It was 2009 and the United States was deep in the midst of the Great Recession, said to be the worst since the Great Depression of the ‘30s. Among the worst hit was the fashion industry, particularly in the major cosmopolitan cities of Los Angeles and New York, where many fashion designers had closed shop and even major department stores had stopped carrying couture clothes.
In 1984, Bernie Liu, then a fresh college graduate from Cebu, first worked in the family lumber store along North Edsa, Quezon City. “I was a salesman dealing with the hardware stores,” he recalls.
The Cordillera brand Narda’s was displayed at a recent New York fashion week and provided Cordillera weaver Leonarda Capuyan a new opportunity to reclaim a foothold in the Manhattan market.
“Dapat … Whappak! (It should be … whappak),” exclaims the legendary screen villainess. A dolled-up Bella Flores explains how to slap the opponent in the short film “Kontrabida 101 (Villainy 101).
Ford is recalling about 8,270 2013 Escape SUVs due to a problem with carpet padding that can interfere with braking, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Sunday.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is assisting Japan’s Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. to develop the domestic market for its Uniqlo stores in the Philippines to jumpstart its expansion in the Asian market.
As the Filipino middle class expands more rapidly in the coming years, one of the sunrise industries catering to the domestic market is fashion. Filipino fashion designers and fashion companies will have a reasonable chance to compete with the foreign brands that are increasingly appealing to the large youth market. Having been nurtured in a multicultural society, Filipino fashion designers are among the most creative in Asia and can actually influence fashion trends in the whole of the Asia-Pacific region. There is an opportunity for such cities as Manila and Cebu to follow the examples of fashion capitals in Europe like Paris, Milan, Madrid and Barcelona. Leadership in fashion, however, will not be handed to the Philippines on a silver platter. Another strong contender for fashion leadership is Jakarta where the fashion industry faces an even larger domestic market of 250 million consumers.
Twins Viderlina Adrianah and Viderlina Anastazcia Gutierrez are on a mission to establish a fashion company for women of all shapes and sizes here in the Philippines.
Manila Fame is getting bigger and better. On March 14, the country’s premier design and lifestyle event will carry the theme “Beyond Artisanship” as it consolidates the various design-driven sectors with the fashion industry.
Creativity and passion are essential ingredients to success in any field. It’s no wonder then that Tomato—the Filipino fashion store chain named after a common, humble ingredient as well—has expanded and grown into a popular and sought-after brand.
The influx of high-end fashion retail brands, coupled with the increasing number of homegrown labels and designers, may prove to be more than just challenging to any newcomer who wants to make a permanent mark in the local retail wear industry. After all, given this vast array of choices in the market, it would be [...]
CHENNAI – Strong religious belief and spirituality coupled with sky-rocketing demand from fashion-conscious Western women has made India the world-leader in the hair extension trade. The South Asian country has long been the world’s biggest exporter of human hair and companies involved in the sector estimate that the business is now worth up to 8.5 [...]
