Celebrity handbag designer gets 18 months in jail for smuggling crocodile handbags to US

Associated Press 04/23/2024

MIAMI — A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty…

NUSTAR Resort and Casino holds first International Flower Festival in Cebu

PR 05/05/2023

As an island of new spectacle and new style, NUSTAR Resort and Casino has brought another first in Cebu with the staging of Maia: The NUSTAR International Flower Festival last April 30 and May 1, 2023. The…

Designer from Compostela, Cebu does Santacruzan-inspired photoshoot

Immae Lachica 05/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A fashion designer and makeup artist from Compostela town in northern Cebu designed at least four gowns for this year’s Santacruzan. But with restrictions now implemented as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Santancruzans could not…

Young Cebuano fashion designer joins int’l fashion competition

Immae Lachica 04/26/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— A young Cebuano fashion designer is slowly making waves in the fashion industry and is now stepping a bit closer to realizing his dreams by being part of an international competition. Jann Bungcaras,…

Mandaue City native makes a name as gown designer in Japan

Michelle Joy Padayhag 09/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 38-year-old fashion creative from Subangdaku, Mandaue City is the official gown designer of the top winners in the Nippon Bijin 2019, a national pageant in Japan. Newly-crowned Miss Intercontinental Japan 2019 Yu Harada, Miss…

Lemuel Rosos reveals celebrity choices for the Santacruzan

Michelle Joy Padayhag 05/31/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—In the Philippines, the month of May is a month-long celebration of Flores de Mayo in honor of the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God. This is also the time where children offer flowers…

Distinctly Natori

Edward James Castro 05/18/2016

THIS is the second Natori show I have been to. The first one had been well over a year ago at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa, Cebu—a dreamy resort showcase of tropical chic garbs in various shades…

Josie Natori: Style sensibilities

Hayde Quiñanola 04/24/2016

ELEGANT skirts and lingerie, kaftans and calligraphy printed tops,  and bold brushstrokes with sharp colors make it to this season’s Spring Summer 2016 collection by the internationally-renowned fashion designer, Josie Natori. Its a collection  inspired by Asian…

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