“Sheer determination” is what international bag designer Rafe Totengco of Rafe New York says has kept him not just surviving but thriving throughout more than three decades. A top fashion designer when he left Manila, he found himself starting from the bottom all over again when he moved to New York. He was a salesperson in a fashion store before he became a fashion stylist, and eventually, a bag designer whose bags would come to be sold in the most prestigious stores in the world, featured in every top International fashion publication and worn by Hollywood celebrities and fashionistas. What did it take for him to get—and stay—there despite so many struggles and setbacks? Myrza chats with her good friend and model mentor. 

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