Happy Birthday, Humberto! Love, Mom

This year, to celebrate Humberto's birthday on Saturday, we enlisted help from the one person who has known him since birth: his mother Wendy. She sent along these hush-hush pictures, along with this sweet message: "Happy birthday, Humberto! We all love you so much and are so proud of you." 

Scroll down to see candid snaps of the man of the hour—and sartorial moments in the making. 


"Here, Humberto's three months old. Mazzy [his daughter] takes after him." — Wendy Leon

"In this one, he's four. He's lounging on the couch, calling me at work to complain that his sisters [Rica and Josa] are giving him a hard time!" 

"He's about six here; we were in Lake Tahoe for a family vacation. We used to go up there all the time, especially when the kids were young." 

"This was taken in Hong Kong, picking up our family in China. He's only eight here, but he was already showing us what true fashion looks like (especially to our family in China who needed the education!)."

"Humberto would always pose with his hands in his pockets!"

"Humberto loves fashion, but he also loves cooking, family, kids, and friends. He's never given me a hard time. His two daughters are so lucky to have him and Patrick as parents." 

"In college, he had a Superman project at school. He was always so interested in superheros, probably because he wanted to be Superman, too. And to the family, he is." 

"Here's the family in LA, for my goddaughter's wedding. Humberto loves a good party!"

"He was in the middle of doing art, here, with a pencil in his mouth. He was actually making a card for MY birthday."