Kristine Soguilon-Lim: Artist, reservist, indigenous advocate
Kristine Ann Soguilon-Lim is one remarkable woman. She’s a multidisciplinary artist, a Navy reservist, a missionary, and an advocate for indigenous arts and artisans.
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Kristine Ann Soguilon-Lim is one remarkable woman. She’s a multidisciplinary artist, a Navy reservist, a missionary, and an advocate for indigenous arts and artisans.
CAGAYAN DE ORO—The City of Golden Friendship has a glaring lack of male models who have made it big on the national modeling scene. Their last heydays were in the early 2000s when Raphael Kiefer won the local search of the MTV Best Model of the World in 2003, and when Jobo Roa won the Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines’ Bodyshots competition in 2008.
MAKING luxury accessible to more Filipinos has proven to be quite a lucrative venture for vlogger/teacher Christian Carlos. His swanky store, Japan Luxury by Christian Carlos (JLCC), sells vintage bags from Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton, among many others.
Filipino, Filipina, Filipinx. Next. Nxt. FilipiNxt.
FROM the most affordable to the most premium products, BeautyCon 2024 proved to be “the melting pot of beauty,” whose goal was to elevate and inspire the beauty experience of the customers of Watsons, the Philippines’ leading health, wellness and beauty retailer.
AT 44, Sheralene Shirata is a woman of many roles. She is a single mother to her son Ruzzel. She is a photographer, philanthropist, model, beauty queen, national director of Noble Queen of the Universe Philippines, and a fashion magnate.
FROM March 1 to March 17, the Filipino Design Studio of Kultura, the store at SM Supermalls which showcases the finest of Filipino craftsmanship, is highlighting emerging brands and social enterprises founded by Filipinas.
AT the 1957 Miss Universe pageant, Miss USA Mary Leona Gage was among the Top 15 semifinalists. However, it was revealed that she was a married woman with two young kids. She violated the rules which stated that contestants must be unmarried, never married, and never had children. Gage was eventually stripped of her title and wasn’t allowed to compete at the finals. (Gladys Zender of Peru was crowned. Our bet was Mary Ann Corrales, who was unplaced.)
AT the London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2024 presentations, Levi’s denim was on splendid display at the Ahluwalia show called Reveries. Three enticing ensembles were sent down the runway by Priya Ahluwalia, a British designer of Nigerian descent that British Vogue deems as a sustainability trailblazer. Her three looks were “inspired by timeless tales from Indian and Nigerian folklore.”
February, indeed, is Heart’s Month. Heart Evangelista-Escudero, that is. Before her renewal of vows on February 14, her birthday, with her husband, Sen. Chiz Escudero, Heart was launched as ambassadress in not one but two high-powered products.
When one of the Philippines’ most beautiful faces talks about her skincare routine, everybody takes notes.
AFTER transforming its main atrium into a Winter Wonderland during the holiday season, Century City Mall is in the mood for love this month.
CAGAYAN DE ORO—Here’s a lesson in herstory I never learned growing up: that there is only one street in my beloved city named after a woman. One! It’s Valenzuela Avenue, formerly or more commonly known as Agora Road. It is named after Arcadia Valenzuela y Babangha of Lapasan, who fought for our country’s independence against the Spaniards and the Americans.
WHEN 69-year-old Jocelyn Cubales was announced as one of the official candidates vying for the title of Miss Universe Philippines Quezon City, it sent shock waves across the country and beyond. Though the age restrictions were lifted by the Miss Universe Organization, nobody thought that a senior citizen would dare pursue her dream of becoming a beauty queen.
IT seems that with the Dean of Filipino Designers Ben Farrales long gone, Ben Chan is taking the reins of discovering, nurturing and launching new local talents. With his lifestyle label, he has plucked from obscurity some exciting creatives through the Bench Design Awards and TernoCon.
ALONG with the New Year resolutions are new yearnings for shiny, new things. Here are some indulgent suggestions:
THE wonderful world of Philippine pageantry had an early, pretty little Christmas.
Beauty allows us to find solace in these most challenging times. But it cannot be fully defined through only the senses. It’s more than just looking good from the outside. It blossoms from the soul. It is a state of serene emotion.”
AFTER three editions, TernoCon, the terno-making contest and mentoring convention spearheaded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and lifestyle behemoth Bench, is reaching out to a wider audience.
WITH creativity of the highest quality, Francis Libiran is emerging as one of the most important Filipino designers practicing his craft today.
EVEN among the fashion cognoscenti, the name Michael Cinco is preeminent. A couturier of the first order who perfected his craft in Dubai, the Samar-born Cinco has continuously elevated Filipino fashion to be at par with the exceptional in the world.
ONE of the first stores that sparkled this season is Rustan’s Makati. After it reinforced its commitment to consumers with the introduction of the “Light Up This Christmas with Rustan’s” campaign, an initiative that focuses on renewal and celebration, the upscale shopping mecca showed its robust support to Filipino fashion with the unveiling of its collaboration with clothing innovator Puey Quiñones and the iconic Josie Natorie.
THE global company which believes “a better world for women is a better world for all,” Avon recently unveiled a new product, Avon Anew Renewal Power Eye Cream. With its world-exclusive Protinol technology, the eye cream will help restore years of collagen loss in just seven days, while its light diffusion technology promises to improve the look of under-eye imperfections.
LIKE a butterfly taking flight, the career trajectory of emerging fashion designer Ehrran Montoya is beautiful to behold. One of the more exciting talents to come out postpandemic, Ehrran is steadily carving a name for himself in the cutthroat world of local fashion.
AND Furne One of Amato Couture was the last designer standing.
Anthony Ramirez, a favorite fashion designer to celebrities, celebrated his 15th anniversary by presenting “Symphony of Feelings,” his Spring-Summer 2024 collection, on October 18 at his new and sprawling atelier in Horseshoe Village, Quezon City.
Recurring sartorial themes that are distinctively Ivarluski Aseron were revisited by the featured designer in his blockbuster showcase at the 2023 Red Charity Gala. Held at the Manila Peninsula on October 8, the fundraiser was organized by socialite-philanthropists Tessa Prieto and Kaye Tinga with support from Bench honcho Ben Chan and Angkas.
ONE of the most enduring global brands recently opened its biggest store in one of the largest malls in the world. Levi’s, the iconic American name, showed its commitment to Asia by unleashing an immersive store at SM North Edsa.
BEFORE the K-pop fans go berserk again with the arrival of romantic-lead actor Ahn Hyo-seop on October 8 and the possibility that the beautiful boy band Enhypen will visit the Philippines, Seonhohadas went k-lig over Kim Seon-ho.
Sweden is a world leader in beauty: Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Lisa Fonssagrives, Anita Ekberg, Ann-Margret, ABBA, Yvonne Ryding, Marcus Schenkenberg, Vendela, Alexander Skarsgård, and Elsa Hosk.
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