In fact, I see Filipino online stores selling shearling-lined boots, snow boots, leather boots and suede boots to Filipina fashionistas. I can imagine how toasted I would feel if I wear boots in the Philippine tropical weather. The average yearly weather in the Philippines is 80 degrees F, and it does not dip down below the 60's. Most of the time, it's scorching and searing, not to mention humid. So, I cannot imaging how my fellow Filipinas feel comfortable being shod in footwear intended for subarctic and tundra climates, in the tropical Philippine climate. Also, wearing long-sleeved hoodies are labeled modish by Filipinos. The worst thing is, these hoodies are either made of fleece or velvet. They also do layering because my countrymen believe that putting piles of clothes over another is so chichi.
In my own honest opinion, unless a Filipino is a rockstar or a celebrity, it's perfectly fine to wear boots. But if they are not, I think it's definitely tacky...or worst. WACKY. No matter how much they say if somebody can pull it off in the hot, humid Philippine weather, that's alright. But donning boots in the Philippines is just absolutely off. It's similar to wearing flipflops on slushy snow in the dead of winter.
Well then, all I could say Filipino fashionphiles just want to look good the American way. But even then, if the Filipinos got American fashion all wrong, the good thing is, the American fashion statement is definitely neither drab nor sloppy.
To you, what is the American fashion statement? Would you wear boots in the tropics? What do you think about the American style? Or the Filipino fashion sense?
