Where there’s tasteful structure and strong tailoring, there are visionaries going beyond what’s seen on the daily—Keith Sacasas, Antonina, .ARCHIVES, Ulysses Caragayan, Ziv Rei Alexi, and East of Eden
This is an excerpt from MEGA’s February 2024 Issue
Keith Sacasas
Asymmetry, freedom, and distinctiveness—Keith Sacasas knows all too well that tailoring has endless possibilities, and he’s confident in harnessing just that
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Antonina
Antonina prides herself in poetic symbolism, thematic execution, and overall character
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.ARCHIVES
If there’s one word to describe what .Archives is doing in the fashion scene, it’s innovation. This is future-oriented conceptwear
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Ulysses Caragayan
Heavily influenced by silhouettes of the ‘50s, Ulyssess Caragayan definitely own the modern-meets-timeless aesthetic
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Ziv Rei Alexi
Ziv Rei Alexi is a true expert of the unconventional, the sentimental, and the knitty, gritty details of fashion and its transitory nature
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East Of Eden
Whether its material or structure, East of Eden knows how to play around the rules—or the lack thereof
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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.