“I’m really proud of this outfit,” she says of the mannish ensemble she’s wearing on this page.
“Kasi eleven years na itong suit na ito—noong nag-uso ’yong boy look? I had it, and it’s back. And it’s hard to find a good suit. ’Yong talagang maganda ang cut, maganda ang fall. So there! What I’m wearing inside is a Gucci. Ten years old na din ito.”
Gretchen has her friend Patrick Rosas to thank for constantly reminding her not to part with her branded items.
“I used to give them away,” she admits. “But I don’t anymore. Because Patrick tells me that, you know, they come back. And true enough, a lot of the outfits come back—a lot of the Prada and Gucci pieces. I have a Prada outfit as old as twelve years old, eight years old. I brought some of them [to the YES! shoot], and I wanna wear them to show people that, hey, ’yong mga kasya noong araw, kasya pa rin ngayon. Yeheey! That’s an achievement!
“You know, they say kasi, pag mahal, sayang, ganyan. Hindi sayang, kasi it’s something you can pass on. Like Dominique, she always tells me, ‘Mom, don’t you dare give them away, because I’m gonna wear them when they come back.’”
Suit: blazer & pants by Maska
Inside: cotton long-sleeve shirt by Gucci
Shoes: metallic copper pointy shoes by Gucci
(YES! January 2007 issue)