Philippine Fashion Week

Philippine Fashion Week, (PhFW) is a bi-annual fashion week event held in Manila, Philippines. Dates are determined during the month of May, to showcase Holiday collections (instead of the autumn-winter which does not apply in the country) and again, during the month of October, to showcase Spring and Summer collections. It is the longest running fashion event in the country, and the largest fashion event held in Manila known as the "Olympics" of Fashion. The Philippine Fashion Week was founded by Joey A. Espino Jr and Audie Espino in 1997. They continue to lead the project as Executive Producers along with Espino brothers protege Conchitina (Tina) Herrera.

Filipino Designers such as Michael Cinco, Ezra Santos, Oliver Tolentino, Albert Andrada, Jerome Salaya Ang, Noel Crisostomo, Jeffrey Rogador, Sidney Perez Sio, EsAc, Pat Santos, Arnold Galang, Roland Alzate, Raoul Ramirez, Lyle Ibanez, Cherry Samuya Veric, Philipp Tampus, Junjun Cambe, Mixy Dy, Jian Lasala, Randall Solomon, Kaye Morales, Boyet Dysangco, Anthony Nocom, Eric Delos Santos, Cesar Gaupo, Robin Tomas, Lesley Mobo, Frederick Peralta, Ben Farrales, Pitoy Moreno and Aureo Alonzo have presented full collections on Philippine Fashion Week's dynamic Multi-Media platform. The Philippine Fashion Week is ‘by invitation only’ and participating designers pay a participation fee with each designer undergoing a stringent selection process with their collections approved on the basis of their design ingenuity.

Each season, Philippine Fashion Week generates extensive media coverage reaching an average audience of five million viewers, followers and fashion fans throughout the world.

As of 2008 it is being held at the SMX Convention Center & SM Mall of Asia and welcomed more designers and local brands to take part in the Bi Annual Event.

Some of the notable celebrities and personalities gracing the runways of Philippine Fashion Week include Nina Garcia of Project Runway US, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, Keeping Up with the Kardashians' Rob Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, British supermodel David Gandy, America's Next Top Model's Allison Harvard and Dominique Reighard, Ford Models' Katie Ford and the Miss Shapes to name a few. International Filipino supermodels Charo Ronquillo, Charlene Almarvez, Danica Magpantay, Manuela Basilio and Paolo Roldan also return home to walk the runways.

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