This is the moment

CEBU, Philippines - Even if their presence was enough to keep the hype and hoopla rolling, the fashion designers never relied on impressions.

The runway at the Face-off  bridal fashion show at the Radisson Blu Hotel Cebu last month was transformed into a thread of creations that could be entwined into—who knows?—your own love story.

And it seemed like there was a consensus of philosophies from the two style territories of the Philippines.

The designers from Manila—Albert Andrada, Ivarluski Aseron, Vittorio Barba, Mike dela Rosa, Rhett Eala, Rajo Laurel, Efren Ocampo, James Reyes and Randy Ortiz—are breathing life into your fantasy.

The bevy of Cebuano designers, on the other hand, writes their own poem in the way they construct and remodel tradition.

Home court advantage, of course.

But you know Edwin Ao, Protacio, Arcy Gayatin, Philip Rodriguez, Vania Romoff, Oj Hofer, Jun Escario, William Manahan, Philipp Tampus and Cary Santiago have been consistently putting you in a sunny mood. (FREEMAN)