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Tees For The ‘Common People’

0 Comments | Manila Bulletin, Nov 13, 2009

Egalitarianism appears to be on the minds of the countrys leading casualwear brands as they try to expand into other markets. Penshoppe recently hosted a sumptuous sit-down dinner during Philippine Fashion Week to announce that its clothes are not only for teens but for everyone, including the upmarket dinner guests, who can wear their Penshoppe tees with their Marc Jacobs jackets or Chanel bags.

Bench, with its Filipino-inspired new collection and its Pinoy Lab statement tees, says it has united the common people into a fashionable stance, stressing that the brand built on celebrity endorsements is for a large community of people with no specific gender, age, or race. Benchs Pinoy statement tees are fun and can cut across demographicswho can, after all, thumb their noses at an I Heart Adobo shirt? The Filipino formalwear riffs on shirts and jackets are likewise genius. Here are our creatives finally taking aspects of our heritage into wonderful design tangents
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