Ticia Almazan

Philippines

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Musician Jason Dhakal Gives Vogue a Peek Into His Wardrobe

Nov 29, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Joseph Pascual

Before starting a career in music, Jason Dhakal was simply a teenager who began to fall in love with neo-soul and jazz. At the same time, he began paying attention to his style. “I think [at] around 13, I started being more intentional with how I express myself and how I let people understand me through my personal taste.” But don’t get him wrong: he’s been dressing up ever since he could remember. “I guess it comes with being queer,” he laughs.
Anthony Ramirez Discovers the Possibilities of Abel Bangar

Nov 7, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Borgy Angeles |David Milan

On V. Luna Avenue in Quezon City,a two-storey Jollibee branch rests on one corner of a bustling intersection. Inside, punching in orders and handing over change from behind the counter (at least, for five months in 2009) was Anthony Ramirez. “That was my first job,” says the now-fashion designer in Filipino. Although he attempts to recall his stint at the fast food chain, the details escape him like it’s a truly uninteresting memory.
Inside the Wardrobes of Filipino Creatives

Oct 27, 2024 | vogue.ph | Audrey N. Carpio |Pam Quiñones |Ticia Almazan |David Milan

When British writer C. S. Lewis penned The Chronicles of Narnia, he probably wasn’t trying to make a connection to fashion. Yet somehow, the starting point of his fantastical series holds true in a sartorial sense: to step into a wardrobe is to be swept into a new world. This November, Vogue is granted a rare look into the closets of Filipino creatives from all over the globe, in the first installment of a series that will continue throughout our coming issues.
Inside Anna Vitiello's Wardrobe Lined with Her Obsessions

Oct 27, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Pam Quiñones |Moeez Ali |Daniele Qazi

Anna Vitiello’s earliest fashion memories include her Lola Rosie, who they affectionately called Nanay. “Although she didn’t have the means to buy anything luxury,” Anna shares, “she still was always impeccably dressed and would save for special pieces like a Dior costume jewelry necklace, one of which I still have and wear.”To this day, Anna’s style remains inspired by her grandmother, along with her Italian heritage and a childhood obsession with Gucci, Prada, and Armani.
In Dealing with Style, Kim Jones is Inspired by Everything but Fashion

Oct 27, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Pam Quiñones |David Milan |Kim Jones

Ask Kim Jones about how she got into dressing up, and she’ll tell you about… styrofoam. “[I] was attaching styrofoam to clogs I owned in the hopes of recreating the Spice Girls platforms,” she confesses. “It went horribly, but did I insist on wearing them around the house, scattering styro everywhere? Yes. Did I have to vacuum it all up?
Closet Confidential

Oct 27, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Audrey N. Carpio
The Michael Leyva x Plains & Prints Capsule Taps Into a "Wild Imagination"

Oct 22, 2024 | vogue.ph | Neil De Guzman |Ticia Almazan |Karl King Aguña

The walk up to Michael Leyva’s atelier, located on the sixth floor of The Peninsula Manila, feels like going up Paris’ Sacré-Cœur. There, the annual trunk show and fundraiser MaArte Fair is in full swing on the day of Vogue Philippines’ visit; multiple hotel spaces, including all rooms on the fifth and ninth floors, are abuzz with swarms of friends and families on the hunt for their next local artisanal find. The lobby’s dining area is full. There’s a queue forming before the elevator.
Dennis Lustico Gives Vogue an Intimate Look Into His Latest Collection

Oct 11, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Chelsea Sarabia

There was a chance that the show would be postponed a second time. On October third, just as Dennis Lustico’s team was putting the finishing touches on the part-indoor, part-outdoor runway, it began to pour. “It’s insane,” said digital associate editor Chelsea Sarabia from backstage, exactly two hours before the show. Thunder rumbled, heavy raindrops fell on the pavement, and mud had begun to splatter on the catwalk. The team fell into a panic. But as the adage goes, the show must go on.
Designer Bon Hansen on Self-Freedom

Sep 30, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |Danyl Geneciran |Karl King Aguña

If you clicked play on a supercut of Bon Hansen Reyes’ childhood memories, you would register, almost immediately, multiple clips of him dancing. In one memory, he’s whirling around his college’s covered courts dancing the cha-cha, rumba, and jive, frequently placing second in dancesport competitions. In another, he’s swaying at home by his lonesome, wearing makeshift costumes fashioned from towels and blankets wrapped around his petite frame.
How Carl Jan Cruz Distilled the Philippine Archipelago in One Look

Sep 25, 2024 | vogue.ph | Ticia Almazan |David Milan |Artu Nepomuceno

“It is birthed from an archipelago that’s united by thousands of islands. There is something special about being one and also distanced still by water altogether.” “It is birthed from an archipelago that’s united by thousands of islands. There is something special about being one and also distanced still by water altogether.”Topography is the study of the Earth’s land surfaces and forms. It’s an apt title for Carl Jan Cruz’s ensemble, which is, in its own way, a map of the Philippines.