BINI used Coachella as runway

BINI turned Coachella’s second weekend into a showcase for Filipino fashion, stepping onstage April 17 in Indio, California, in custom looks by designers from home. (metro.style) The eight-member group — Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena — returned to the Mojave Stage on Friday, April 17, for a 45-minute set with updated styling and a revised opener, switching to “Strings” for Weekend 2. (gmanetwork.com) For the second weekend, visual director Ica Villanueva said the clothes shifted from Weekend 1’s sea-inspired gold looks to a “land” concept built around structured, armor-like silhouettes, denim cutouts, metallic textures, and custom sunglasses. (metro.style) Metro.Style identified the designers behind the main stage looks: Marian Zara made the custom warrior outfits, Job Dacon handled the metallic bodysuit, and Raf Villas created custom Y2K floral details. (metro.style) That designer rollout came one week after BINI’s first Coachella set on April 10, when the group became the first Filipino act to perform at the festival, according to Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter. (rollingstone.com) (hollywoodreporter.com) Villanueva told Vogue Philippines that the Coachella wardrobe was designed as a two-part story tied to BINI’s current “Signals” era, with Weekend 1 framed around “sea” and Weekend 2 recast around “land” through a more futuristic, cyberpunk vocabulary. (vogue.ph) Vogue Philippines reported that the first-weekend costumes used handwoven panels, macramé, tassels, wooden beads, mother-of-pearl details, and a reworked salakot, while the second-weekend concept drew on flora and fauna and abstracted the sampaguita into sculptural appliqués. (vogue.ph) The broader styling team extended beyond the eight members. Tatler Asia reported that Filipino designer Renan Pacson made the dancers’ costumes from a brief centered on land and water, with about a month from briefing to completion. (tatlerasia.com) Onstage, the fashion change was part of a larger reset. GMA News reported that BINI first appeared in sparkly, edgy ensembles, then changed into metallic purple and rose-gold outfits with silver boots as the set moved through songs including “Zero Pressure,” “Karera,” “Salamin Salamin,” “Blink Twice,” and “Pantropiko.” (gmanetwork.com) By the end of Weekend 2, the group had used two Coachella sets — April 10 and April 17 in California — to put Filipino pop and Filipino-made fashion in front of one of the festival circuit’s biggest crowds. (coachella.com) (abs-cbn.com)