That’s part of the backlash against him in the Philippines. Wealthy, society Filipinos can’t STAND how far he’s gone in the fashion world. In the Philippines its called “crab mentality.” I personally know most of the people quoted in the article, and they’re all fatuous grifters in their own way – that awful Brian Gorrell is the worst of the lot. Much a macabre Byzantine circus, that’s an aspect of Manila I don’t miss. |
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