00:00Meanwhile, prior to President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr.'s fourth State of the Nation address, lawmakers along with their guests served notice on themselves as they stood out in their simple yet elegant Filipino-made dresses while mirroring the new and better Philippines.
00:13Heart Evangelista dazzled in her pearl-white Filipino dress on her arrival with President Francis G. Escudero at the Batasang Pambansa Complex. The fashion icon then sported a barong top in stylish puffed long sleeves, partnered with a long skirt in all-white ensemble, decked in white pearls.
00:32Meanwhile, Cheska Imperial Coribata donned or donned a traditional Filipiniana featuring cream-white accents with floral embroidery in pastel shades. Congresswoman Ruth Mariano and Counselor Kate Galang Coteteng also drew raves on her simple yet elegant theme by putting on a black-and-white Filipiniana gown with floral accents and flowing olive-green Filipiniana.
