“My name is Sher­win Wong. I am an in­sur­ance sales man­ag­er at Guardian Life, where I’ve been em­ployed for the last 16 years. As a sin­gle par­ent, I share a spe­cial bond with my two sons, Gio­van­ni, 20, and Zachary, sev­en.

Be­ing a sin­gle fa­ther can be over­whelm­ing at times try­ing to find a bal­ance with my pro­fes­sion, and par­ent­hood. I have learned to pri­ori­tise and put my boys first, whether it’s home­work, foot­ball prac­tice, or even cook­ing meals that they will en­joy.

I be­lieve that giv­en the cur­rent so­ci­ety in which we live, I have an added re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to guide my sons and pro­vide them with op­por­tu­ni­ties that I didn’t have grow­ing up. In to­day’s world, with the in­flu­ence of so­cial me­dia and the abun­dance of in­for­ma­tion, it is cru­cial for us as par­ents to stay close to our chil­dren and en­sure we pro­vide them with ac­cu­rate guid­ance. Work­ing with this pur­pose in mind en­sures their hap­pi­ness, and when you’re all to­geth­er, the house fills with joy and laugh­ter.

The Guardian Me­dia Dad Makeover al­lowed me to cre­ate pre­cious mem­o­ries with my old­er son, Gio­van­ni. Through­out the ex­pe­ri­ence, we laughed, played, and shared un­for­get­table mo­ments. Dress­ing up was a lot of fun, and I will al­ways cher­ish this re­mark­able ex­pe­ri­ence. Meet­ing Pe­ter Elias was an ho­n­our, and I would like to ex­tend my con­grat­u­la­tions to him for par­tic­i­pat­ing in such an in­spir­ing event.

Thank you once again for pro­vid­ing such a won­der­ful ex­pe­ri­ence.”

5 things I do for self-care

1. Every week, I go to Mara­cas Beach, where I sit and en­joy my com­pa­ny, re­flect­ing on my thoughts.

2. Every night be­fore bed, I spend at least an hour read­ing a book, re­flect­ing, plan­ning and gath­er­ing my thoughts for the next day.

3. I am an avid cy­clist, I cy­cle 50 miles every Sat­ur­day from D’Abadie to San­gre Grande and back.

4. I have a group of friends, and we have been pals for 20 years; we spend time to­geth­er cook­ing, laugh­ing and talk­ing.

5. I am a vin­tage car en­thu­si­ast. I re­cent­ly bought a 1974 Corol­la and I am restor­ing it with my sons.

Achiev­ing the makeover look

Ac­cord­ing to Pe­ter Elias, busi­ness­man, and fash­ion de­sign­er/styl­ist who did the fash­ion makeover for Wong and his son, sep­a­rate blaz­ers and mix­ing colours and pat­terns are on point for the mod­ern man. He paired clas­sic slim-fit chi­nos and a bur­gundy ta­pered blaz­er. The mixed-print shirt and pock­et square added a touch of flare.

Turtle­necks and pat­terned slim trousers are a main­stay, Elias said. Turtle­necks are now made from light­weight cool cot­ton knits so it’s al­most like a T-shirt. Pair­ing the pat­terned pants and the sol­id turtle­neck looks smart and can be worn for­mal­ly with a con­trast blaz­er, he added.

Fa­ther/son twin­ning–The turtle­necks and sun­glass­es make them look trend­ing and on point. Turtle­necks paired with shorts and state­ment sneak­ers have be­come an­oth­er pop­u­lar trend.

Cred­its:

Groom­ing: Lee Choy

Cloth­ing/makeover:

Pe­ter Elias, West­mall

Co-or­di­na­tion: Adri­an Ray­mond

Pic­tures: Shirley Ba­hadur