Marjorie Bach, a celebrity in the U.S., once called him her “secret designer from the Philippines.” But with numerous awards and citations and good reviews from the fashion press, Oliver Tolentino has definitely taken off. The young and talented Oliver is now considered one of the premiere couture in the Philippines receiving rave reviews from various fashion press. He has created fabulous gowns for celebrities like Regine Velasquez, Lani Misalucha, Kuh Ledesma, Zsa Zsa Padilla and Pops Fernandez to name a few. He also lists Imelda Marcos, one of the …

Malou Castillejos is one of Philippine’s premier fashion designers. Her creations exude elegance and grace with very feminine details perfect for any bride. She specializes in fine embroidery and very delicate hand bead work.
Her presence in the bridal industry started in 1999 when she first showcased her talent for designing wedding gowns at the Rituals Bridal Show at Dusit Hotel in Makati in March of that year. Since then, brides from all over the country would come to see her at her atelier in Quezon City. Words came around about …

Color plays a very important role in buying a wedding gown for any bride. In the western culture, popularity of white wedding gown is such that very few brides think of walking down the aisle in any other color. Even though the color white needs a lot of maintenance, the overall demand for white wedding gowns still surpasses that of other colored wedding gowns.
Today, wearing colored wedding gowns is becoming a trend already. It is not only socially acceptable to incorporate color into your gown design, but quite often …

Cecilio Abad is an authentic Visayan from Ormoc City. Fair.. But he has an enormous knowledge for designing beautiful clothes and he understands precision cutting.
He is not famous likes his peers in these highly competitive Fashion World. He has no connection. No Publicity. But his artworks highly talks of him. Announces him to almost anywhere in this part of the world.
He had not had an entrance in the Philippine Fashion Arena. Truly, not one of his clients leaves his salon unsatisfied. Rather, almost everyone are ecstatic for an almost perfect …

Edwin Uy started doing wedding gowns in 1996. His first wedding creation was for a friend who asked him to do her wedding because she believed in his talent. The first wedding resulted to more weddings as his creations was admired by friends and relatives of the bride. He started to become famous through referrals and recommendations of previous clients here and abroad. Up to now, he has regular clients from the USA., Australia, Canada & Europe who orders formal clothes from him. Recently, most of his weddings are couples …

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Frederick Peralta was born in Iloilo. Before becoming a designer, Peralta worked as a newsboy, fish vendor, houseboy, tailor/designer for a jeans company and finally as an apprentice at Rex Centeno’s shop. In 1994, he won the Grand Prix at the Internationale Creatures de Jeunes de Mode (Young International Designers Competition) held in Paris, the first Filipino to win such a prestigious award. Aside from being one of Manila’s top fashion designer, Peralta also writes a weekly fashion column and hosts a radio program. He is included in High Fashion …

by Wade Robins
Weddings are very expensive. It is easy to see how people can spend thousands of dollars on a single wedding. When you consider the cost of the cake, the rings, reception food and entertainment, the wedding dress, invitations and flowers, you soon begin to wonder where you can cut corners. Many women would not dream of cutting corners on her wedding dress. The wedding dress is an important part of any wedding ceremony. If you choose the right shop, you can certainly save hundreds of dollars on wedding …

Michelle Lim is the owner of the following companies: Kimona, Mercer, Endless Affairs Collections
She also the designer for Sari-Sari Store, all Filipino clothes merchandiser, to dress up the modern bride, in a partnership that is said to be, “Made in Heaven.” The bridal line, simply called, “Michelle Lim for Sari-Sari.” Complement the In-House “Okasyon” line for special-occasion outfits. Almost instantly, Lim’s bridal numbers were noticed. With price tags as low as P1,000.00 and a Piña piece going for P5,000.00, that was certainly money well-spent. Embroidery, hand painting and dyeing …