Chico Estiva By; Richard Lupanggo

31/07/2026

One last look before we say goodbye to July. ❤️✨

To everyone who stopped by, admired our creations, and supported our journey this July thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Thank you for your trust, your support, and your love for our brand. On to August!✨

21/07/2026

This floor-length evening gown features a deeply plunging V-neckline framed by a sheer mesh panel and structured, pointed bodice peaks. The gown is meticulously adorned with intricate linear and chevron beadwork in vibrant purple, emerald green, and shimmering silver, creating a striking geometric illusion that tapers at the waist. It features a halter-style high collar embellished with large, prominent rhinestones, which connects to cold-shoulder straps lined with purple crystals. Dropping elegantly from the shoulders are dramatic, floor-sweeping fringes of silver bugle beads, while the lower skirt transitions into vertical beaded columns interspersed with dangling silver accents that catch the light beautifully.

20/07/2026

Binibining Pilipinas CEBU Christine Usaraga
This gown is an artisanal couture, appearing less like a garment and more like an avian vision forged in liquid gold. At its heart, the bodice is a structural masterpiece featuring dramatic, wing-like filigree that climbs the décolletage with an aggressive, regal elegance, each metallic feather meticulously paved in fire-bright rhinestones. The eye is then pulled downward through a hypnotic geometric topography where chevron-patterned beadwork and scattered teardrop crystals catch the light like sunlight hitting the surface of a golden river. Below the hips, the rigid, dazzling silhouette dissolves into a mesmerizing dance of fluid motion, as hundreds of delicate, cascading strands of golden fringe drape from the bodice, swaying with every subtle movement. This ethereal shimmer eventually anchors into the hem, which bursts into a lush, voluminous explosion of antique bronze and gold feathers, lending the entire ensemble an organic, phoenix-like quality that is both fierce and impossibly graceful.

Stylist: Patrick Henry Mergano
Handler: Franz Ivan

10/07/2026

Softness meets structure in this cerulean fantasy. Channeling the ethereal majesty of a celestial oasis, this avant-garde gown reimagines classic eveningwear as a sculpted flowing fantasy. The bodice commands attention with its dramatic, crystallized neckline that fans out like frozen wings, seamlessly melting into a structured corset overlaid with shimmering golden grids. Cascading downward, tiers of meticulously textured, ice-blue fringe create a fluid, shimmering silhouette that catches the light with every imagined movement. Completing the drama is a sweeping, floor-length chiffon cape that pools effortlessly at the feet, wrapping a number that combines myth and material into one vision that stops time and freezes a moment.

09/07/2026

A vibrant vision in crimson red, this evening gown features a classic, body-hugging mermaid silhouette made of a corset top with a dramatic deep neckline that sculpts the figure before richly flowing onto the floor. A textured overlay of holographic sequins, beads, and intricate gemstone clusters radiates outward from the waist, like a celestial display of luminance and sparkle. Fringe beads in diagonal patterns add an otherworldly movement in every stride. Flowing from the back of the gown is a sweeping, lightweight chiffon train attached to a pair of fingerless opera mitts, creating a full circle moment of unapologetic glamor, opulence, and queenly confidence.

11/06/2026

Turning heads this June. 💚✨

Our Quezon Branch display features a trio of emerald couture masterpieces crafted to celebrate elegance, artistry, and unforgettable style.

Visit us and see the beauty up close.

04/06/2026

A columnar silhouette. A monochromatic color palette. A conflagration of details.

An opulent structural bodice with a dramatic, organic neckline framing the décolletage with details that mimic licking edges of flames, set in heavy embroidery, swarovski crystals and tone-on-tone beadworks that is carefully arranged into an architectural pattern that not only elongates the form, but also catches the light in every stride. A pair of sheer mesh gloves with detailing that daintily tapers towards the wrist wrap the arms elegantly. The true piece de resistance, however, is the magnificent, cascading overskirt and train in red feathers, as if enrobing the entire ensemble in softness and elegance.
This gown is designed not merely to enter a room, but command it.

03/06/2026

31/05/2026

Flores de Mayo 2026 has come to a close! 🌸

Thank you to all our valued customers for your trust and unwavering support. Thank you for choosing and supporting our brand. We appreciate each and every one of you! ❤️

27/05/2026

An All-Star appearance deserves a stellar number - and this gown gave it that and more. Inspired by the Philippines’ golden sunset famed around the world, this architectural column gown captures the golden hour and its fierce majesty through a striking blend of liquid armor and solar geometry. It features an off-the-shoulder illusion bodice with a plunging sweetheart neckline, where structural gilded bands radiate outward like sharp sunbeams punctuated by ruby-red and amber crystal accents. The fitted skirt is completely encrusted in rows of rectangular gold metallic tiles, split by a sharp center slit, like luminous vertical rays of effulgence. Dramatic fabric swags trimmed in heavy golden fringe cascade from the sleeves to the hips to create a mesmerizing, winged silhouette frozen in motion, like poetry worn as a garment on the international stage.

Gown Ex*****on by: Jon Jon Galloso Quizada of
Chico Estiva Atelier
Photo by: Garel Sison