RED Charity Gala founders Tessa Prieto-Valdes and Kaye Tinga already knew that it would be a daunting affair to gather all 10 of the world-renowned Filipino designers they have featured for the 11th run of the country’s biggest fashion and philanthropic event. That is, until they asked themselves, “Why then and not now?”—especially given that this once-in-a-lifetime gathering will again be for good cause.

“In the past couple of years, we’ve been thinking about bringing the designers all together, but we knew that would be ambitious because four of them are based abroad and the logistics alone would be a challenge,” shared Tinga during the gala’s preview held recently at The Manila Hotel.