THE GREAT VAN ANG, PT. 3

This is the last chapter of the Great Van Ang series. Congratulations again to Van and the other graduates. You did a great job!

THE GREAT VAN ANG, PT. 2

Here's that gown I've been raving about. It was painstakingly spray-painted, but I think it was worth all the work. It was the best dress of the night, no doubt about it.

THE GREAT VAN ANG, PT. 1

Here is a dress by Vanessa Ang which was premiered in her recent Fashion Institute of the Philippines graduation.

If you think this design is great, wait 'til you see her evening gown. It's amazing, and it's coming up next.

SMOKE

Scary model, part 2.

RGB

Last Wednesday night (yes, the super-stormy one), I watched my friend Van Ang graduate from the Fashion Institute of the Philippines. Naturally, I took lots of photos.

Anyway, here is a model that's truly striking --regardless of whether she is lit by red, green or blue light. (Note: the clothes here are not Van's. Hers are way better, and we'll get to them in due time.)

PS. I decided to forego posting the actual Bench Fever show pictures, as I am already so sick of that silly event. However, if you're feeling extra-perverse and are interested in said images, fret not. I will upload them in my flickr account next month.

ENTRANCE/

During the event night, I was tasked to cover the red carpet entrances of some "celebrities."

FIX/

Here are some pictures of the models' hair in various states of FIX-ing.

BACKSTAGE/

Here are some backstage photos during Bench Fever day. The last one is of Ben Chan, the primary perpetrator of this event.

WHITE/

Here are some pictures of the backstage at Araneta in the morning. It's all just plain white, with a touch of Celine Lopez.

Just a bit of trivia: all of the backstage rooms have loads of mosquitoes in them. Gross.

ARANETA/

This is how Araneta looked like in the morning of the Bench Fever event before the masses turned it upside down with their massiveness and masa-ness.

FACE/

Get a load of these faces!

SPOTLIGHT/

Here are some portraits that I took using my flash as a sort of spotlight. I really didn't want to do this initially, because I hate lugging around that heavy flash unit. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how it made the pictures look (pics 2 and 4 almost have that "studio" look to them).