Fashion
Above Average
By Raymond Abrenica; Photography by Victor Consunji1 CRISP, CLEAN KHAKI
Cool down with warm cinnamon colors and a trusty pair of sneaker reissues. Add contrast and texture with a red woven belt. Then slip into easy-breezy laceless shoes.
Sisley long-sleeved polo shirt P2,995
Polo Raplh Lauren belt P3,650
Levi's shorts P2,499
Converse sneakers P1,930
2 SLIM PANTS
We read your mind: Orange pants are a potential mess. Make them work by pairing with a smart, gray slim polo. Improve your posture (or at least create that illusion) with pants tailored to the right proportions and fall just above the tip of your shoe’s opening. Have your pair altered if necessary.
Polo Raplh Lauren polo shirt P3,950 and pants P4,450
3 THE PIQUÉ POLO
Your perennial uniform for a laidback weekend, enjoy the piqué polo’s infinite variations in color and cut. The visibly loud orange shade can be tempered with white denims.
Lacoste polo P3,450
Polo Ralph Lauren denim pants P6,950
4 STRIPED SWEAT-SHIRTS
Clean-looking stripes in long, lightweight cotton sweats are a comfortable alternative to tees. Choose finely spaced over chunkier lines to make you look leaner. Pair them with solid drawstring pants.
Polo Ralph Lauren sweatshirt P4,450
Topman drawstring shorts P1,595
5 MILITARY WORKWEAR
Drop the obvious fatigues and go for military-green cargos in soft, crumpled material. Your hard work merits weather-proof hardwear. Pair with a modern mainstay in any man’s closet—a blue slim polo.
Lacoste polo shirt P5,850
Polo Ralph Lauren pants P8,250
Jack Purcell Converse sneakers P2,870
6 SHORTS
Feeling more skater park than country club? Layer with a functional multipocketed vest that has enough space for your iPod. Wear tops that fall at waist-level with flatfront shorts and your familiar white sneakers.
Polo Ralph Lauren vest P13,250
Dockers shorts P3,650
Converse sneakers P1,299.50