In an interview with StarStudio magazine, Chiu, a simple provincial lass coming to terms with her newfound fame, first took her cue from her fellow stars in ABS-CBN’s musical variety show “ASAP.”
“Nakikita ko ang dami-daming artistang girls, kasama ko sa dressing room,” she told the magazine. “So parang ako, ‘Ang ganda ng mga suot nila.’ Na-imbibe ko na rin sa self ko na ‘Ay, kailangan kong mag-outfit. Kailangan kong magdamit ng maayos.’”
Chiu admitted that there was a time when she secretly stowed her simple bag after seeing the designer goods of her fellow performers on “ASAP.”
“Nahihiya ako kasi ‘yung mga kasama kong artista may Chanel, mga LV (Louis Vuitton), mga kung anu-anong signature bags. Sabi ng Ate Lakam ko, ‘Tago mo ‘yan, nakakahiya.’ Ako naman, ‘Okay, tago,’” she shared.
As she slowly rose to “primetime princess” status, Chiu eventually started her own collection of pricey items, from Kelly bags that would cost at least half a million pesos, to Rolex watches.
“I like big watches, ‘yung parang pang-lalaki,” she said. “Maliit ‘yung wrist ko, ‘pag maliit ‘yung watch, mas mahahalata ‘yung kapayatan ko. So big watch na lang para matabunan ‘yung kapayatan ng wrist ko,” she explained.
Chiu also has a walk-in closet on the third floor of her house, which she calls a “boutique.” It has branded shoes of different colors and designs, her favorite scents and dozens of aviator shades.
Kim’s stylists
By the time she started the soap “Kung Ako’y Magkakalayo,” the actress tapped sister stylists Kimi and Boob Yap.
“’Pag kailangan ko ng damit, ‘Uy kailangan ko ng ganito. Ito ‘yung mangyayari sa event na ito,’” she said. “’They get clothes na bagay sa event na pupuntahan ko.”
The Yap sisters met Chiu in 2009 as designers and assistants for stylist Sidney Yap in a shoot for StarStudio. They have a clothing line called Influence.
“For Kim kasi, we really take into consideration her personality,” Boop told StarStudio. “She doesn’t like to wear dark colors because they make her look skinnier. Automatic, eliminated na ‘yan from the options.”
Asked what clothes look good on Chiu, the stylist said: “Sweetheart necklines, drapings, one-shoulder and Venus-cut silhouettes, and asymmetrical hemlines.”
Xian’s favorite look
Actor Xian Lim, Chiu’s on-screen partner, said his leading lady has simple but charming fashion choices.
When asked by StarStudio about his favorite look of the actress, Lim said: “When she wears a dress with a belt, tapos naka-wedge… or when she’s wearing her high-waist shorts with Tory Burch flats.”
“She looks good in anything – branded man ‘yan o galing kung saan, it will look expensive,” he added.
Chiu, who is set to star in the upcoming drama series "Ina, Kapatid, Anak," reveals more beauty secrets and shares her fashion do's and dont's in the September 2012 issue of StarStudio.
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