Zee Lifestyle Cebu, the only glossy magazine outside Metro Manila, dedicates its December issue to style. Style is not just a question of what but also of how, which is why this year’s style issue is packed with not just stories, but also lessons in style.
This year, Zee Lifestyle’s style issue features a how-to manual compiled with the help of seven stylemakers around town. Your style dilemmas are answered — how to look like a million bucks without spending a fortune, how to do ageless dressing, how to get some use out of pieces you thought you’d never wear, and more. This issue’s fashion pages are also high in style as Manila and Cebuano designers reference the legendary Valentino Garavani in their works. Also in the December pages are stories on Rustan’s wiz kid Andy Vazquez-Prada, the creative director for the Rustan’s Home line, and potter Hadrian Mendoza, an artist who found his roots in clay after a chance meeting with Jon Pettyjohn in Manila in 1997. As this is the December issue, you can expect stories about the holidays such as the Tugonon’s Christmas Village feature and an intimate interview with Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal, archbishop of Cebu. This issue’s home feature also has a lot of Christmas spirit. See how a Cebuano couple with two children was able to transform their suburban home into a kid’s Christmas haven.
It is only fitting that Aimil Gonzalez Sarmiento, one of the women responsible for bringing Havaianas to the south, graces the cover. The modern day swan is a true personification of style.
Zee Lifestyle’s December style issue is available at National Book Store, Powerbooks, and Fully Booked branches.