MEGA Magazine - November 2015

In this issue

We are constantly being reminded that fashion is a form of self-expression. With an indescribable ability to shift one’s mood, wearing clothes, putting on accessories or choosing between this shoe or that is more than just a mundane activity—it is a feeling.

This month we live out the many moods we choose to indulge in on a daily basis. From reveling in the recurrence of the more is more (is more) spirit of maximalism, the retro-futurism of the 60s, striking sunset hues, lingerie dressing and lots of fur, we take you on a guilt-free fashion trip like no other. This being our shopping issue we encourage you to get out there and shop to your hearts content with our visual narratives on retail—a re-imagination of the local landscape and an exclusive on the Balmain x H&M collaboration. Friends in fashion and eventually in real life, Kelsey Merritt and Janine Gutierrez live out this month’s fashion excess as they play dress up in a series of trends lensed by BJ Pascual. Opening up about their careers and personal lives, we get to know the fashion It-girls beyond the glossy veneers of magazines and larger-than-life billboards.

With the Holiday season in full swing, we our beauty team explores new ways for you to blush with atypical applications of pigments as well as makes a round up of gift sets for your dearest ones.

Speaking of the season of saturation, we go in-depth and try to figure out if convenient transport apps are the solution to our daily traffic dilemma.

Whatever way you choose to realize your mood for the day, whether it’s dressing in a decadent all-white ensemble or relishing a little darkness through dashes of edgy accents, go ahead and do as you please. Cash in on the bliss and max out on that joy, after all that isn’t that what fashion is all about anyway?