Category: Fashion
Oliver Tolentino dresses Gloria Reuben and Neve Campbell Oscars weekend
Hollywood Filipino fashion designer OLIVER TOLENTINO was the choice of Lincoln co-star GLORIA REUBEN at the 2013 Academy Awards last Sunday in Los Angeles. The actress of the Oscar-nominated film chose a dark purple silk organza mermaid gown with hand-draped bodice in contrasting shades of deep purple and dark violet, featuring a skirt with hand-made rosette cut-outs in matching shades of [...]
Ready for Romance: Valentine’s Day 2013 Raffle Contest
Valentine’s Day has, throughout the years, been one of our society’s most anticipated holidays. It is a day filled with a nuanced combination of passion, interest, intrigue, excitement, nervousness and new horizons. For many, it is a start to their New Year with their significant other, or maybe it is their first date with someone [...]
Philippine runway models set Guinness world record
(MANILA-AFP) – Milan, Paris, London, New York and… Manila. It’s hardly the centre of the fashion world but more than 2,000 models have taken to the catwalk in a Philippine shopping mall to claim a new world record. A total of 2,255 men, women and children, from strutting seasoned professionals to stumbling first-timers, took part [...]
Actresses Maggie Grace & Victoria Justice wear Oliver Tolentino
Hollywood designer OLIVER TOLENTINO continues to add names to the list of celebrities who have worn his couture. The latest to wear dresses by the Philippines-born Tolentino, who has boutiques on Melrose Avenue and in Makati, are actresses MAGGIE GRACE and VICTORIA JUSTICE. Maggie Grace, recent co-star of Taken 2 with Liam Neeson and the final Twilight: Breaking [...]
Top-Notch White Party & Fashion Show Connects the East With The West
Belo Medical Group, in partnership with the Filipino American Association of Designers (FAAD) and Miss Philippines USA, present the 4th Annual Fashion & Beauty Extravaganza and White Party. This event looks to showcase the designs of Couturiers Renee Salud and Lou Razon, along with fashion wears from GAP and Ausiie Boots. Going on its fourth year, [...]
Asian shoppers ‘fight’ over Versace for H&M
(Relaxnews) – It has been reported that fights broke out during the launch of Versace for H&M in China on Thursday, November 17. The hotly anticipated collaboration finally hit stores in Europe and Asia Thursday, and WWD writes that some shoppers on Shanghai’s Huai Hai Lu shopping street ended up in a scuffle. Some men [...]
No butts: Reebok slapped in US on rear-toning claims
(WASHINGTON-AFP) – US government regulators have clamped down on sportswear maker Reebok for claims that its buttock-toning footwear would lead to a more shapely butt for its wearers. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that Reebok, a unit of the German group Adidas, agreed to pay $25 million in customer refunds to purchasers of its [...]
Kanye West makes fashion debut in Paris
(PARIS-AFP) – Rap star Kanye West – a regular fashion show attendee – staged his runway debut on Saturday night at an off-calendar event on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week attended by Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Black and white dominated as West sent models out in leather zipped pants and black dresses with plunging [...]
New York kids bring Kenzo new look
(PARIS-AFP) – Kenzo’s new design team, the founders of the New York fashion complex Opening Ceremony, unveiled a sporty spring-summer look built on bold primary colours and fisherman’s net prints in Paris on Sunday. After launching fashion store-cum-art-gallery spaces in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are making their fashion [...]
Luxury brands in Taiwan gear up for China tourists
TAIPEI, July 2011 (AFP) – Chinese businesswoman Jiang Guihong devours fashion and is exactly the type of high-spending tourist that Taiwan’s high-end retailers are trying to attract – and they are spending millions to do so. While a political thaw between Beijing and Taipei has been welcomed, shops on the island see the moment more [...]
