are the latest ones which you will also see from the other brands.


Anyway, I hope you and the other guys will find this post useful and helpful in a way. If the other readers have some tips also, please don’t hesitate to post a comment below.

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Marky wearing blue checkered polo from Penshoppe, white tailor-fitted jeans, brown sneakers from Rusty Lopez, stainless and black rubber bracelet, and Guess watch.

Marky wearing white polo from Blue Soda, checkered slim tie from Folded and Hung, red jacket and gray jeans from Jag.




Style Tip from Marky:

“I don’t necessarily go for branded and expensive clothes or accessories. Depende naman pag ok ang dating sa akin, mix and match lang and there you go. Mostly I’d go for polo and polo shirts tapos sa jeans semi or medium fit. Minsan kapag medyo malaki yung nabili ko (kasi I grab it na kahit XL ang size kapag SALE), I’d have it re-fitted by a nearby tailor which costs me 50-100 Pesos per piece so malaking tipid na rin!”

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