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- The Philippine Fashion Week (PhFW) is a biannual week-long fashion show held in Metro Manila, Philippines. Dates are determined for the month of May, for showcasing holiday collections (instead of the autumn-winter categorizations which would not apply in the country), and then for the month of October, for showcasing spring and summer collections. It is the longest-running fashion event in the country, and the largest fashion event held in Manila, known as the "Olympics" of Philippine fashion. The Philippine Fashion Week was founded by Joey A. Espino Jr and Audie Espino in 1997. They continue to lead the project as executive producers along with the Espino brothers' protégé, Conchitina (Tina) Herrera. Filipino designers including Ito Curata, , Ezra Santos, Oliver Tolentino, Albert Andrada, Jerome Salaya Ang, Noel Crisostomo, Jeffrey Rogador, Sidney Perez Sio, EsAc, Pat Santos, Arnold Galang, Roland Alzate, Raoul Ramirez, Lyle Ibanez, Cherry Samuya Veric, Philipp Tampus, Junjun Cambe, Mixy Dy, Jian Lasala, Randall Solomon, Kaye Morales, Boyet Dysangco, Anthony Nocom, Eric Delos Santos, Cesar Gaupo, Robin Tomas, Lesley Mobo, Frederick Peralta, Ben Farrales, Pitoy Moreno and Aureo Alonzo have presented full collections on Philippine Fashion Week's multi-media platform. The event is ‘by invitation only’ and participating designers pay a participation fee, with each designer undergoing a stringent selection process with their collections approved on the basis of design ingenuity. Each season, Philippine Fashion Week generates extensive media coverage reaching an average audience of five million viewers, followers and fashion fans throughout the world. As of 2008, it has been consistently held at the SMX Convention Center and SM Mall of Asia, until 2019 when it was held at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria. Some of the notable celebrities and personalities who have graced the runways of Philippine Fashion Week include Nina Garcia of Project Runway US, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, Keeping Up with the Kardashians' Rob Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, British supermodel David Gandy, America's Next Top Model's Allison Harvard and Dominique Reighard, Ford Models' Katie Ford, and the Miss Shapes, to name a few. International Filipino supermodels Charo Ronquillo, Charlene Almarvez, Danica Magpantay, Manuela Basilio and Paolo Roldan have also returned home to walk the event's runways. Philippine Fashion Week continues to discover, nurture and showcase a new generation of designers who have gone on to attain global recognition, with their pieces worn by celebrities that include Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Sofía Vergara, Christina Aguilera, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Britney Spears, Fergie, Tyra Banks, Paula Patton, Paris Hilton, Dita Von Teese, Emmy Rossum and Mischa Barton. (en)
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