MANILA, Philippines - Zee Lifestyle, the premier lifestyle magazine of Cebu and Davao, unveils its annual fashion issue this August. Headlining the issue is Zee’s cover story on Dubai-based Cebuano fashion designer Furne One who caught the eye of supermodel Heidi Klum in Munich, Germany and other fashion insiders at this year’s Miami Fashion Week. With his decidedly decadent designs, Furne bagged the coveted Designers’ Choice Award at the Miami Moda and Music Awards.
Zee not only celebrates established designers, it supports new talents as well with its feature on five Cebuano clothing and accessories designers: Mary Ty, Lionel Sanchez, Noreen Tseng, Mique Yapching and Jamie Zanoria in The Class of 2009. And because fashion is as much about the past as it is about the present and the future, Zee also has a nostalgic fashion story, Cecilia Brainard’s “Lola Remedios and Her Sayas.”
From fashionable faces, Zee turns to fashionable places. It visits five designers’ ateliers and sees the places that simultaneously inspire and are inspired by the designers’ oeuvres. Also check out Zee’s feature on the stylish new Mexican restaurant Maya, a taqueria and tequila lounge from the makers of Condé Nast favorite, abaca boutique resort + restaurant.
Finally, enjoy the visual feasts of the issue’s two fashion editorials. In Wear and Tear Zee commissioned Cebu’s most established designers to create paper dresses, thus underlining the transient nature of both fashion and beauty. Street Smart, on the other hand, is about wearable, accessible clothes because as Coco Chanel said, “fashion that does not reach the streets is not fashion.”
Zee Lifestyle’s annual fashion issue is available at National Bookstore, Powerbooks and Fully Booked branches. For Cebu and Davao subscriptions, log on to www.zeelifestylecebu.com.