Heart Evangelista revealed that she will be skipping the Spring/Summer 2026 Fashion Week.
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During an Instagram Live, Heart explained that she chose to miss this season’s shows—which run from September 11 to October 7 across New York, London, Milan, and Paris—out of respect for what is happening in the country
“I’m sorry to my fans that I’m not going to fashion week. I know that you guys say laban (fight)–I really appreciate you, but honestly, I don’t think it’s the right time for anyone, especially from our country, to be going to fashion week because I think we need to be here,” she said.
The actress also stated that attending Fashion Week is a job and not something she does for leisure.
“For example, a brand would tap you to go to a show, I’m paid around maybe 2M per show, and that’s too much information because I don’t really feel like some people deserve that,” she shared. “I’m proud of it, I’m proud of my job and that’s what I do–I promote.”
“That upsets me as well, and so I’m not here because I want to make hanash, I’m here because I want to let people know that I’m not going to fashion week. Maybe some people think, ang shallow, it’s just fashion week. It’s something I love, it’s something I’m passionate about, but it’s my job. It’s my job– I lose a lot by not going,” she continued.
The 40-year-old fashionista has consistently attended Fashion Week for years, where she has secured multiple luxury partnerships and numerous coveted front-row appearances. While she wasn’t able to attend this season’s shows, she shared that she might make a return “maybe the next season.”
In the same Instagram live, she also stated her reason why she wasn’t able to attend the Trillion Peso March on September 21, expressing her growing frustration with what has been happening in the country.
“I’m not in the rally is because you said–a lot of people said–na huhuburan niyo ako kung pupunta ako sa (you’ll strip me naked if I attend the) rally. How cruel can you be? What did I do? Huhubaran niyo ako sa (You’ll strip me naked at the) rally? I have been nothing but a hardworking citizen. I have complied,” she explained.
“For you questioning me why I’m not in the rally–you think I don’t have a burning flame in my heart? That I feel like I have a lump in my neck or my throat? That I have nothing to say? I have so much things to say because it is unfair,” she stressed.
Finally, she stated that she would take legal action against those who are spreading allegations about her work and finances.
“Do not come for my integrity when it comes to my work because g*****n it, I worked so hard. I am proud of what I have. I will not take it sitting down—what some people have been saying about me, not even allegedly,” she said.
“I am going to take legal actions, and I will, again, not take this sitting down. This is my job. This is my lifeline.”
Heart Evangelista is the wife of former Senate President Chiz Escudero. She and many online personalities and public figures from political families faced backlash online as corruption cases and flood control scandals continue to unfold.
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