BTS as Project Runway Season 4

Manila is all geared up for next year's Project Runway Philippines Season 4 in March 2015.  15 aspiring design talent from all over the country will compete to be proclaimed as Philippine fashion's next to watch.  Recently this author worked with the production team, host and judges to produce the teasers and print materials for the show.  Great time to reconnect with people who I've known for quite sometime.  Fun and laughter filled the set in a free flowing exchange of heart filled energy.  An insight is their noteworthy longevity and the embodiment of true professionalism.  Here are the behind the scenes of oustanding moment all in a days work.

Project Runway Philippines Season 4's fantastic four:  Rajo Laurel, Apples Aberin, Tweetie de Leon and Jojie Lloren.

Shadow play on the set.

Jojie Lloren is first come first serve.

Tweetie is printastic in Ivarluski Aseron.

Wardrobe choices from Rhett Eala, Ivarluski Aseron, Rajo Laurel and Jun Escario.

Glam up in startling accessories from Joanique.

Four play.

White wonder with Apples.

Change set up.

Director on the set.

Rajo in his element.

Waiting game.

Twin setting:  Tweetie and Jojie.

The author with the girls behind the scene.

Facétieux

Manila based French photographer Romain Rivierre holds his first exhibit in the Philippines entitled Facétieux held at A _Space in Makati city.  The talented artist  presents a visual narrative of black and white and colored portraits of some of Manila's popular personalities.  Raw candid moments captured by the brilliant eye through the lens reveal a narrative sense of realism in every photograph.  Echoing his purist sensibilities of the artform, the photos successfully present a candid take on various facets of a personality.  Untainted by commercialism,  the photographer's collective portraits presen a strong point of view invisible under the spotlights.  A simple but amazing exhibition of an artist truly a league on his own.

The iconic Pepe Smith.

Fashion and TV personality Tweetie de Leon Gonzales.

Iconic "Walk this Way" Carlos Celdran.

Terry Gilliam ,director: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Monty Python, 12 Monkeys, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Fashion designer Rhett Eala.

The crowd.

The man of the hour - Romain Rivierre.

Radar MNL's EIC Izzy Gonzales and managing editor Alex Pierson.

The author(5th from left) with makeup artists Jopie Sanchez, Jewelmer's Rose Talaman, Celine Aguila and Penelope Uy and Tanya Escaler Rivierre.