Here’s a Recap of Manila Fashion Week 2025
Manila Fashion Week 2025 flips the script! This recap weaves Andrea Tetangco’s romantic strength, Viktor’s dystopian tailoring, Iñigo’s stage-ready movement, and DBTK’s street-born grit into one unforgettable four-night celebration of Filipino design.
Words Mika Reyes
Photos courtesy of Manila Fashion Week
November 05, 2025
For the longest time, our runway ritual carried the BYS Fashion Week name, a familiar showcase of Filipino designers from across the archipelago. This year, that lineage moved forward into a fresh chapter: the very first Manila Fashion Week under the same management but with a renewed vision. The rebrand arrived not as a clean break but as a bolder invitation—to amplify local craft, deepen storytelling, and place Philippine design in sharper relief. From October 16 to 19 at SM Aura Premier, four nights of runway energy unfolded like a promise: intimate yet ambitious, rooted yet restless, joyful and exacting all at once.
Day 1 — Andrea Tetangco and Viktor
Andrea Tetangco opened the season with work that felt intimate and ceremonial. “Women have always been at the heart of my creative process. Every piece I design is a love letter to them,” she said, and the show read exactly that. She reimagined purity and femininity through airy, futuristic details balanced by structural tailoring, producing looks that were delicate in feeling and insistently strong in form. “For this collection, I wanted to explore the idea of purity and femininity reimagined. Something dreamy and futuristic, yet timeless and grounded in reality,” she added, and the runway answered with silhouettes that breathed confidence.
At Samsung Hall, Viktor brought a cinematic edge. “We were inspired by watching Blade Runner 2049 so from there, we were thinking what would people wear in this dystopian world, and of course, people would still be fashionable,” the designers said. Their garments played out that thought experiment. Denim, leather, vegan leather, wool, and locally produced textiles combined into tailored outerwear and custom-made pieces showcased both the label’s heritage in bespoke jeans and jackets and its appetite for theatricality.
Day 2 — OXGN and Chris Nick
OXGN injected the week with street-luxe immediacy: utility silhouettes, layered textures, and an attitude that felt like the city in motion. The collection read as functional rebellion—clothes that move with purpose and swagger.
Chris Nick followed with tuxedo-led glamour. “It’s essentially inspired by the hedonistic things I love to do—this collection specifically is sex club centric,” he said. The runway made that mood elegant and audacious. “The tuxedo will always be part of my work so this season we have different variations of it mixed into contrasting aspects,” he explained, using warm browns and ivories like a study in skin and contrast. The result was polished, provocative, and richly theatrical.
Day 3 — Iñigo and DBTK
Iñigo translated a life lived onstage into clothes that demand movement. “The inspiration behind this collection is rooted in the limelight—commanding attention, movement, and versatility,” he shared, and his pieces—sculptural yet fluid—moved with the authority of someone who understands performance. New techniques met wearable statements, producing looks that felt like choreography you could wear.
DBTK staged a celebratory origin story with Folding Dreams Into Flight, a show that traced the brand’s thirteen-year journey from streetwear roots to mainstage recognition. “When we received the invitation to join Manila Fashion Week, it felt special because brands like ours rarely get the chance to be part of these kinds of events,” the team said. Their layered, conceptual streetwear honored community, grit, and growth in every stitch.
Day 4 — Viña Romero, Randolf, and Celebration
Viña Romero marked ten years with Mga Bakas: Noon, Ngayon, at Bukas, a collection that felt at once like archive and renewal. “This year marks Viña Romero’s 10th year in the industry, and Mga Bakas: Noon, Ngayon, at Bukas serves as both a reflection and a celebration of that journey,” she said, presenting signature textures, careful drapery, and artisanal details that honored the artisans and collaborators behind the work.
Randolf closed the week with HEAURT, a collection that examined love, obsession, and return. “The collection is called HEAURT, a mix of Heart and Hurt, and it is a collection that explores the feeling of loving too much until it hurts,” he explained. The runway moved from devotion to reclamation, ending on a note of regained self-respect and wry tenderness. The official after party at Samsung Hall turned the week’s energy into a communal celebration, a night of music, laughter, and congratulations.
Final Note
Manila Fashion Week 2025 arrived as a confident relaunch: intimate in scale, expansive in imagination. Designers balanced romance with grit, performance with tailoring, and street roots with refined craft. The inaugural season under the Manila Fashion Week banner felt like both a homecoming and a call forward—a spirited declaration that Filipino fashion has many voices and is ready to speak them boldly.
