BINI spotlights Filipino designers
K‑pop group BINI used their Coachella looks to showcase multiple Filipino designers, turning their stagewear into a live portfolio for homegrown talent. (Mega Asia catalogued the designers BINI wore at Coachella weekend two.) (mega-asia.com)
BINI used their second Coachella set on April 18 to put Filipino designers at the center of their stage wardrobe, not just the group’s performance. (metro.style) For weekend two, visual director Ica Villanueva said the eight-member group wore “warrior-like armor” silhouettes with denim cutouts and metallic textures. Metro.Style identified the designers behind the looks as Marian Zara, who made the custom warrior outfits, Job Dacon, who worked on the metallic bodysuit, and Raf Villas, who added custom Y2K floral details. (metro.style) That followed BINI’s first Coachella weekend on April 10, when the group debuted in gold warrior dresses and reimagined salakot hats before changing into teal siren looks mid-set. Vogue Philippines said Villanueva built that first-weekend concept around handwoven panels, macramé, tassels, wooden beads, and locally crafted shell and mother-of-pearl accessories. (vogue.ph) The fashion push landed alongside a music milestone. Forbes and Mega said BINI became the first Filipino group and first P-pop girl group to perform at Coachella, with a 45-minute Mojave Stage set on April 10. (forbes.com) (mega-asia.com) The clothes also extended a pattern in BINI’s styling. MEGA’s 2024 coverage of the group’s solo concert outfits said Villanueva regularly tapped local designers including Dacon, Villas, Iñigo Villegas, and Zara, and said some of them had worked with BINI since debut. (mega-asia.com 1) (mega-asia.com 2) The first Coachella looks also drew fashion-industry notice outside Philippine outlets. ABS-CBN reported that Vogue included BINI in its “Best Celebrity Coachella Outfits of 2026 So Far,” and Teen Vogue also featured the group’s weekend-one outfits. (abs-cbn.com) By the second weekend, BINI was still tying the performance to national identity as well as fashion. The Manila Times reported that the group opened in futuristic warrior outfits by Zara, introduced themselves through Batangeño, Bikol, Bisaya, Ilocano, and Tagalog, and closed with the Philippine flag on screen behind them. (manilatimes.net) Coachella gave BINI a global stage; the wardrobe made that stage legible as Filipino. By splitting the credit across Zara, Dacon, and Villas, the group turned a festival set into a public portfolio for designers from home. (metro.style) (vogue.ph)
