Bench Presents: BENCH BODY Holiday Collection for Philippine Fashion Week 2013!

This is a show, a real show. I couldn't be more excited as we covered BENCH BODY for Philippine Fashion Week 2013. This is their holiday collection and it has been eagerly awaited by everyone. I could literally see it on their faces because once that the show started, it had drama... it had everything you would ask for from a brand called BENCH.

Shall we start??

They showed black and white videos, teasers of their newest endorser. That's Filipino Canadian Paolo Roldan. He's got one heck of a body and it wasn't surprising seeing him represent a sexy brand such as Bench Body.

Then there were dancers, the lights also played with them.

Then after these guys did some really tough moves with nostalgic music, the show started and opened with the damn sexy Borgy Manotoc.

Then we saw some really good things, more cuts that were comfortable, different fabric and even mesh for a more revealing look.

Polkadots, stripes, solid colors of black and pink hues started the show. Everything looked very comfy which I guess is what they always had on the shelves.

It was really smoking hot on the runway. I wanted to have those boxers for myself. Then after these guys, it suddenly dawned on me... I think you know who this is!

Penshoppe Holiday 2013 for Philippine Fashion Week!

I have been so blessed last Philippine Fashion Week and what gorgeous way continue this series but by showing you the runway looks as if you are in the front row. I've been doing that for years and this time is no different. I bet you are excited as I am about one of the best brands from Golden ABC which has began stamping it's brand internationally. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Penshoppe Holiday 2013!

They opened up the show with sleeved shirts, probably cotton based. It looks light and airy. They paired that together with pants of the same material, the other had cargo pants. The one below had leather and denim jackets together with skinny jeans and a more straight cut faux denim fabric on the latter.I love the shiny look though.

Then they followed up with ladies wearing faux leather skirt, pants, denim skinny jeans, and colors on the guy's pants too.

Key Pieces: Jackets, beanies and Man Bags.

It was at this part where I was kind of recognizing the overall vibe of the collection. It was almost looking like Oxygen because there was only little hints of color then most of it are grays and black. I thought the Brand Director was Alex Mendoza because of the shows of Penshoppe in the past. They are definitely going on a different direction. It was because the new guy was showing us his none edited taste, this is the work of Jeff Bascon aka Jeff Bacons.. no wonder it's looking more adventurous!

JAG ORIGINS: Inside the creative mind of Nina Garcia!

It's that time of the year where thousands of models, designers, make up artists and brands converge for the much awaited Philippine Fashion Week celebration at the SMX Convention Center and we're pretty glad to have been invited to cover; this time for popular jeans brand JAG and their show JAG ORIGINS. It's a total breather from the normal walk-shoot-bow and next show thing we've been doing in the past because they are bringing something new to the catwalk. Actually, this is more of a learning experience for all fashionistas, enthusiasts and practitioners as they have invited one of the most influential ladies in the world of fashion. A mere utter of her name made me say OMG a couple of times and mind you I am not alone. Jag Origins presents the one and only Fashion Director at Elle and Marie Claire, and judge of popular reality TV show Project Runway... Ladies and gentlemen.. Nina Garcia!

We were so lucky enough to have been able to secure seats around 6 people away from Nina Garcia herself but of course she was hounded by everyone else. She had that aura of kindness, generosity and pretty much said yes to everyone who wanted to experience being with her. It's her first time in the country and nobody had a clue what she'll be doing in this show. This is consequently Jag Origin's first outing and to start it off in a good note, we had a fashion show ensue at the start of the event.

Greeting everyone was the beautiful Sarah Meier. She also introduced dignitaries and special people in the audience. This is the start of JAG ORIGINS.

They surprised everyone with the gorgeous Binibining Pilipinas beauty queens. See if you can identify some of them. =)

These ladies were clad in faux leather, jeans that are skinny in all the right places. It hugs on the female form and presents a more tight way of showing the assets. I loved it on these women!