With Bench–and Paolo Roldan–underwear fashion becomes high fashion
By Alex Y. Vergara
Bench Body couldn’t wait another year more, and went ahead with an underwear show featuring its newest and hottest endorser, Filipino-Canadian model Paolo Roldan.
Bench Body couldn’t wait another year more, and went ahead with an underwear show featuring its newest and hottest endorser, Filipino-Canadian model Paolo Roldan.
At a young-looking 35, Fil-Canadian model Paolo Roldan is the latest toast of the town with billboards along Edsa featuring his long, sinewy body.
Military inspiration is here to stay, though it evolves every season. Mix camo print with chambray and finish off with staple military green pants.
Filipino-Australian model-singer Catriona Gray was one of the up-and-coming young models of 2012. You might have recognized her from her TVC of a beauty toner, and from a production number during a Bench Universe event.
“Do you have any idea how many fans you have in the Philippines?” I asked Liam Hemsworth minutes before his Bench press conference started last Friday.
Bench recently signed up and brought in two members of South Korea’s pop boy band Super Junior to endorse the brand.
Hot brand Bench and Dubai-based Filipino designer Furne Onè collaborated in creating three unforgettable scents for the brand’s Designer Scent Collection, the Unholy eau de toilette and the oxymoron scents—Beautiful Boy eau de toilette and Handsome Girl eau de toilette.
How far would you go for your idol? For Korean heartthrob Lee Min Ho, many lined up as early as 5 am outside the Smart Araneta Coliseum to nab a spot closest to the stage.
Before his press conference, Super sat down with Lee Min Ho for a private interview. In our chat, which was translated by Sam Oh, he shared what ultimately made him start taking fashion seriously and what was supposed to be his secret, which he thinks his fans don’t know about.
Fabio Ide may have come to the country not knowing a word of Filipino, but you wouldn’t have guessed that if you met him today.
The challenge: 20 questions in 10 minutes. The contenders: Inquirer Super and Jessica Sanchez. Actually, just Inquirer Super. Jessica didn’t know about the challenge. But she aced it anyway.
