Triathlete and fashion designer Dennis Lustico didn’t exactly plan on running a marathon, until his mother, Maria Lustico, asked if he could take her to Paris for a vacation. It would be her first trip to Europe.
His design ethos can be defined as classic but at the same time contemporary.
Business mogul Ben Chan has long championed Philippine design even while introducing Filipinos to imported apparel, home brands and dining concepts.
Time was when Filipino fashion designers perennially complained about the lack of fabrics, and how the absence of a local textile industry would sound the death knell for the Philippine fashion industry.
A potentially controversial thought crossed my mind as I watched the solo collection of Joey Samson on the last day of Bench Fashion Week at around this time last year—a thought I didn’t even dare share with Ben Chan who was seated beside me.
Joey Samson is the featured designer of Red Charity Gala 2017
Every season, hundreds of designers from all over the world flock to the French capital to present their collections, with hopes to be picked by international buyers, gain notice by editors, or at least make a mark in the grand fashion scheme of things.
DESPITE being diligent in the gym, complete with a trainer and supplementary classes, designer Dennis Lustico felt that his body was no longer responding to the routines.
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