Big YEAR-END SALE now at Freeway, Ensembles & Solo

The Philippine Fashion brand Freeway, Ensembles and Solo's YEAR-END SALE is back up to 50% discount starting December 17, 2012. Freeway http://www.FreewayOnline.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/FreewayOnline http://www.twitter.com/FreewayOnline Ensembles http://www.ensembles.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/EnsemblesOnline http://www.twitter.com/EnsemblesOnline Solo http://www.solo.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/MySoloOnline http://www.twitter.com/MySoloOnline Disclaimer: if you are reading this article on one of this site, designandfashion.info , you are reading stolen content. To view this article from its original...

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Jojie Lloren Showcased His Smart Holiday Runway Project

Jojie Lloren’s couture instincts and precise craftsmanship have always defined his runway collections. His generosity in sharing his craft with upcoming designers on Project Runway Philippines is an inspiration in the Philippine Fashion scene.  Rustan’s, the Philippines’ foremost retail showcase, has found the perfect home for Lloren’s twin ready-to-wear collections. Jill and Luna, two diverse yet complementary ladies’ wear brands, display Lloren’s design aesthetic and attention to construction details and techniques. The Jill woman rules the boardroom and the home with calm and confident style. She values tradition but invites change...

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Philippine Fashion Designer Makes Waves in US Fashion Scene

Former Manila top model and beauty queen Joyce Penas Pilarsky (below), 58, proves that, as she said, “you are never too old to start something new” by successfully presenting her new Philippine Fashion collection at the Brooklyn Fashion Weekend at Industry City in New York recently.  A 2000 Mrs. Philippines-Germany and the reigning Mrs. Universe-Germany, Joyce also dabbles in painting, sculpture, photography, writing, singing and fashion jewelry-designing. Disclaimer: if you are reading this article on one of this site, designandfashion.info , you are reading stolen content. To view this article from its original source visit swede...

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Freeway National Artist Collectors Series Featuring Carlos Francisco

Philippine Fashion meets Art again because this year’s holiday collection celebrates Philippine’s greatest muralist of all time, Carlos “Botong” V. Francisco , who comes from  the artist town of  Angono, Rizal.  Freeway’s Holiday 2012 Collection of National Artist Collectors’ Series pays tribute to his life and amazing murals. This most anticipated collaboration collection also marks the 100th Grand Anniversary of Botong’s life who was born in 1912. Botong was the second Filipino to receive the title of National Artist in Painting, after Fernando C. Amorsolo.  He was one of the first Filipino modernists who revolutionized...

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Filipina Supermodel Charlene Almarvez in Glamour US

With guest editor Victoria Beckham, Glamour US brings us Britain’s hot new boy band The Wanted in Fashion’s Most Wanted, together with none other than Philippine Fashion pride and Ford Models Supermodel of the World first runner-up 2009 Charlene Almarvez. The mod-inspired shoot, photographed by Frederike Helwig, was styled by Maggie Mann featuring retro pieces from Marc Jacobs, Prada, Miu Miu, AllSaints, Banana Republic and Roger Vivier. “We shot on the rooftop of a building in Manhattan, where the billboards were. Shooting with The Wanted was really fun, we danced around with the tambourine and it was a memorable moment. One of their...

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Freeway Ensembles Solo PRE-HOLIDAY SALE up to 70% off

Do it early, do it smart and enjoy your Christmas with trendy Philippine Fashion! Shop early with the PRE-HOLIDAY SALE of your fave brands Freeway, Ensembles and Solo. Be it for yourself or for your loved one, you'll definitely find something great as markdowns are up to 70%OFF! Sale starts last September 27 2012.  Freeway http://www.FreewayOnline.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/FreewayOnline http://www.twitter.com/FreewayOnline Ensembles http://www.ensembles.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/EnsemblesOnline http://www.twitter.com/EnsemblesOnline Solo http://www.solo.com.ph http://www.facebook.com/MySoloOnline http://www.twitter.com/MySoloOnline Disclaimer:...

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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago teams up with Team Manila

This is one Philippine Fashion team-up that we thought would never happen. One of the country's most interesting and outspoken (not to mention controversial) elected officials is securing her place in Pinoy pop culture by teaming up with local clothing brand Team Manila.  Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago—who's known for her acerbic one-liners, as well as crafting tongue-in-cheek pick-up lines that she uses as icebreakers—will soon be "immortalized" through T-shirts. We first got wind of this collaboration when we saw Team Manila's August 23 post on the senator's Facebook page. The Team Manila post was accompanied by a photo that...

