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Elle Fanning is Cartier’s new global ambassador

Aside from being the French luxury Maison's latest global ambassador, the actress will also be the new face of Cartier's Grain de Café collection. Elle Fanning wears Cartier's Grain de Café To mark the beginning of her partnership with the Cartier, Fanning wore the Grain de Café collection at the…

Peninsula Manila stages much-awaited annual wedding fair

One of the country’s premier bridal events unfolds today and tomorrow, culminating in a bridal fashion show tonight. Plenty of giveaways are up for grabs for inquiring couples, including a chance to win a three-day/ two-night stay for two with breakfast at The Peninsula Hong Kong, The Peninsula Tokyo and…

Ayala Malls trains spotlight on Filipino designers’ modern takes on the terno

One of the country’s leading malls, in partnership with homegrown global retail brand Bench, launches the return of the annual BRAVO! Filipino by focusing on this year’s featured ternos at Ternocon III. Dubbed as “Ternocon III: Ang Balintawak Ngayon,” the ongoing exhibit puts emphasis on modern-day versions of the balintawak…

Sun-drenched allure

Italian luxury fashion brand Max Mara recently showcased its Blue Horizon Spring-Summer 2023 collection at its flagship store in Greenbelt 3, Makati. At the Max Mara flagship store in Greenbelt, Makati, guests were recently transported to the French-Italian Riviera as Max Mara showcased its Blue Horizon Spring-Summer 2023 collection. This…

The night Michael Leyva just wants to have fun

For the final evening of the recently concluded three-day Bench Fashion Week, Michael Leyva capped off the designer series with looks that were fun, fearless and unapologetic yet still managed to look chic. And for dessert, Bench again unleashed a bevy of young hardbodies in stylized swimwear for its new…

A smorgasbord show of contrasting elements

No one got cancelled out on the second day of the current three-day Bench Fashion Week, as designers Rhett Eala, Bon Hansen Reyes, Christian Dalogaog and retail brand Urban Revivo showed the audience different flavors, inspirations and reasons to dress up. By Alex Y. Vergara It was a show of…

Jaggy Glarino gets personal in latest collection for Bench Fashion Week

Day One of the biannual fashion week’s latest edition featured three designers, including a young master technician who loves to shock and awe audiences with his out-of-the-box vision. This time though, afraid of appearing “faux and inauthentic,” he purposely reined himself in as he drew from the personal. By Alex…

Inabel—“from farm to fabric to fashion”

Dubbed as “Algodon,” the Spanish word for cotton, the event, one of the first big post-pandemic fashion shows to be staged in Manila, highlighted the use of various inabel fabrics from the Ilocos region on the collections of Vic Barba, JC Buendia, Tonichi Nocom and Randy Ortiz. Text and photos…

Cha Eun-woo is US shoe brand’s newest brand ambassador

By signing up the Korean pop sensation as its latest celebrity endorser across several key Asian markets, Skechers reaffirms its belief in and commitment to the region’s growth opportunities. K-pop sensation Cha Eun-woo signed up as Skechers’ newest regional brand ambassador. The partnership covers the brand’s seven key Asia-Pacific markets:…

Yssa Inumerable wins grand prize as TernoCon returns this year

Now on its third edition, Bench’s TernoCon not only provides budding designers with a venue to showcase their skills and talents. It also honors and promotes the country’s national dress by making it more accessible and wearable to today’s generation of Filipino women. Text and photos Alex Y. Vergara Yssa…