Behind-the-design: Neo-Vintage Wedding

Let me share with you my first-ever bride. Although I didn’t make her wedding gown, I still consider her my first because she’s the first bride I made entourage pieces for. Her name is Bianca Santiago (now Bianca Santiago-Reynoso. Woohoo!). I met her when I modeled for Chalk Magazine a few years back. She’s one […]

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Behind-The-Design: Modern Cher

Last March 24, I received a message from the amazing Daryl Chang of Preview Magazine for a possible project–another editorial for Preview Magazine’s June issue. Woohoooo! Of course I got all excited again and said yes. Here’s the peg she sent me: I was told the fashion editorial is about “decade icons”. The icon assigned […]

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Rags to Riches: Oliver Tolentino + Apartment 1B

For those of you not familiar with the organization, Rags to Riches is “a for-profit social enterprise based in Manila, Philippines, creating eco-ethical fashion and home accessories out of up cycled scrap cloth, organic materials and indigenous fabrics by working with women living in the poor communities around Metro Manila.” For years now, they’ve been […]

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