Here's What the Best Dressed Awardees Wore to Preview Ball 2026

The 2026 Preview Best Dressed List made its way from the page to the stage at this year’s Preview Ball.

Held on September 10, the annual gathering brought together some of the biggest names in Filipino fashion and entertainment, including the 12 personalities recognized in this year’s Best Dressed List: Atasha Muhlach, Jarren Garcia, Donny Pangilinan, Ida Anduyan, Martina Lebron, Kianna Dy, Abraham “Ham” Guardian, Melville Sy, Mav Bernardo, Marina Summers, Maronne Cruz, and Daryl Chang.

Spanning actors, athletes, artists, designers, stylists, content creators, and performers, this year’s honorees were recognized for their distinct approaches to personal style. Rather than subscribing to a singular idea of what it means to be well-dressed, the list celebrates individuals who make what they wear feel unmistakably their own.

Fittingly, each brought that same sense of individuality to the Preview Ball, putting their own spin on the evening’s Deconstructed Creative Formal dress code. Here’s what the 2026 Best Dressed honorees wore for their night of recognition.

Atasha Muhlach

Atasha Muhlach took a softer approach to deconstruction in Kelvin Morales, wearing a translucent floor-length dress that played with sheerness and movement. Loose panels extended from the sides and back, giving the otherwise pared-down silhouette an ethereal finish.

Jarren Garcia

Jarren Garcia turned to his personal stylist Ryan Villoria, who designed and made his look for the evening. The ensemble reworked traditional tailoring with exaggerated proportions, pairing an oversized pinstriped jacket with voluminous trousers and layered pieces underneath.

Donny Pangilinan

Donny Pangilinan approached creative formal with a relaxed hand, wearing Preview BFFD awardee Jerome Lorico with Saint Laurent loafers. His striped coat fell in asymmetric lengths beneath loose black tailoring, subtly disrupting familiar menswear codes.

Ida Anduyan

True to her penchant for clothes that feel a little undone, Ida Anduyan arrived in an all-black look built around exposed construction. A corseted bodice with raw, frayed edges flowed into a long skirt, while slender straps and a bow-knot choker kept the look deliberately spare.

Martina Lebron

Martina Lebron kept things sleek in Une Studio, wearing an icy blue floor-length dress with a high neckline and dramatically cut-away sides that left much of the back exposed. She accessorized the minimalist silhouette with Riqueza jewelry, an Aranaz bag, and Amina Muaddi shoes.

Kianna Dy

Kianna Dy wore a custom Iñigo two-piece that balanced a sleek, streamlined silhouette with plenty of movement. Her gray halter top and matching floor-length skirt featured rows of silver beading and fringe, adding a tactile, almost kinetic quality to the monochromatic look.

Abraham “Ham” Guardian

For Ham Guardian, deconstruction came with a personal history. His custom ḢA.MÜ look incorporated a vest reworked from a menswear project he made in school 10 years ago, layered over graphic scarlet-and-pink stripes and a voluminous blue skirt. CamperLab shoes and a headpiece by Miss B0ta completed the color-maximalist ensemble.

Melville Sy

Melville Sy assembled his look through an eclectic mix of designers, beginning with a Chanel cardigan layered over a raw-edge white shirt by Greye. A Jor-El Espina shrug was draped around his waist over Simone Rocha trousers, while Chanel shoes and a Bvlgari Serpenti cocktail ring finished the look.

Mav Bernardo

Mav Bernardo collaborated with Elliz de Lara, her professor at the Fashion Institute of the Philippines, on a look loosely inspired by a swimmer, filtered through her penchant for color-maxxing. A plum cropped top and silver column skirt were punctuated by acid-green opera gloves and a sculptural silver swim cap, with vintage Prada heels and bag completing the unexpected palette.

Marina Summers

Marina Summers brought a gilded edge to the evening in a sculpted mini dress by Jaggy Glarino, one of Preview’s Best Filipino Fashion Designers of 2025. The asymmetric burgundy look was traced with metallic sculptural elements, while strappy thigh-high detailing and Givenchy jewelry amplified its harder edge.

Maronne Cruz

Maronne Cruz leaned into her characteristic sense of fantasy in a custom Yana Kalaw creation. She paired a sheer, patchworked bodice with a voluminous black tulle skirt and chunky red footwear, finishing the deliberately off-kilter look with a Pilosopo bag.

Daryl Chang

Daryl Chang turned to Randolf, a Preview Best Filipino Fashion Designers 2023 awardee, for her take on deconstructed creative formal. An oversized black button-down was detailed with bows, cutouts, and white embroidery along the hem, layered over lace-trimmed shorts. An exaggerated white collar, oversized tortoiseshell frames, and statement pearl earrings added to the look’s playful proportions.

The Preview Ball 2026 is co-presented by Birch Tree Adult Boost and Dove, in partnership with IQOS*, GCash, and Belo Medical Group, with Event Sponsors Stanley, HONOR Magic V6, and Penshoppe, Giveaway Sponsor Colgate, and venue partner Marriott Manila Hotel at Newport World Resorts.