BENCH Week Coming Up

BENCH Fashion Week is set for April 17 to 19 at SPACE at One Ayala in Makati, with organizers teasing a three-day runway event under the hashtag BENCHFashionWeek26. (24vids.com) The event dates fall on Friday through Sunday next week, and the venue is SPACE at One Ayala, a trade hall inside the One Ayala complex in Metro Manila’s central business district. (24vids.com) (sticky.whitecloak.io) BENCH has used the fashion week format to mix its in-house and partner retail labels with runway presentations by Filipino designers. Coverage of the Holiday 2025 edition at the same venue said the show featured Suyen Corporation brands and new collections by local design names. (manilabulletin.com.ph) (tatlerasia.com) That setup has made the event a recurring bridge between mass retail and Philippine designer fashion. Tatler Asia said the September 2025 edition highlighted local and international brands, while Philstar Life said the move to SPACE at One Ayala opened the event to broader expressions of Filipino fashion and pop culture. (tatlerasia.com) (philstarlife.com) The April schedule also fits BENCH’s recent seasonal pattern. BusinessWorld reported that Bench Fashion Week 2025 culminated in the Bench Design Awards during the last weekend of April, while September 2025 brought a separate Holiday edition at One Ayala. (bworldonline.com) (manilabulletin.com.ph) The design-awards track has also become part of BENCH’s pipeline for new talent. Philstar Life reported that three designers chosen at Bench Fashion Week 2025 each received 200,000 Philippine pesos and a slot to present at Tokyo Fashion Week. (philstarlife.com) Past editions show how wide the event’s casting can run. Philstar Life’s March 2024 coverage documented celebrities including Kathryn Bernardo, Atasha Muhlach, Francine Diaz, Ruru Madrid, Bianca Umali, and David Licauco on the BENCH runway. (philstarlife.com) The September 2025 edition also pulled in international celebrity attention. Metro.Style reported that Korean actor Sung Hoon attended that show, and Tatler Asia described BENCH’s 2025 comeback fashion show as its first in seven years. (metro.style) (tatlerasia.com) For next weekend, the clearest confirmed facts are the dates, the Makati venue, and the public teaser that “the runway fills with presence and personality.” The fuller lineup appears likely to emerge closer to April 17, when BENCH Fashion Week opens at One Ayala. (24vids.com)