Entering the fashion industry is a challenge, but staying in it is a different ball game. Beyond talent and taste, one must have mental fortitude, a brave heart, and a lasting drive to cement their place in the industry. But for noted Filipino fashion designer Randy Ortiz, a key element designers...
‘Algodon’ presented the reimagined Filipino wear by designers Pepito Albert, Vic Barba, JC Buendia, Tonichi Nocom, and Randy Ortiz Philippine Tropical Fabrics Month may have ended last January but our love for local textiles continues all throughout the year. On Feb 5, the Pintô Art Museum...
Pintô Art Museum presents ‘Algodon,’ featuring Pepito Albert, Vic Barba, JC Buendia, Tonichi Nocom, and Randy Ortiz LOOM WEAVED FOR MEN Inabel makes its way in menswear through this sharp, trailing vest featuring binakol prints by Barba Cotton—the soft, fluffy, and extremely durable...
This season of balls, parties, gettogethers, openings, and reopenings at what promises to be the tailend of the pandemic is a showcase of everything Filipino-made There’s a problem with revenge spending. It takes too much energy. It gets tiring. At some point, once vengeance is exacted, it’s...
Totally chic and sophisticated Confident and sophisticated, that's what Senator Nancy Binay exuded with black and white ensemble during the opening of the third regular session of the 18th Congress, in the morning of President Rodrigo Duterte's last State of the Nation Address on July 26, 2021....
Based on the news , it looks like face masks are still the "it" items of the time, and for the seasons to come. So, for this holiday season, it is just right to give to your loved ones the gift of protection. And if you're finding it hard to decide where to get beautiful and effective face masks,...
In this honest conversation, Filipino designers count the ways Sketches by Albert Andrada I made a promise that I would stay in my shirts, shorts, and sneakers until a vaccine was found. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I might have underestimated our fighting spirit, thinking we could manage...
Relax! At least that’s a common refrain from the Filipino designers we have consulted to help us figure out the look of holiday 2020, a historic year, one we would remember as “the year that never quite happened.” “Since the holiday season’s celebrations are limited to small intimate...
