Ateneo LSE Batch 26 Graduation

Fifty-three Overseas Filipinos (OFs), received their diplomas during the Ateneo LSE Batch 26 graduation on the 11^th September 2015 in Dubai, after having successfully completed the six-month Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship (LSE) program of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG).

The commencement exercises held at the Al Ghurair Rayhaan – Rotana Hotel were attended by the Philippines’ top diplomats and officials in the UAE led by outgoing Ambassador Grace Princesa, Consul General Paul Raymond Cortez, Consul Giovanni Palec, Consul Ferdinand Flores, and Labor Attache Atty. Delmer Cruz.

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Philippine Business Council – Abu Dhabi hosts Bizz Talk 2015

The Philippine Business Council – Abu Dhabi kicked off this year’s Bizz Talk on the 29^th October 2015 at the Le Royal Meridien – Abu Dhabi. Business executives, professionals, PBC members, sponsors, media partners, Filipino community leaders, distinguished Philippine Embassy guests including Consul Maria Roseny Fangco and Vice Consul Rowena Daquipil participated in the muc-awaited networking event.


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In the Mood for Love

Illustrado Fashion Editorial:
In the Mood for Love
PHOTOGRAPHER: Irvin Rivera / graphicsmetropolis.com
MODELS:
Kendall Galan @No Ties
Jesse Somera @Photogenics
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Ryan Domigpe
PRODUCTION ASST: Francis Gum
ASST PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Darwin Abad
Ben Kui
STYLIST: James Juarez
ASST PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Darwin Abad
Ben Kui
STYLIST: James Juarez
ASST STYLIST: Victor Jonas
MAKE-UP ARTIST: Tokiko Inoue
HAIRSTYILIST: Nina Jo

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Ezra Santos: Ezra Enraptured

By Lalaine Chu-Benitez


If Michael Cinco is all about grandiose beauty, Furne One the master of dark drama, and Rocky Gathercole continues to play shock and awe, Ezra Santos’ domain is firmly placed on the altar of refined elegance.


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Filipino Designers: Ezra Santos at Fashion Forward Dubai 2015

Filipino Designers: Ezra Santos at Fashion Forward Dubai 2015 (Illustrado)

 

Fashion Forward Dubai http://goo.gl/8vXkrv

10^th April 2015

Leading international Filipino couture designer Ezra Santos wows the Dubai fashion crowd with another beautiful homage to the Philippines – re-imagining the elegance of 1930s Manila.  Congratulations and thank you Ezra for always bringing Filipino talent and elegance to the fore.



Filipino Designers: Ezra Santos at Fashion Forward Dubai 2015

 

Filipino Designer – Insanity: A Look into the Madness of Rocky Gathercole

Filipino Designer – Insanity: A Look into the Madness of Rocky Gathercole (Illustrado)

They say there’s a very thin line that separates genius from insanity. And nowhere is the thinness of that line even more pronounced than in the case of FIlipino designer Rocky Gathercole.

During a virtual tête-à-tête with the avant gardiste, we unearthed not only the method in his madness, but also the proverbial can of worms… or two.

Story By Lalaine Chu-Benitez
Photo by Filbert Kung
Styling, Hair and Make-Up by: Ginno Alducente
Model: Jasmine Maierhofer

Experimental, unpredictable, explosive and quite simply – mad.   He, of the fantastical creations, whose muses include insect women, gaudy showgirls, and phantasmagoric goddesses who all exist in a warped intersection between total fantasy and hyper reality.   Rocky says on his take on style as-a-matter-of-factly, “My designs are, to put it simply, from my weirdest, wildest, wonderful world (www.rg) where I am the ultimate dictator of fashion. I have a gazillion idea in my mind and fantastical is probably the simplest adjective we can associate them with. The real word to appropriately describe them has yet to come from another universe!”  He adds, “More than anything, my primary concern, most often than not, is the availability of materials to be able to realize my vision.”

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Filipino Designer: Ezra Santos at Fashion Forward Season 2

Filipino Designer: Ezra Santos at Fashion Forward Season 2

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After being spoilt for choice year after year viewing the luxuriously elegant and sometimes out-of-this-world creations from what the local press calls Dubai’s couture kings – Cinco-One-Santos – one wonders what else is there within the context of the region’s own brand of decadently detailed couture. Enter Filipino designer Ezra Santos, at the “definitive opening show” at Fashion Forward’s second season’s first day, with a collection replete with clean details, and pure silhouettes, one could almost hear Dubai’s fashion world giving out a much needed long and cleansing elegant exhale.



Entitled Divine Romanticism – Ezra’s new offering inspired by the Art Deco and Art Nouveau movements pays homage to the 1920s golden era where glamour, beauty and art reigned supreme.




The collection had three highlights allowing the designer to delve into a braver more contemporary and fashion forward category, whilst at the same time providing his loyal following the rich, elegant and classic couture staples Ezra’s designs have always been known for.


See more designs by a Filipino Designer: Ezra Santos http://goo.gl/xGSweP