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SOLO Pinoy Cartoonist Memorabilla feat. Tonton Young’s Pupung

National Heroes Day is fast coming, and as a Filipino how do you show your Nationalism. Well nothing to worry because SOLO never failed to give us nostalgic attack with its Pinoy Cartoonist Memorabilia Series. Yearly, Solo pays tribute to Pinoy Pop Culture with homegrown Pinoy iconic cartoonists. Solo brought us back to the heyday of Filipino comics when komiks magasins used to be a big form of entertainment of most Pinoys. The creative collection spearheaded with the playful and witty characters of Larry Alcala’s Slice of Life in 2010, followed by no less than the greatest work of the Father of Filipino Cartoons, Tony Velasquez’s Kenkoy...

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The Lookbook Fashion Event at SM City Fairview

Each year, SM City Fairview holds a fashion show that aims to promote mall’s fashion retail stores and to brand SM City Fairview as a fashion haven of the North East Metro in the long term. For this year, SM City Fairview will be taking it a notch higher by staging again a major fashion show to be dubbed as “Lookbook” on August 24, 2012, 6pm at the Annex Atrium, SM City Fairview. This will be a good news for every Philippine Fashion enthusiast out there.The “Lookbook” Fashion Event will revolve around fashion trends of the season in diverse styles, statements and inspirations. The over-all concept is hinged towards digital and new media such...

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Sapato Manila - Fashionable Shoes for Filipino Women

Friends since their freshman year in high school, Jen Calma-Sarmiento, Tess Santos, Nikki Yuson-De Guzman and Joyce Crisologo-Mendoza decided to put up Sapato Manila in May 2005. Jen, a dentist by profession and designer at heart, was then starting a bag business and asked her friends if they wanted to go into the shoe business with her. Although coming from various fields like Property Management, Banking and Merchandising, Theresa, Nikki and Joyce immediately jumped in and the four have never looked back.They aim to provide comfortable and fashionable shoes for all women. Their goal is to come up with a variety of sandals, heels, wedge and...

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Zinnia Towers – Green Condominium for Your Fashionable Lifestyle

Choosing a condominium can be compared in choosing a clothes to wear or accessories to flaunt. Just like clothing and accessories new condominiums are sprouting not only in Metro Manila. Also the latest design in clothings are more greener and earth friendly, and it is good to know that there are those which are still concerned with our environment by being 'green' like Zinnia Towers.After having recently awarded by DENR for Sustained Good Performance in the Implementation of Republic Act 9003 last March 6, the expectation of Quezon City residents is for their city to live up to it. This proves that a good place to live is like wearing a good...

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Philippine Fashion at SONA 2012

The President’s State of the Nation Address is one of the most anticipated events of the year, not just for political junkies but for fashion lovers as well. Solons and celebrities graced the red carpet in classic barongs, ternos, baro’t sayas, and maria claras—a colorful display of the richness and extravagance of Philippine Fashion.Accompanied by two friends, actress and political spouse Assunta de Rossi stood out in a beige terno covered in paisley lace. She wore her hair in a simple bun. Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez was a vision of grace and elegance in a pink terno designed by Randy Ortiz. She entered the Batasang Pambansa through...

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Miss Selfridge - Flirty British Brand for Philippine Fashion

The internet has been great for Philippine Fashion, given the growing number of local style blogs and easily accessible websites of international retailers and brands. And, as more foreign labels put up their stores in major Asian cities like Manila, fashion retail is perhaps becoming more fun in the Philippines. These things are good enough for a British brand like Miss Selfridge to re-enter the Philippine market, through the help of local retail group Robinsons Specialty Stores, Inc. (RSSI)“We actually had Miss Selfridge here in the Philippines but we closed it a few years ago,” shares Oliver Solomon, the brand’s international visual merchandising...

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SM SouthMall Runway Picks 2012

SM Southmall, the premiere shopping destination Philippine Fashion in South Metro Manila recently held the 3rd edition of SM Southmall Runway Picks featuring top fashion brands found in the newly renovated mall. Showcased on the ramp were local and global brands – SM Department Store, SM Ladies Fashion, GTW, 3 Stars & a Sun, Bench, Blue, Inc., Celine, Charles & Keith, Fox, Gingersnaps, Girbaud, Human, Jag, Just G, Kali, Kashieca, Levi’s, Mags, Mendrez, Michelis, Osh Losh, Parfois, Payless, Peppermint, Periwinkle, Petite Monde, Plains & Prints, Promod, Sabella, Shubizz, Tomato Green & Red, Yves Rocher – styled to suit the distinct...

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