Folks to be careful for throughout Sona 2024 | Picture: INQUIRER.internet
Sona 2024 is upon us and whereas it’s broadly considered one of many greatest annual political spectacle, with the president entrance and heart of everybody’s consideration, there are definitely fashion-forward people who inadvertently (or not) steal the limelight with their sheer presence and crowd pleasing reimagining of the Filipino ternos and baro’t saya by notable Filipino designers.
On at the present time, all eyes are skilled on the pink carpet of the Home of Representatives, the place politicians, their important others, and friends will show their respective garbs for all of the media to be aware of. Lets see extra recycled robes and fewer glitter and glamor this yr? Not going, however the costume code made one requirement — outfits with derogatory or political messages are banned.
That mentioned, listed below are a few of the personalities that we will anticipate to be gracing this yr’s Sona pink carpet with their ensembles that mirror their individuality and creativity.
Coronary heart Evangelista
Coronary heart Evangelista Sona outfits through the years | Picture: Instagram/@iamhearte, @michaelleyva
Being the spouse of Senate President Chiz Escudero, Coronary heart Evangelista has a strong position to play as the top of the Senate Spouses Basis, however as a trend influencer with a following working as much as thousands and thousands, her each transfer, each apparel is watched. Certainly, she is the simple first woman of Sona trend, bringing glam to the pink carpet, and we will anticipate this yr to be no much less.
In 2023, exuding an air of timeless class, Evangelista wore a pristine white trendy Filipiniana designed by Ivar Aseron. The outfit was beautiful with its banig-style butterfly sleeves, impressed by the Filipino craft of weaving. For her re-examination, she donned a Michael Leyva diamond-cutout column costume embellished with crystals and pearls, an actual visualization of sheer sophistication.
First Girl Liza Marcos
First Girl Liza Marcos | Picture: Instagram/@lesleymobo
As President Bongbong Marcos Jr.’s higher half, First Girl Liza Marcos’ apparel is among the most anticipated. Within the first Sona of the president in 2022, Mrs Marcos opted for a easy, flowing black and white Filipiniana terno by Lesley Mobo.
Mobo was once more her designer of selection throughout Sona 2023, however what was stunning was the colour of her robe — a brilliant yellow with embroidered flowers on the torso and butterfly sleeves. Although it might have simply been a curious matter of insignificance, yellow occurred to be the colour recognized with the Marcoses’ long-time political rival, the Aquinos.
Specialists say fashion-wise, Liza is casting her shadow near her mother-in-law, former First Girl, Imelda Marcos, as she is now believed to be probably the most influential girls to the president. Thus, her selection of robe might mirror this place of energy.
Sen. Nancy Binay
Nancy Binay | Picture: Instagram/@senatornancybinay, picture handout
Keep in mind that time when Senator Nancy Binay was bashed for her outfit throughout the opening of the sixteenth Congress in July 2014? Veering from the normal terno, Binay wore a white long-sleeved sheer shirt and a monochromatic olive-green skirt. However whereas the costume appeared elegant, social media had a area day evaluating her to a sure fictional princess with inexperienced pores and skin, and her robe to a sizzling air balloon.
Quick ahead 10 yr later, Binay’s trend selections have turn out to be one thing to stay up for throughout Sona season. The morena senator remained true to kind being snug in her personal pores and skin. She took the excessive highway in coping with the criticisms, although in recent times, even her staunchest bashers gave her optimistic suggestions on her Sona robes.
“Nagpapasalamat ako sa mga nagba-bash, tsaka yung mga naglo-look ahead sa susuotin ko yearly. ‘Yun pa lang, it’s an honor,” she informed reporters in 2018 post-Sona, the place she wore a powder blue robe by Randy Ortiz.
Since then, the senator has opted for easy, elegant Filipiniana in help of native designers. Forward of Sona 2024, Binay posted some throwbacks of her outfits from 2013 to the next years, hinting that her outfit this yr will certainly be anticipated.
