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9 stylish (and actually useful!) gifts for the fashion girlies in your life

Fashion is often misconstrued as frivolous, but trust(!) that every choice fashion girlies (genderless) make is for a purpose—how important or for whose benefit? Who cares? To serve, to deliver, to make an impact, that is the girlie goal. 

Deep down though, fashion girlies still need functionality in their lives. But please, please just don’t let it be unironically unpretty stuff. We still care about the looks—as we all do, please!

For the fashion girlie who’s also a neat freak

Photo from Wareco

Wareco rattan hanging implements
Available at Guava Sketches, Greenbelt 5

[READ: Wareco’s Therese Regalado goes beyond the limits of light and lightness]

For the fashion girlie who actually reads the fashion books they buy

Photo from Everything’s Fine

“Strange Intimacies” by Zea Asis
Available at Everything’s Fine Books and Gallery, Salcedo Village, Makati

[READ: If people don’t read anymore, then why does this Makati bookshop exist?]
Photo from A Magazine curated by

A Magazine curated by Peter Do
Available for pre-order at Spruce Gallery, Ortigas, Pasig

[READ: Magazine shop Spruce Gallery is all about rekindling Manila’s love for print]

For the fashion girlie who likes one-of things

Photo from Glorious Dias

Glorious Dias reworked barong
Available at their store at Escolta St., Binondo, Manila

[READ: Buy real vintage clothes per kilo in Escolta—just say these magic words]

For the fashion girlie who is also a shady b* (hates sun exposure)

Photo from Fortune WWD

Fortune WWD reversible patch-panel tulip head pouch
Available at their store at Legazpi Village, Makati

For the fashion girlie who can’t have enough bags

Photo from Minsan

Minsan Mini Pisil and Pikit
Available online on their Instagram page @minsanobjects 

[READ: Minsan’s Dano Tingcungco reveals the surprising intimacy in bags]
Photo from Vestido

Martin Bautista x Vestido Holiday Party Bag
Available at vestidomanila.com

For the fashion girlie who also cares a lot about nature

Photo from Ph Taxonomic Initiative

Plantvision x Philippine Taxonomic Initiative T-shirts
Available online on their Instagram page @plantvision.world

For the fashion girlie who believes in “inner” beauty

Photo from Teen Idle

Teen idle panties
Available online on their Instagram page @shopteenidle

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