The State of the Nation Address red carpet is an avenue for government officials and their wives to showcase different fashion statements.
After two years of only virtually attending the SONA, this year’s SONA will be held with in-person guests. The SONA highlighted the guests’ fashion tastes.
Here are this year’s SONA outfits of some notable politicians’ wives:
Heart Evangelista
Accompanied by her husband, returning Sen. Chiz Escudero, actress and socialite Heart Evangelista wore a shimmering Filipiniana terno.
Earlier, during the first regular session of Senate under the 19th Congress, Heart donned an all-white terno designed by Filipino fashion designer Mark Bumgarner.
Dawn Zulueta
Actress Dawn Zulueta and the wife of Special Assistant to President Anton Lagdameo, wore a traditional Filipiniana paired with a long black woven skirt. She accessorized her outfit with a pearl-embedded necklace.
Lani Cayetano
Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano was dressed in a light purple Filipiniana terno paired with the same colored-face mask. She was with her husband, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.
Marga Nograles
The wife of renominated Civil Service Commission chair Karlo Nograles gets dressed in a handwoven Filipiniana terno made by the Maguindanao Tribe of South Cotabato.
Jocelyn Tulfo
Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo (ACT CIS Party-list representative), the wife of neophyte Sen. Raffy Tulfo accompanied him, wearing a black Filipiniana dress laced with white and embellished with a silver brooch.
Tootsy Angara
The wife of Sen. Sonny Angara wore a Maria Clara-inspired lace gown made by Filipino fashion designer Michael Leyva.
