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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2017 Isah V. Red, Editor
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Young Life
Bernadette Lunas, Issue Editor isahred@gmail.com.ph
HOW TO BALANCE PASSION AND PROFESSION
THE COLOR PINK OF THIS GENERATION
Forever21 blouse
By Bernadette Lunas
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AVE you heard of Millennial Pink?
You have probably seen it in advertouch of blush to a peach salmon hytisements or on your Instagram feed or brid. The closest we have for this color on the racks of a clothing store you’ve is the Pale Dogwood, which Pantone been to—you just didn’t know what it describes as “quiet and peaceful pink was called. You probably even own an Fendi Spring '17 RTW and Chanel Spring '17 Couture shade that engenders an aura of innocollections both feature Millennial Pink item, or two, in this particular color. cence and purity.” Millennial Pink is not entirely a new But why is it popular today, especolor. It actually has been around since 1767 in Jean-Honore cially among the younger crowd? A quick search of the term on Fragonard’s The Swing painting. But it only became popular Instagram will yield hundreds of photos, ranging from pink bevin 2014 with Wes Anderson’s movie The Grand Budapest Hotel, erage to pink hair, and many more in between. followed by the release of rose gold iPhone in 2015, and when Well, the color, compared to its brighter and more saturated Pantone named rose quartz the joint color of 2016. counterparts, is flattering (it goes well with neutrals and othToday, the color has been a constant presence on runways er pinks as shown on the cover jacket of Stephanie Danler’s (Chanel’s Spring/Summer collection, for instance), on the racks Sweetbitter and in Fendi’s S/S17 collection) and pleasing to the of apparel labels (Zara and Forever 21), eye—it has a calming effect, according to some. It has a soand on walls of hip cafes. Even in the phisticated appeal that gives it a staying power. footwear and furniture front, it is beAlso, Millennial Pink veers away from the girly-girl coming a popular color of choice. nature to which the color pink has long been It is the kind of pink that is soft, deassigned—when, in fact, pink was previsaturated, and almost devoid of blue ously a color more suitable to boys, acundertones. It’s the non-pink pink, or cording to a 1918 article in Earnshaw’s as New York Times’s The Cut puts it, “Pink Infants’ Department. Keds x Rifle without the sugary prettiness.” Toned Paper shoe collaboration Millennial Pink is androgynous, gendown version of Barbie pink and bubble der-neutral; it’s as if bringing us back to gum, so to speak. the time when colors didn’t dictate the gender to which it is Millennial Pink is more of a generic term of a color than an appropriate. Blue for boys, girls for pink—or vice versa—wasn’t actual color. According to The Cut, it ranges from beige with a a thing back then. The color supports the belief of majority of millennials that gender is a spectrum and isn’t limited to male and female Rihanna can wear pink from head to toe just as much as Zayn Malik can dye the tips of his hair in the same color. It’s the pink for everyone: for the openminded and for the noncommittal—those who like pink but not the pink pink. If you Scan this icon to think about it, aren’t those the defining view the PDF characteristics of this generation?
Pink furniture pieces are becoming popular in space design (@tapi_carpets)
The facade of the Grand Budapest Hotel is bathed in pink
HAPPY FEET
YOUR NEW FAVORITE RUNNING SHOES THIS new pair of shoes claims that it could make everyone want to run—forever. Global performance running footwear and apparel brand Saucony introduces a shoe that “outperforms all running shoes,” dubbed the Freedom ISO. Having been recently selected as a “Gear of the Year” honoree in Outside magazine’s 2017 Summer Buyer’s Guide, Freedom ISO is Saucony’s most technologically advanced shoe ever created yet. The secret: cutting-edge technology that allows wearers to truly feel liberated while they run on any track or trail. Freedom ISO has a full-length EVERUN midsole—a first of its kind—made of expanded TPU beads instead of traditional solid Turn to E2
The Freedom ISO is Saucony's most technologically advanced shoe ever created yet
YOU don’t. That’s according to human rights lawyer and UAAP commissioner Rene “Rebo” Saguisag Jr. With this generation’s obsession with balancing everything in one hand all at the same time, Saguisag avers that to excel in two or more things, undivided attention must be given to each. Law practice and basketball are two different worlds, for instance; they are both time-consuming and emotionally draining, thus managing them would require his whole attention—something that multi-taskers are reluctant to do. “I don’t see it as an obstacle but a challenge and opportunity to better myself so I never even considered choosing one over the other,” shares Saguisag. “In fact, if handled properly, they can even complement each other.” The lawyer-cum-UAAP commissioner says he learned this discipline while playing basketball when he was young and eventually while coaching young athletes at BEST (Basketball Efficiency & Scientific Training) Center, the pioneer of basketball clinics in the country.
Atty. Rene 'Rebo' Saguisag says the basketball court taught him a lot
He notes how the organization instilled in him discipline and a great sense of responsibility. The strict guidelines and high standards imposed and maintained in the clinics, and the proper behavior required in the court along with the values taught in team sports, have molded him to become who he is today. “All I really needed to learn, I learned inside the basketball court,” says Saguisag. Saguisag encourages everyone not to limit themselves to their own comfort zones, but instead be open to opportunities, accept challenges and turn these into achievements. It also helps that you have people who support you. “I married the perfect wife who fills my shortcomings,” he beams.