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Sporty and cool piña, as only Lulu Tan-Gan can

This ain’t your grandma’s piña — unless your grandma is the Philippine Queen of Knits herself. Lulu Tan-Gan’s latest collection unveiled at Bench Fashion Week Holiday 2023 highlighted piña so fluid and flowy that a floor-sweeping opening number on the radiant and seven-months-pregnant Xandra Rocha-Araneta billows to Canto at Gabelmeister’s …

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A new era begins at Gucci

Gucci is at another tipping point in its 101-year-old history. New CEO. New creative director. The brand even wiped its Instagram clean of old posts. New slate. What would creative director Sabato De Sarno — formerly of Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and, most notably, 14 years at Valentino — bring …

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We love Lulu, we love Lucy

Bench Fashion Week has been a much-anticipated event in the fashion industry since 2017, when retail leader Ben Chan started presenting a mix of top Philippine designers and local brands. Lulu Tan Gan’s muses Jo Ann Bitagcol, Xandra Rocha-Araneta and Lulu’s niece Audrey Tan-Zubiri with daughter Adriana Zubiri This year’s …

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