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  Who will win the prestigious Pacita Longos Award at Ternocon 2025? The highly anticipated fashion event of the year, celebrating the Filipino Terno, will culminate on January 26, 2025, at the Philippine International Convention Center, with an awarding ceremony and fashion show. Organized by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in partnership with BENCH, this year's competition features innovative designs that honor and elevate the Terno with a Panuelo, the Balintawak with the alampay and tapis and the inclusion of the kimona, a loose slip-over blouse with slightly extended sleeves made of embroidered fabric, a casual variation of the iconic Philippine dress. “Ternocon promises to be a spectacular display of creativity, showcasing the fusion of art, fashion, and Filipino identity. It also underscores the CCP’s role as a steward of Philippine arts which includes fashion and our traditional attire. We are glad that Ternocon remains to be a key calendar event for the creativ...

  For its fourth edition, TERNOCON, a national terno-making convention and competition for Filipino designers, continues its mission of preserving and promoting the Philippine dress. Ternocon announces the 12 finalists and 2 semi-finalists who will take part in the second workshop-mentoring slated on October 17-21, 2024 at the Bench Tower in BGC, Taguig. Chosen from 82 applications, the 12 finalists are:  Windell Madis, Geomarie Hernandez, Johnoel Marin, Patrick Lazol, Jericho Gonzales, Irene Subang, Bryan Peralta, Peach Garde, Ram Silva, Lexter Badana, Jared Palmejar, Monina Gatan, while the 2 semi-finalists are: Xioti Chiu and Jema Gamer who come from Ilocos Norte, La Union, Tarlac, Batangas, Capiz, Silay, Iloilo, South Cotabato, Davao, Makati, Taguig, Quezon City, and Manila. The finalists had their first mentoring-workshop last June 17-22 at the Training Center of the Baguio Country Club where they started working on their capsule three-piece collection consisting of a for...