Sen. Imee Marcos
Imee Marcos | Picture: Instagram/@officialimeemarcos
Sen. Imee Marcos, arguably, is among the most trendy legislators on this a part of the world, by no means one to overlook a beat when an event requires trend.
Throughout the first deal with of her brother in 2022, the woman politician donned a royal blue customized terno prime with matching pants with a print highlighting the administration’s coronary heart for agriculture.
Final yr, the senator went nearer to her Ilocano roots by dressing up a tribal outfit supposedly personally gifted to her by the Igorot. She complemented the look with henna tattoos throughout her physique, with designs such because the solar and moon.
Onlookers are anticipating how she’s going to ship one more trend assertion this yr.
Lucy Torres-Gomez
Lucy Torres-Gomez | Picture: Instagram/@lucytgomez, @richardgomezph
Identified for her glossy and easy silhouettes, Ormoc Metropolis Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez was each inch a mannequin in each outfit that she wears. Moreso throughout Sona when her magnificence would stand out even within the easiest of robes.
Spouse to fellow actor turned politician Richard Gomez, the couple made Sona 2022 a household affair because the couple and their solely daughter Juliana went twinning of their Filipiniana attire, custom-made by Lenora Luisa Cabili.
Final yr, the Ormoc mayor continued to show heads together with her subtle Filipiniana in help of native trend.
Sen. Loren Legarda
Loren Legarda | Picture: Fb/Loren Legarda, Instagram/@iamlorenlegarda
Senator Loren Legarda is a kind of who constantly advocates for upcycling indigenous supplies right into a trend assertion. Her selection of material and ethnic prints are mixed with the artful workmanship of native designers give a particular look.
Within the 2020, the woman politician took the chance to glam up even throughout the pandemic yr by sporting a sensible informal prime with ethnic prints, by which she refurbished a used Michael Leyva piece to transform right into a bolero.
In 2022, she wore a sublime two decades-old terno designed by the famend Patis Tesoro. The next yr, Legarda wore an upcycled abaca costume from her very first time period within the Senate, giving a complicated take to the design.
For the third deal with of President Marcos, the senator is anticipated to proceed her help for the native business.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros
Sen. Risa Hontiveros | Picture: Instagram/@hontiverosrisa, X/@mavgonzales
Easy class has all the time been the trademark of Sen. Risa Hontiveros in terms of Sona trend. Her robe materials are sourced from native weavers, which she then provides a contemporary take to.
In 2022, the woman senator wore a standard baro’t saya produced from Aklan Piña material and hand-embroidered in Lumban, Laguna.
Regardless of her regular conventional fashion, Hontiveros additionally is aware of the way to put a twist and a touch of social assertion into her outfit. In 2018, the woman politician donned a floral, butterfly-sleeved bolero piped with rainbow stripes, declaring her wholehearted help for the much-debated SOGIE invoice.
For Sona 2024, Hontiveros’ workplace shared that the senator can be sporting a glossy interpretation of the baro’t saya fabricated from piña and designed by Joel Acebuche, and can be paired with footwear from Zapateria Marikina and a hand-woven tikog purse.
Honorable mentions:
Vice President Sara Duterte
Vice President Sara Duterte | Picture: INQUIRER/X, Fb/Inday Sara Duterte
Regardless of already confirming that she is not going to be attending this yr’s Sona; for 2 years, Vice President Sara Duterte has managed to catch consideration on the Sona pink carpet as she paid tribute to completely different ethnic teams.
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In 2022, the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte wore a tribal Bagobo Tagabawa costume that she claimed to have borrowed from a tribal chief in Davao Metropolis.
On the second Sona of Pres. Marcos, Duterte donned a standard Maguindanaon costume to pay homage to the Moro tribe, designed by Cotabato Metropolis-based designer Israel Ellah Ungkakay.
