What makes all the difference in fashion is narrative—and these designers have equally powerful stories of creation, ideation, and influence. Dive into the worlds of Sheriko Sarinas, Joseph Palma, Job Dacon, Kelvin Morales, Sainte Marion, and Jan Fernandez
This is an excerpt from MEGA’s Februrary 2024 Issue
Sheriko Sarinas
There’s both a strong and delicate beauty in Sheriko Sarinas’s vision, message, and technique, the kind of ambivalence only few can master
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Joseph Palma
Haute couture still exists, and Joseph Palma’s breathtaking artistry is proof of the allure of complexity and inspiration
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Job Dacon
Job Dacon is definitely just getting started. Let him redefine what it means to live in a world of understated glamor
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Kelvin Morales
A grand celebration of identity, craftsmanship, and experimentation manifests in Kelvin Morales’s work—a whole standard of his own
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Sainte Marion
Sainte Marion is bringing in the timeless mystique that goes beyond fashion on the daily, creations that materialized straight out of a dream
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Jan Fernandez
Pride, passion, and power—this is what Jan Fernandez puts into every cut, seam, and detail in each of his works of art
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Get to know the 32 rising Filipino designers in MEGA’s February 2024 issue, now available on Readly, Magzter, Press Reader and Zinio.
Creative Direction PATRICK TY and RYUJI SHIOMITSU. Art Direction JONES PALTENG. Fashion Direction KAT CRUZ-VILLANUEVA. Photography DOC MARLON PECJO (Editorial); GRANT BABIA (Portraits). Production Design GINGER EVENT STYLING BY GINGER GADDI. Makeup KATCHIE MEJIAS, PAMM MERRERA and CHRISTIAN RAY ARAPOC. Hair KURT ANDREI and VINCE CUSAY. Model GRACE TAGLE, ANNA SIDECO, RAEJELL ROXAS, LOURDES DELGADO, JESSICA YANG and JASMINE MAIERHOFER. Shot on location PARALLAX STUDIO. Styling BITHIA REYES and SHAIRA ABRAHAM. Sittings Editor MARIAN SAN PEDRO. Special thanks to WESLEY VILLARICA of PARALLAX STUDIO, MIKI MIKLAT of MERCATOR, and JOANNA POJAS of PMAP.