Novice Magazine

Our Story Around 12 noon in Poblacion’s bustling hive of cosmopolites and city slickers, Allen peeped through the front window, almost furtively, of the closed PURVEYR shop. He travelled from Pasig to Makati, only to end up buying a bottle of water in 7-Eleven. Disappointed, he bore down the bare interiors of the street corners to look for a place to have lunch. While passing the short stretch where he dropped off, he noticed that the lights inside the PURVEYR shop were much more prominent. Then he decided to go back. At the second floor of a small apartment, Allen opened the dark glass door printed with a small ‘PURVEYR POST.’ Inside the compact studio is a mix of an art gallery and a pop-up retail store for local brands. It speaks like a modern art— informal, direct and no-nonsense. The brands are like a young Filipino connoisseur, passionate about culture, art and lifestyle. On the matte black table was a PURVEYR magazine, which now lies somewhere in Allen’s bookshelf. The cover is Xyza Bacani, an international street and documentary photographer and author who grew up in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya. That moment left a lasting impression on him, “Why don’t we start something like this?” Read more: https://novicemagph.com/our-story/