TRADE SECRETS

What makes PHx Fashion Group different? Knowing that what's more is not always better

- MARIAN SAN PEDRO

Trickie Lopa laughs as she talks about how she first knew of designers Seph Bagasao and Esme Palaganas. "In my case, I met their clothes before I met them I was their client. And then, the two were talking about common issues of designers."

Conceptualized and led by Bagasao and Palaganas, with the support of Lopa, PHx Fashion Group enables a creative business environment through education and market incubation. It all started when they, as a group of designers, were doing a show abroad and didn't know what to do right after. Good press was there, but there's no business side to it. What will ensure their brands' sustainability?