Aired (October 27, 2024) Kapuso Global Fashion Icon Heart Evangelista shares her perspective on fashion, which is both her passion and professional work that feed her body and soul!
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00:00I'm looking for a world where I don't have to play the role of Rera.
00:14All my life, I've been in showbiz.
00:17The ratings you give to the network are important.
00:21Not that it really is what matters,
00:24but I feel like I have nothing else to do.
00:28I've played all the characters,
00:30but I've never played myself.
00:32The real me.
00:34But I feel like,
00:36even though I've been an actress for a long time,
00:38I think it was time to focus on myself
00:41and see where I can take myself,
00:45and if I can do it, to just be me.
00:48And fashion was the only place where
00:52you don't have enemies,
00:54you don't have competition.
00:56It's not a beauty pageant,
00:58it's not a TV show.
01:00It's just you and the world
01:03and how you will express yourself.
01:05And it was very liberating for me
01:08to just be me.
01:09No one would say,
01:10this is what you should wear,
01:12this is how you should be.
01:14It's you.
01:15You have the time to do whatever you want.
01:18And that's why I said,
01:20I want to be in Fashion Week.
01:22I didn't dream of being a runway model.
01:25I know what I can do.
01:27I'm like a pitita.
01:29In fact, I thought that I wouldn't fit in
01:32because I didn't have a body of a model.
01:36But I remember, there's this girl,
01:38her name was Mira Duma,
01:39and she was only 5 feet.
01:41But when you say Mira Duma,
01:43all the street style photographers would go wild.
01:46She was the superstar of street style.
01:49And that was my dream,
01:51to become a street style superstar.
01:54Because that's the best part to be in.
01:57And there's no right or wrong.
02:00It's just you.
02:01That's why I said,
02:02I want to be in Fashion Week.
02:07A piece of Paris that I will never forget,
02:11and it's very symbolic to me,
02:13is this Cartier Panther Ring.
02:15I saved and bought it in 2015
02:19because it's actually designed like the Eiffel Tower.
02:23That was its inspiration.
02:24And the designer that came out with the panther
02:27was known to be a panther lady.
02:29She has a very strong personality.
02:32And I'm not that strong.
02:35I'm very soft.
02:37I would like to be a panther lady,
02:40but I'm a Labrador.
02:43I'm sweet like that.
02:44And my goal is to become tough.
02:46And eventually, as time went by,
02:48I became strong,
02:49and I really identified myself with the ring.
02:52And this is the time
02:53that I started Fashion Week.
02:55So it's a piece that's powerful to me.
02:58It's important in life
03:00to know the difference between passion and work.
03:04Sometimes, you don't have to love work.
03:07Sometimes, you hate it,
03:09but you have to do it
03:11because you have to earn money
03:13for yourself and your loved ones.
03:15But you don't have to forget
03:17the love for passion and what you want to do
03:20that will really bloom you as a person.
03:23Because it's hard to do what you want,
03:26but you don't let your soul and your passion get in the way.
03:30And sometimes, just sometimes,
03:33if you allow somebody to do
03:35what they love to do the most,
03:37magic will happen.
03:39And for me, that is by just being yourself.
03:43Being yourself doesn't mean you're perfect.
03:47It doesn't mean you're perfect
03:49because you want to do something
03:51because you have something you want to do in life.
03:54You'll do it because it's for yourself.
03:57And you'll see that it blooms.
03:59And when it blooms,
04:01sometimes, you'll be given the opportunity
04:03to have a job,
04:04a job that you really love.
04:06So that's what Fashion Week is to me.
04:08It's a celebration.
04:10It's a party for everybody.
04:12Everybody is welcome.
04:14Anybody who wants to celebrate their individuality,
04:17their authenticity,
04:18everybody is welcome.
04:20Basta ang importante,
04:21by being yourself,
04:23tall, petite,
04:24whatever you call it,
04:26you will have charm.
04:28And charm is what will make you win in the end.
04:31And your heart.
04:33I had a really rough time in my life.
04:35And I remember really working hard
04:37and telling myself that I can do it.
04:39So as you can see,
04:41magulung-magulo sya because that's me.
04:43I like to be surrounded by memories.
04:46So a lot of the stuff here,
04:48I hand-carried with me from the Philippines.
04:50Kala kong masaya kami.
04:53Kasi kahit yung pinakahuling...
04:57yung pinakahuling moment na nakasama ko sila,
05:00yun yung pagkakakilala ko sa kanila.
05:02There were certain people in my life
05:04that made sure na madumihan nila yung taong yun.