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New York-based stylist P.J. Pascual embraces sophistication and simplicity.
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NEW YORK | SHOP | 04.07.2010 | Rachel Jacoby.
Although he is diminutive in stature, you can tell instantly that fashion stylist PJ Pascual is larger than life. Fresh from a Starbucks run, Pascual bounds into his lobby with enough energy to wake a sleeping giant. But when he opens the door to his apartment, my eyes immediately fall on the pink Christian Louboutin pumps ever-so-casually strewn in his living room. And then there are the shoeboxes. Piles and piles of shoeboxes, labeled and Polaroided, filled with PJs personal collection of footwear (sorry, ladies). I notice he displays cuff bracelets as artwork.
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To say that the Filipino native has made his American dream come true is an understatement. After lusting after his mother’s and sisters’ clothing for years, Pascual left business studies - and Manila - to garner another degree, this time from the Fashion Institute of Technology. He interned for Betsey Johnson, Cynthia Rowley and Luca Luca, and later climbed the ranks as an editor at O and Harper’s Bazaar. But when he connected with socialite and reality TV starlet Tinsley Mortimer at the Philosophy S/S ‘10 show in September 2009, his career as a full-blown personal stylist took off.
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