RAFE TOTENGCO

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                    [Title] => Designer Rafe Totengco collaborates with Bench
                    [Summary] => It happened over one dinner. Two Filipinos catching up between fits of hearty laughter in New York City, Ben Chan and Rafe Totengco — the former, the brains behind Filipino retail giant Bench, embarking on a stateside expansion starting at New York Fashion Week spring/summer 2017; the latter a Filipino designer with beginnings in Bacolod City and Manila, designing clothes that grew his namesake line of award-winning accessories RAFE New York in 1997. 
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                    [AuthorName] => Marbbie C. Tagabucba
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                    [Title] => Ladylike with a little edge
                    [Summary] => 
There’s an edge to this season’s looks.

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-09-27 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1164470
                    [AuthorName] => Bea J. Ledesma
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                    [Title] => MIX-tical  experience!
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The MIX Boutique, under the management of retail expert Mia Borromeo, has since added a number of heavyweight clothing and accessory names in the industry. Chief among the list are ensembles by Cynthia Vincent, Common Thread, Milly and Tracy Reese. Accessories from Kenneth Jay Lane and NY-based Filipino sensation Rafe Totengco have also enjoyed brisk sales.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-12-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joanne Zapanta-Andrada
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                    [Title] => Style ID: Fashion's heat list
                    [Summary] => The heat is still on! Everyone seems to be planning her weekend getaway to escape the scorching sun and lie on the pool. Taking a break does not mean looking drab when you can look fab. I’ve asked these beach bums where they usually go and what their wardrobe is like when heading for their fave resort




Must-Haves:  (From top) Necklace by Get Happy • Nivea Sun Oil Spray • bikini by Sunset Brazil from Chocolate • bag from Sobre Bags 


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Karrie Bitanga
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                    [Title] => Style ID: Fashion's heat list
                    [Summary] => The heat is still on! Everyone seems to be planning her weekend getaway to escape the scorching sun and lie on the pool. Taking a break does not mean looking drab when you can look fab. I’ve asked these beach bums where they usually go and what their wardrobe is like when heading for their fave resort




Must-Haves:  (From top) Necklace by Get Happy • Nivea Sun Oil Spray • bikini by Sunset Brazil from Chocolate • bag from Sobre Bags 


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                    [AuthorName] => Karrie Bitanga
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                    [Title] => BAG LADIES
                    [Summary] => Photographer Claudine Sia remembers Rafe Totengco’s first designs all too well. Some of them hung over her bed for over a year in the one-bedroom apartment they shared almost a decade ago. She remembers how, despite being made of "really bad material" (a fact Rafe laughingly shares when he describes the flimsy vinyl material he used for his first bags), they still sold like pancakes.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-05-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ana G. Kalaw
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                    [Title] => Marica Lim: The  Future’s In The Bag
                    [Summary] => Marica Lim graduated from college only a year ago, but she’s ready to start all over again. After obtaining an AB Psychology degree from the Ateneo de Manila in 2002, she is all set to take another bachelor’s degree at the London College of Fashion this September, this time majoring in a product design course for accessories. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-07-18 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1645237
                    [AuthorName] => Paula C. Nocon
                    [SectionName] => Young Star
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                    [Title] => Pinoys bag the world market
                    [Summary] => When Edna Cruz and her daughters Trisha Cruz-Cuason and Lally Cruz-Dizon saw Catherine Zeta-Jones toting one of their Martinique/Padudu bags in the movie Traffic, they were bursting with a  bagful of pride and joy. Padudu made the native tote bag for award-winning Pinoy bagman Rafe Totengco, who gave it to Catherine as a gift. Another Padudu native beauty was once spotted on the famous shoulder of pretty woman Julia Roberts.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-04-23 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Ching M. Alano
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                    [Title] => 10 things that make a Rafé
                    [Summary] => Rafe bags have been described as beautiful to look at, but also very wearable and very practical. They grab your eye while they’re on the shelf, and as you use them and study how they work, you can see how much thought is put into every detail. His design philosophy is exactly about that, and his research usually begins with product-testing on the female assistants he works with. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-12-26 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Paula C. Nocon
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                    [Title] => Bedazzled!
                    [Summary] => During a full moon, dahlings, Manille’s creamiest of the cream including the pack of jewelry lovers, suppliers from Asia-Pacific, and avid watch connoisseurs tres visibly celebrated the formal opening of the super popular Rafael Jewellery’s newest glitzy showroom at the Makati Shangri-La’s mezzanine level. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Maurice Arcache
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Designer Rafe Totengco collaborates with Bench

By Marbbie C. Tagabucba | October 14, 2016 - 12:00am

It happened over one dinner. Two Filipinos catching up between fits of hearty laughter in New York City, Ben Chan and Rafe...

YStyle

Ladylike with a little edge

By Bea J. Ledesma | September 27, 2013 - 12:00am

There’s an edge to this season’s looks.

YStyle

MIX-tical experience!

By Joanne Zapanta-Andrada | December 18, 2005 - 12:00am

The MIX Boutique, under the management of retail expert Mia Borromeo, has since added a number of heavyweight clothing and accessory names in the industry. Chief among the list are ensembles by Cynthia Vincent,...

Allure

Style ID: Fashion's heat list

By Karrie Bitanga | May 15, 2005 - 12:00am

The heat is still on! Everyone seems to be planning her weekend getaway to escape the scorching sun and lie on the pool. Taking a break does not mean looking drab when you can look fab. I’ve asked these beach...

Allure

Style ID: Fashion's heat list

By Karrie Bitanga | May 15, 2005 - 12:00am

The heat is still on! Everyone seems to be planning her weekend getaway to escape the scorching sun and lie on the pool. Taking a break does not mean looking drab when you can look fab. I’ve asked these beach...

Allure

BAG LADIES

By Ana G. Kalaw | May 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Photographer Claudine Sia remembers Rafe Totengco’s first designs all too well. Some of them hung over her bed for over a year in the one-bedroom apartment they shared almost a decade ago. She remembers how,...

Fashion and Beauty

Marica Lim: The Future’s In The Bag

By Paula C. Nocon | July 18, 2003 - 12:00am

Marica Lim graduated from college only a year ago, but she’s ready to start all over again. After obtaining an AB Psychology degree from the Ateneo de Manila in 2002, she is all set to take another bachelor’s...

Young Star

Pinoys bag the world market

By Ching M. Alano | April 23, 2003 - 12:00am

When Edna Cruz and her daughters Trisha Cruz-Cuason and Lally Cruz-Dizon saw Catherine Zeta-Jones toting one of their Martinique/Padudu bags in the movie Traffic, they were bursting with a bagful of pride and joy....

Fashion and Beauty

10 things that make a Rafé

By Paula C. Nocon | December 26, 2002 - 12:00am

Rafe bags have been described as beautiful to look at, but also very wearable and very practical. They grab your eye while they’re on the shelf, and as you use them and study how they work, you can see how much...

Fashion and Beauty

Bedazzled!

By Maurice Arcache | June 6, 2002 - 12:00am

During a full moon, dahlings, Manille’s creamiest of the cream including the pack of jewelry lovers, suppliers from Asia-Pacific, and avid watch connoisseurs tres visibly celebrated the formal opening of the...

Newsmakers

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