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Bag to differ as you strut your stuff in the new normal

Corso Como88 recently opened its first retail store at Ayala the 30th, making distinctive luxury goods from Italy and the rest of Europe accessible to Filipino shoppers. Do you need another luxury bag to add to your collection? Perhaps. You’ll only know with certainty once you come face-to-face with that…

Champion of country’s hand-weaving communities stages annual fair at Glorietta

As the lead organization tasked to promote the art and craft of hand-weaving in the country, HABI: The Philippine Textile Council’s efforts go beyond the much-awaited Likhang HABI Market Fair. Artisanal fairs providing a platform for the country’s traditional crafts as well as the hundreds of nameless artisans behind them…

Lesley Mobo channels traditional Pinoy fiesta in RTW collection for Bench

It’s not a show, the London-based Filipino designer, at the end of his recent presentation that capped off the three-day Bench Fashion Week, insisted, but a celebration. After having gone through all the “negativity” that the pandemic has brought, he thought that staging a purely “fashion” fashion show would have…

Seiko launches new store at Rockwell’s Power Plant Mall

The Japanese watch brand continues to excite and stay relevant among younger generations of Filipinos, as it recently opened its newest boutique featuring its latest Seiko and Grand Seiko models. By Ma. Angelica Demegillo The -ber months are here! And every Filipino knows its significance. With Christmas just around the…

A night of Pinoy fashion and cultural exchanges in New York

Designers Albert Andrada, Amir Sali and Sophia Manimbo top bill “Perla del Mar de Oriente,” one of the first big Filipino-produced fashion shows to be staged abroad during the pandemic. By Alex Y. Vergara Have we started to transition into the so-called “better normal”? It would most likely depend on…

Salvatore Ferragamo goes ‘Intelligent Informal’ for AW 2022

Responding to fashion's global vibe shift towards "casualization," Salvatore Ferragamo deconstructs the codes of what's “casual” and then rebuilds them in a spirit of liberated precision and fluid expression — resulting in an 'intelligent informal' aesthetic that can be seen in its bags, shoes and other accessories for Autumn/Winter 2022.…

The SONA red carpet is so back!

After the COVID-19 pandemic denied some of the country's most visible fashionistas from strutting their stuff two years in a row on the Batasang Pambansa red carpet, they're now back in style, acting as a prelude to the newly elected president's highly anticipated State of the Nation Address. Dressed in…

Newbie designer draws inspiration from Brutalist architecture and quirky Japanese aesthetics

Ellis Co, 21, will debut with a 40-silhouette collection of loose, tailored separates in a fashion show to launch his urban high-fashion label Archives. With help from director Frank Mamaril and creative director Reika Mayani, Ellis is poised to make a splash as one of Manila’s newest designers to keep…

Live the exotic life with these high-end exotic leather bags

For the first time in years, luxury French brand Louis Vuitton opens a limited-time only "Louis Vuitton Exotics" caravan in the heart of BGC. Featuring its finest collection of bags made of exotic leather, mostly croc skin, the caravan, which is open until June 29, requires clients to book an…

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