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Salvatore Ferragamo teams up with celebrated German filmmaker to produce future-perfect ad campaign

A Future Together, a short film by Wim Wenders, celebrates the brand’s futuristic-inspired Autumn-Winter 2021 collection, while paying homage to its founder’s love affair with Hollywood and films. Salvatore Ferragamo has collaborated with three-time Academy Award-nominated director Wim Wenders to produce the short film A Future Together, the centerpiece of…

A watch for the changing times

If there’s one thing that the pandemic has taught us, it’s that our lives have changed fundamentally. We’ve learned to adapt and focus on what’s important. Some have swapped their offices for WFH stations, learned new hobbies, or found their zen in the great outdoors. Others have challenged themselves to…

Bold & Beautiful: Cartier reinvents famous Tank watch

At a time when watches were round, Louis Cartier made the distinct aesthetic choice of using a rectangular shape for his new design in 1917. In doing so, the Tank, an avant-garde — and now iconic — timepiece was born. The Cartier Tank Must in Monochrome The Tank watch also…

Happy Andrada’s latest bridal collection: Fashioned on earth, but ‘written in the stars’

To mark her 15th year in the business, fashion designer Happy Andrada recently launched her bridal robe and gown collection dubbed “Written in the Stars.” Taking inspiration from the heavens, particularly the star, which is a universal symbol of hope amidst bleak, uncertain times, the designer fashioned a 25-piece collection…

Wellness footwear brand to relaunch and introduce more styles

You can start walking in style while shedding off some unwanted calories again. What has become the rage in casual footwear for women (and later among men) in the late ’90s and early aughts will soon have a new local distributor, introducing more styles to keep up with current trends…

Subdued SONA fashion in the time of COVID

Attendance was down compared to past SONAs, as not a few guests opted to watch the president’s speech, his final address to the Filipino people, on Zoom. Still, a number of ladies dared to brave the threat of a more contagious Delta variant by trooping physically in style to the…

Manila welcomes its first COS store

COS, the global fast fashion brand with Swedish roots, recently opened its first store in the country. And just in time, as travel abroad even to nearby shopping haunts like Hong Kong and Singapore, where COS has already established a presence, remains difficult because of the pandemic. The store is…

Hyun Bin on his dream role, the possibility of a CLOY sequel and sparking hope

In a rare online interview with Filipino journalists, the global star and one of Bench’s most influential celebrity endorsers speaks his mind out on a number of areas, from career to fashion, relaxation to vaccines. By Alex Y. Vergara A good number of his fans may still be experiencing separation…

Converse opens new concept store in Makati

Lace up those Chuck Taylors! This new and exciting concept store is sure to hit every true, blue sneakerhead hard. The new Converse concept store at the Powerplant Mall Inspired by local creative, skateboarding and basketball communities, Converse's newly opened concept store at the Powerplant Mall in Makati also represents…

The best of Philippine fashion at Manila Fashion Festival 2021

Life, as does fashion, always finds a way. Not a few people may have postponed their shopping sprees and visits to their favorite designers these days, as they spend most of their time working from home. But that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped dreaming of one day slipping into that fabulous…