Eva Patalinjug: Divine Goddess in Amir Sali

Today's #FashionFridays feature is on the showstopper creation of designer Amir Sali worn by Eva Patalinjug. Divine! Simply Divine! That is how Binibining Pilipinas Grand International Eva Psychee Patalinjug looked during the Marry Me at Marriott show last evening. Wearing a showstopper 'Traje de Mestiza' wedding gown, the 5'7" porcelain skinned mestiza beauty turned heads with …

Heavenly Bodies Met Gala 2018: The Best Dressed

Every first Monday of May, the Metropolitan Museum brings together an exhibition of fashion with an opening gala/night that is dubbed to be the Superbowl of Fashion. This year's event was so magnanimous that it is considered one of the biggest Met Gala to date. It is no wonder that days after, it still floods …

#FashionFridays: Five Spring 2018 Haute Couture Gowns for Pageants

Today's #FashionFridays post is all about five standout haute couture gowns that, if re-imagined creatively, would be standout pageant gowns. I have been complaining (okay to some extent, whining) about the lack of fashion-forwardness of pageant gowns used in the Philippines. And unlike the exorbitant and crazy pageant gowns used in Miss Venezuela, the pageant gowns …

#FashionFridays: Haute Couture National Costumes

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week has finished last July but Sashes&Scripts still has a couture hangover. With couture pieces costing about US$100,000++ for a fully embellished one, we scoured the net for ones that can be used as national costumes. These pieces below are from the world's best fashion designers like John Galliano, Oscar dela …

Iris Mittenaere for Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Show!

Who says Iris Mittenaere's reign as MissUniverse isn't exciting! Ladies and gentlemen, look at these photos of the reigning Miss Universe walking the catwalks of Paris for designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Iris modeled two looks of the designer's Fall/Winter 2017 Haute Couture show! It's Paris Haute Couture this week (July 2 to July 6) following …

#FashionFridays: The Pablo Galicia Mendez BBP2017 Gown

For most pageant insiders, the name Pablo Galicia Mendez has been a player in the beauty pageant scene for quite sometime. However for most pageant fans, he is still relatively known not to many. So today, we are featuring this master couturier and put him in the spotlight for a fashion feature. His name came to recognition …

The Making of a Bb Pilipinas National Costume Pt.2

With a lavish and ambitious costume such as the La Reina Emperatriz terno, the next phase is to find a designer to collaborate with to make this vision into reality. This is where Sir Pablo Galicia Mendez came in. It was this symbiotic partnership that made a flat 2D illustration come to life. What made this …

The Making of a Bb Pilipinas National Costume Pt.1

When I was asked to conceptualize a lavish Philippine national costume, the first that came to mind is how we are fascinated with the religious pageantry of the Santacruzan. It is no surprise that I heavily drew influences on that Philippine tradition of the Sagalas for a unique terno.The national costume that I sketched and conceptualized …

Chalita’s Lavish Thai Siwalai Ensemble

I hope my Thai online friends would not take offense with my lack of understanding of the Thai national dress. With that out in the open, I am marveled at the splendor of the national costume reveal of Miss Universe Thailand Chalita Suansane. If my memories of my college subject, Asian Costume History, serves me …