By Elton Lugay

New York is celebrating International Bridal Week this week and designer Monique Lhuillier has something for every type of bride, including one who wants to wed in City Hall.
Posted: April 23rd, 2013 in Headlines,Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

To many Filipino pageant watchers, Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon was the complete package: Beauty, grace and smarts. She was – but, of course — the Filipino favorite from the beginning. And when she answered her final interview, many had thought she nailed it.
Posted: December 22nd, 2012 in Fashion and Beauty,Featured Gallery,Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

Cebu jeweler Amparito Lhuillier watched proudly as her daughter Monique’s water-inspired collection passed as if in a carousel before her eyes.
Posted: September 13th, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

It’s not all about shopping or dressing in style. For Nicky Feliciano, a financial analyst at EMI Music, FNO – or Fashion’s Night Out – means hanging with friends and hitting the after-parties with the overflowing cocktails and celebrity sightings.
Posted: September 9th, 2012 in Fashion and Beauty,Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

Melissa Ladinez Mejia had a great time at the Style Awards, soaking in the fashion industry’s forecast for 2013. She was eyeing the collections, the celebrities and the crowd not only as a publicist for Levi’s women’s global fashion but also as a fashion-smart Filipina.
Posted: September 9th, 2012 in Fashion and Beauty,Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

Melissa Ladinez Mejia had a great time at the Style Awards, soaking in the fashion industry’s forecast for 2013. She was eyeing the collections, the celebrities and the crowd not only as a publicist for Levi’s women’s global fashion but also as a fashion-smart Filipina.
Posted: September 7th, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

Feathered headgear, eye tattoo and lines that define. Young designer Anna Puruganan showcased these details and more in a collection inspired by the indigenous art and traditions of the Cordillera tribes.
Posted: June 26th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Elton Lugay
New York Knicks’ point guard Jeremy Lin may be Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential, but to the Chinese media covering the gala, he’s nothing but a “snob.”
Posted: April 27th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Lifestyle Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

On March 1, Bituin Escarcha will be celebrating her 40th birthday with 268 of her closest friends at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Posted: February 25th, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

If you asked Fe Cabactulan what she was wearing, her cheeky reply would be, “Fruit salad.” At the February 17 cocktail before Dita Sandico Ong was to present her latest wrap collection, Cabactulan, the wife of the Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, wore a white piña dress topped by an earthy brown Sandico Ong ‘abaca’ scarf made from banana fiber. “I’m wearing fruit salad!”
Posted: February 22nd, 2012 in Lifestyle Stories | Read More »
By Elton Lugay

Maverick Danelle Dungca’s fashion philosophy is simple: “Whatever comes to my heart and in my mind that I wanted to design is what I would do.”
Posted: February 18th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Lifestyle Stories | Read More »