Near-naked women adorn billboards across Metro Manila but similar images of men have been deemed too risqué, with giant posters of bare-chested rugby players pulled following a public outcry.
Ben Chan says Bench did not violate any law with regards to the Philippine Volcanoes billboards. “What is perceived to...
From loose T-shirts and street-easy styles, Bench is stepping up into a more sartorial look with the launch of ROB...
After Henry and Felicidad Sy, it’s Ben Chan’s turn to earn a place of honor for himself and his family...
“I drink too much coffee and laugh too loud. And live on hummus.” That’s how 22-year-old “Pretty Little Liars” star Lucy Hale describes herself on her Twitter. But, of course, that’s barely scratching the surface.
I took out my highest stilettos when I was told I was going to meet Allison Harvard and Dominique Reighard.
Instead of making up some fantastic story about how she loved Impalpable, Bench’s newest fragrance by Dubai-based Filipino fashion designer Michael Cinco, American model Allison Harvard was candid enough to admit that she had yet to try on the scent.
Broadcaster and lifestyle icon Daphne Oseña-Paez made her debut as a member of the Bench family with a line of bottled home scents carrying her name.
What goes up must come down. In this case, we’re not talking about life or karma. We’re talking about heels. If there’s a part of the woman’s body that’s been much abused in the 21st century—other than her pocket (a necessary extension of the woman’s body, by the way)—it must be her feet. They’re abused and punished not from too much walking or exertion, but from wearing stratospheric high heels. Seven inches, eight? Today’s shoes, like we said, have become the new millennium’s torture instruments.
I don’t think I’d ever wished so hard for the ability to master a foreign language in five seconds flat. A few inches away from me, Super Junior hunk and newest Bench endorser Choi Siwon was holding my phone recorder close to his mouth, talking loudly in rapid-fire Korean while his handlers doubled over in laughter.