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TO GO WITH: Lifestyle-Philippines-Superman-offbeat,FOCUS by Cecil Morella In a picture taken October 13, 2011 Filipino fashion designer Herbert Chavez stands dressed like comic book hero Superman among his huge collection of memorabilia at his home in Calamba, south of Manila. During work hours, the bespectacled Chavez wakes up late and designs dresses, but in his free time the 35-year-old dons his self-made cape and shorts-over-tights outfit to live out his life-long obsession. Chavez even went so far as to have plastic surgery to transform himself into the Man of Steel having his nose thinned and a cleft made in his chin. He also had silicone injected for fuller lips, liposuction to flatten out his abdomen, and implants to bulk up his buttocks and hips. AFP PHOTO / JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP via Getty Images)