Philippine Fashion Week is here and to celebrate we’re giving you a sneak preview of what your favorite designers have in store for us all. Welcome to Runway Rendezvous!

More anxious than we’ll ever be, STATUS ambushes the top Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2012 contenders for a sneak peak into their workshops and a gander at their new collections.

Armed with smirky faces that you just can’t say no to, they gladly gave in to our request. They are putty in the hands of STATUS Magazine’s Runway Rendezvous.

First on our list is Mike Lavarez. We crashed his lookbook shoot on a cold rainy night and asked him just what he meant by “there is no resurrection without death.” His answer? A gorgeous collection of buttery leathers in toasty urbanwear. Nothing like a leather collection to keep things hot!—LADY ZAZA