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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.…

Rep. Migs Nograles: Making Filipino athletes’ golden dreams come true

As a lifelong supporter of young athletes and artists, this lawyer and party-list representative for Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) knows the importance of pushing for programs and legislation that can help the youth chase after their dreams — all while bringing pride to the Filipino people in the local…

Portrait of father and son as artists

Seasoned artist Fil Delacruz didn’t lead to produce an accomplished artist-son in Janos Delacruz by telling him to do this or to don’t do that. He did it instead by leading through example and the strength of his convictions, which was first put to the test when his then teacher-mother…

It’s ‘mission accomplished,’ modern, untarnished DND for Lorenzana

Appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Secretary of National Defense in 2016, retired Army General Delfin Lorenzana is credited for building a modernized and highly functional defense setup that will enable the protection of the country’s national interests; and allow it to respond effectively to terrestrial and global security challenges…

Palawan Pawnshop: The Filipinos’ go-to financial transactions service provider since 1985

“I-Palawan mo” is a common term among many Filipinos and it usually means to send money via the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) network across the Philippines. The Palawan Pawnshop- Palawan Express Padala team at your service Since the company was founded in 1985, it has been the go-to…

Bed of ‘Roces’

As one of PeopleAsia's "People of the Year" awardees in 2014, multi-awarded "Queen of Philippine Movies" Susan Roces bared her heart and soul in this exclusive interview with the magazine's late features editor GREGGY VERA CRUZ — who is probably awaiting another exclusive interview with his beloved subject in heaven.…

Hyun Bin & Son Ye-jin: But, isn’t that destiny?

BY JOANNE RAE M. RAMIREZ When fairytales come true, and the characters have leapt from storybooks and movie sets into real life, a hundred million hearts leap as well. Just like Korean actors Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, who gave in real life both the new beginning and the happy…

Pacita Madlambayan: Putting God first in the center of her children’s lives

Widowed at 49 and left with 10 school-age children to raise all by herself, Pacita, now 86 and chair emeritus of Haus Talk Inc., shares with PeopleAsia how she and her children not only survived, but later even thrived through a financial crisis that severely tested and eventually strengthened their…

Aika Robredo on her mom: ‘She’s the quiet strength that has taken us through life’s storms’

BY JOANN RAE M. RAMIREZ Sometimes, children are mirrors of their parents, even as they bloom to be their own persons. Aika Robredo, 34, firstborn of Vice President Leni Robredo and her late husband former local government Secretary Jesse Robredo, is like her mother — articulate and composed. Even the cadences in their…

VP Leni Robredo: The pink light at the end of the tunnel

BY IVY LISA F. MENDOZA Integrity and trustworthiness, competence, track record and purposefulness — Vice President Leni Robredo is all these and more. She carries with her the hope that tough times are but temporary and that Filipinos deserve to see the light at the end of even the darkest…