Top 5 Fashion Accessories Every Filipino Man Should Own
One of the most common shortcoming of us Filipino men is accessorizing. There's a slew of questionable choices we do. Either we choose the wrong accessories, we wear to little or too much, or we ditch accessorizing entirely for the sake of convenience (or laziness; yup, guilty!). We would like to think that we have changed our ways and we would like to share to you 5 accessories that are essential to every Filipino man's fashion arsenal.
1. Wallet
Let's start with something that I'm pretty sure everyone has which is a wallet. The problem with the wallets we use today is either we keep them for way too long and they are already worn out or we use these funky wallets with cartoon characters. We highly suggest a classic black bi-fold leather wallet that would go with anything and change it every 5 years to keep it fresh looking.
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2. Sunglasses
Sunglasses in a tropical country just makes sense right? It protects our eyes from the scorching Philippine sun especially during summer and at the same time it makes us look good. It accentuates and hides certain features of our face depending on the shape of the sunglasses. The tricky part is finding the right one so we would suggest trying them on in-store to find the right one that would suit your face shape.
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3. Jewelries
Compared to the girls, we tend to wear less jewelries or tend to skip it entirely. We personally prefer to just wear one piece of jewelry like a ring or a bracelet and pair it with a watch (more on that later). Ultimately it will be up to you whether you can mix and match several pieces of jewelries but as a general rule, we would suggest to stick to one color. If you'll wear a silver ring, make sure your necklace is also silver.
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4. Watch
In the era of smartphones, watches became obsolete. Aside from telling time which smartphones already do, watches are great fashion pieces that elevate every outfit. You just have to pick and choose the right watch for your outfit be it casual, formal sporty etc. there's a watch out there for that. And also you don't have to buy luxury watches, there are cheaper alternatives out there that would give you the same look. Just wear a watch. trust me, you'll look better.
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5. Belt
This one is an important piece of your outfit because not only does it hold your trousers up, belts also complement your get up. It can serve as a way to break the top half of your outfit from the bottom visually, it can accentuate your the outfit your wearing by wearing a color that would make the rest of your outfit pop, or you can just make it the focal point of your outfit. You can achieve all these through The Modern Tannery belts which has various straps and buckles that would fit all those uses. - option a
This one is an important piece of your outfit because not only does it hold your trousers up, belts also complement your get up. It can serve as a way to break the top half of your outfit from the bottom visually, it can accentuate your the outfit your wearing by wearing a color that would make the rest of your outfit pop, or you can just make it the focal point of your outfit. You can achieve all these through The Modern Tannery belts which has various straps and buckles that would fit all those uses. On top of all that, you can cut it for the perfect fit. Working in tandem with that is the ratchet system that fine tunes the fit of the belt down to the millisecond for easy adjustment.
