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Spring Awakening: MEGA’s Best Dressed List at the ABS-CBN Ball 2025

Whimsy, structure, sparkle, and surprise. These are the 10 women who brought the carpet to life.

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When spring called, they answered—in crystals, corsets, capes, and curve-skimming silhouettes. At the ABS-CBN Ball 2025 with the theme of Brighter Together, it was a garden of flourishing silhouettes. These ten women took the idea of spring formal and spun it into fantasy, becoming the season’s most unforgettable bloomers.

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Anne Curtis

Anne curtis in Nicole + felicia

In Nicole + Felicia, Anne Curtis wore spring’s most poetic metaphor: the rose. With two sculpted blooms framing her arms, she was a leading lady in full flourish.

Nadine Lustre

Nadine lustre in rajo laurel

Wearing architectural beige by Rajo Laurel, Nadine arrived like an earth-toned goddess. Pleated, poised, and carved to perfection, she was a statue that decided to move.

Julia Barretto

Julia barretto in Helsa, with gerald anderson

Lavender and sly, Julia Barretto showed up in Helsa with a single black ribbon tied like a secret. A soft look with a sharp aftertaste—sweet, but never saccharine.

Iza Calzado

Iza calzado with ben wintle

Wearing a black Jo Rubio gown with oversized crystallized florals gleaming at her side, Iza Calzado reminded us spring doesn’t always wear pastels. Sometimes, it dresses in drama.

Sharon Cuneta

Sharon cuneta in jot losa, with francis pangilinan

The Megastar returned with a wink and a silhouette. In Jot Losa and stones the color of fresh basil, Sharon Cuneta gleamed, like a memory that never really left.

Ellise Joson

Ellise joson in julianne syjuco

Summer took human form when Ellise Joson walked in. Draped in lemon yellow Julianne Syjuco with a sheer cape in tow, she looked like a holiday at golden hour.

BINI

BINI STACEY in michael cinco
Bini sheena in michael cinco
Bini gwen in michael cinco
Bini colet in michael cinco
Bini jhoanna in michael cinco
Bini mikha in michael cinco
Bini aiah in michael cinco
BINI Maloi in michael cinco

In full bloom and dressed by Michael Cinco, the BINI women as a collective orchestrated a takeover. Each look flaunted a different mood—sleek, sultry, sculptural, sweet—proving that girl group synergy doesn’t need matching outfits, just matching ambition.

Chie Filomeno

Chie filomeno in mark bumgarner

Red never felt so alive. In a fiery Mark Bumgarner, Chie Filomeno embodied a garden in bloom—bold, blooming, and beautifully untamed.

Kim Chiu

Kim chiu in francis libiran

The nude creation by Francis Libiran clung like sunlight, with a single bloom resting near the heart—a subtle nod to romance, and a not-so-subtle flex.

Janine Gutierrez

Janine gutierrez in mark bumgarner

In rosy Mark Bumgarner and a BVLGARI serpent curled at her collarbone, Janine served garden glam with a bite. Venus in bloom—if Venus had a killer instinct.

Spring may be a season, but at the ball, it was a state of mind—romantic but unruly, polished yet unpredictable. These ten women bloomed through floral season, each one wearing her own version of what it means to flourish under the light.


Photographed by EXCEL PANLAQUE of KLIQ INC.