And they did it again. For the fourth time this year, this annual ball defied boundaries and exceeded expectations in the Philippine fashion industry’s grandest night. As expected, everyone was dressed to the nines – the women were elegant, while the men looked really dapper in their suits.
Coined
No Filter: the 4th Philippine Fashion Ball, the affair showcased works of eight young but very talented Filipino designers in a fashion show themed
Design without Borders. I really loved how the pieces shown were both unconventional and chic at the same time.
Of course, part of the affair was the traditional citation for Filipino movers and shakers in the fashion industry. As always, I couldn’t help but be amazed at how honored the recipients were upon getting their special awards. It’s really touching how this annual ball honors deserving men and women who are very dedicated to their craft.
Among the many beautiful things I loved about this ball was the grass runway! It made everything look so naturally beautiful. That’s great thanks to the Fashion Ball’s major supporter,
Hana Shampoo. Its campaign
No Filter Beauty was very appropriate to all the naturally beautiful members of the country’s fashion industry.
And please forgive me, but much as I loooooove the whole event, Hana’s giveaway really made my night. I already have the shampoo and have been using the soft and silky variant for a while now. But for the event, they gave away Hana Shampoo in limited edition No Filter bottles that were made especially for the event! I hope no one got in trouble ‘cause I got more than one. They’re limited edition! How can I resist!
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| With my fashion idols: Raul Manzano, Chris Lopez & Anton Barretto |
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| Industry Awardee for Style Origin Team Ayala: Alabang Town Center and TriNoma General Manager Mark Sablan, Ayala Center Makati General Manager AC Legarda, Ayala Land Inc. Commercial Business Group Senior Division Manager Joseph Reyes, Ayala Land Vice President Javier Hernandez & Ayala Land Inc. Commercial Business Group Senior Division Manager and Head of Marketing Maricris Bernardino |
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| Industry Award for Style Origin received by model & beauty columnist Rissa Mananquil-Trillo (right) on behalf of The Philippine Star Lifestyle Editor Millet Mananquil, with heartthrob actor Enchong Dee |
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| Industry Award for Faceoff received by Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Tessa Prieto-Valdes on behalf of Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle Editor Thelma San Juan |
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| Industry Awardee for Metro Society’s Jose “Pitoy” Moreno: A Tribute Gala, Metro Society Editor-in-Chief Raul Manzano (etreme left) with hosts Divine Lee & Victor Basa and model/actress Solenn Heussaff |
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| Creative Direction awardee Vince Uy of Preview Magazine |
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| Creative Direction awardee Suki Salvador of MEGA Magazine (right) with MEGA Magazine Executive Editor Peewee Isidro & model Vanessa Matsunaga |
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| Creative Direction awardee Rey Ilagan of Garage Magazine (right) with male models Brent Javier & Luke Jickain |
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| Fashion Media awardee, Cosmopolitan Philippines Editorial Director Myrza Sison (right) with Cosmopolitan Philippines Fashion Director Donna Cuna-Pita |
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| Fashion Design awardee Michael Cinco with “it girls” Georgina Wilson & Liz Uy |
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| Fashion Design awardee Jojie Lloren with my dear friend Tessa Prieto-Valdes |
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| Fashion Modeling awardee Ria Bolivar (right) with fashion director Robby Carmona |
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| Fashion Modeling awardee Jasmine Maierhofer (right) with male model LA Aguinaldo |
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| Photography awardee BJ Pascual (right) with Asia's Next Top Model Cycle Two 2nd runner-up Katarina Rodriguez |
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| Hairystyling awardee, celebrity hairdresser John Valle |
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| Make-up & Grooming awardee, everyone's favorite Peps Silvestre |
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| Proudrace |
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| Sassa Jimenez |
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| Edwin Ao |
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| OS Accessories |
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| JMan |
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| Yvonne Quisumbing |
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| Renan Pacson |
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| Sophie Sumner strutting down the green runway |
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| Sophie Sumner for Renan Pacson |
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| Jerome Lorico |
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| Limited edition Hana Shampoo given away at Philippine Fashion Ball |
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| Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation VP for Sales and Marketing Jasper Tiu with Preview Magazine Editor-in-Chief Pauline Juan |
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| Peerless Lion Corporation Marketing Director Pen Roque with TBWA/SMP Managing Director Portia Catuira & TBWA/SMP Business Unit Director Kara Filamor |
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| International fashion designer Michael Cinco (middle) with Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation Marketing Manager Caloy Bacani, Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation Consumer Marketing Manager Norman Mier, Peerless Lion Corporation associate Brand Manager Lesley Yu & Peerless Lion Corporation Technical Manager Hideaki Yoshioka |
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| NO FILTER beauty Sophie Sumner, winner of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 18 |
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| Myrza Sison in Rhett Eala |
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| Peewee Isidro in Ramp Night |
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| Tessa Prieto-Valdes in Cherry Veric |
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| Liza Ilarde in Rhett Eala |
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| Tweetie de Leon-Gonzalez in Randy Ortiz |
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| Joey Mead-King in Martin Bautista |
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| Ria Bolivar in Inno Sotto |
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| Bianca Gonzalez in Rajo Laurel |
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| Isabelle Daza in Vania Romoff |
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| Georgina Wilson in Balenciaga |
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| Liz Uy in Joey Samson |
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| Solenn Heussaff in Boom Sason |
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| Katarina Rodriguez in Kim Clark |
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| Vanessa Matsunaga in Cherry Veric |
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| Ariella Arida in Francis Libiran |
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| Olivia Medina in Ryan Madamba |
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| Laureen Uy in Vania Romoff |
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| Janine Gutierrez in Vania Romoff |
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| Phoemela Baranda in Rhett Eala |
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| Bubbles Paraiso in Patty Ang |
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| Angel Agustin-Co in Randy Ortiz |
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| Melissa Frye-Fortes in Pablo Cabahug |
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| Tola Orendain in Mike dela Rosa |
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| Kelsey Merritt in Vania Romoff |
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| Maxine Medina in Cheetah |
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| Shermaine de Ramos in Renan Pacson |
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| Ana Sideco in a dress from Rustan’s |
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| Paulette Quinto in Pablo Cabahug |
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| Francis Libiran |
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| JC Buendia |
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| Jojie Lloren |
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| Michael Cinco |
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| Rajo Laurel |
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| Rhett Eala & Jackie Aquino |
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| Anton San Diego in Hugo Boss |
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| Rey Ilagan in Lanvin |
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| Suki Salvador in Francis Libiran |
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| Vince Uy in Givenchy suit |
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| Robby Carmona |
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| Miko Raval in Randy Ortiz |
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| Raphael Robes in Calvin Klein |
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| LA Aguinaldo in Francis Libiran |
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| Randy See in Zara |
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| Sky Yang in Zara |
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| Sydney Du in Hugo Boss |
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| Jerome Tan in Zara |
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| Miguel Lasala in Cary Santiago |
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| Erie Obsena in Edwin Tan |
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| Marniel Lim in Ulysses King |
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| Richard Juan in Edwin Tan |
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| Elmo Magalona in Nat Manilag |
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| Jed Madela in Pepsi Herrera |
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| Luke Jickain in Randy Ortiz |
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| Gil Cuerva in Edwin Tan |
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| Martin Reyes in Nat Manilag |
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| Devon Spence in Zara |
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| Anton Barretto, me & art gallery owner Albert Avellana |
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| Hideo & Fatima with their Hana giveaways |
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| More Hana goodies |
