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Sassa Jimenez on Reimagining Designs from Her Archives

Posted on March 11, 2017
Meg Manzano

“It was pretty nostalgic,” intimates Sassa Jimenez backstage, downing a bottle of water in the process. The designer, who is no stranger to the daily commerce of runway shows having…

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Change Lanes with Some Colorful Layering for the Rainy Days

Posted on July 15, 2016July 18, 2016
Meg Manzano

With the recent downpour and the flurry of airline seat sales, we’ve rounded up a fresh crop of cold weather outfit ideas to tide you until the clear skies return (or until your next…

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Our Basic Guide to Achieving a Chic Five-Piece French Wardrobe

Posted on January 30, 2016January 30, 2016
Meg Manzano

This January, it’s all about welcoming everything new with a bang. Preen is looking at the changing tides and how they sweep over us to reveal better stories and bigger…

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Top Shots Have Never Looked This Cute

Posted on May 19, 2015May 19, 2015
Meg Manzano

“She’s an illustrator!” declares Jeline Catt at one of Heima’s Life is a Party series. Ten seconds into wolfing down what was left of Hogsmith’s truffle oil popcorn, Jamie, the…

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Where the Wild Things Are

Posted on May 15, 2015May 15, 2015
Meg Manzano

As the runways have become replete with seeming references to the ’70s show (from Tommy Hilfiger’s to Henry Holland’s), prepare to pay a similar homage to the decade coupled with…

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Katarina Rodriguez on Wearing Her Grandmother’s Knits

Posted on May 13, 2015May 13, 2015
Meg Manzano

Fresh out of the shower, Katarina Rodriguez hurriedly exclaims, “My coach wouldn’t let me leave training!” The 5’7” beaut, currently in the middle of juggling a Philosophy and a Business…

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French Travel Brand Launches First Stand-Alone Boutique in Manila

Posted on May 13, 2015May 27, 2015
Meg Manzano

While our French may not exactly be impressive (Dexter’s omelette du fromage of childhood past still rings clearly in our heads), we’re quite sure “Oui” is the appropriate response when someone utters Le Pliage…

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How This Cool Office Space Encourages Employee Creativity

Posted on May 8, 2015May 8, 2015
Meg Manzano

“We were basically living in a warehouse before,” intimates Swim Philippines (the group that currently handles TOMS Philippines and Nothing But H2O) president Dimples La O of their previous office…

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Trendspotting at the #METGala

Posted on May 7, 2015May 15, 2015
Gela Natividad, Meg Manzano

Popularly dubbed as the Oscars of fashion—the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute—or perhaps, #METGala to all you netizens, transpired once again in a night that consumed and in…

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Wild Waves

Posted on October 1, 2014January 8, 2015
Meg Manzano

There’s a sense of otherworldliness that pervades the images photographer Jody MacDonald has taken of the Andaman Islands. For one, they curiously tell the rare tale of the world’s last…

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Sassa Jimenez on Reimagining Designs from Her Archives

Change Lanes with Some Colorful Layering for the Rainy Days

Our Basic Guide to Achieving a Chic Five-Piece French Wardrobe

Top Shots Have Never Looked This Cute

Where the Wild Things Are

Katarina Rodriguez on Wearing Her Grandmother’s Knits

French Travel Brand Launches First Stand-Alone Boutique in Manila

How This Cool Office Space Encourages Employee Creativity

Trendspotting at the #METGala

Wild Waves

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