The Club’s Fashion Trendsetters

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Luisa Lichauco and William Cameron Forbes' mother: The Lichauco and Forbes families became friends in Boston and then neighbors on Aviles Street (across Malacañang) when Forbes was governor general of the Philippines.
Two ladies in elegant Filipiniana flank an American friend at a formal Club event.
Pacita Pestaño Jacinto looking summery in the 1960s
In the 1950s, semiformal wear for women included swing and midcalf pencil skirts and two-toned pumps.
Polo players' attire has remained essentially the same through the decades.
Polo players' attire has remained essentially the same through the decades.
Polo players' attire has remained essentially the same through the decades.
U.S. High Commissioner Francis B. Sayre and his wife were honored at the old Polo Club in 1939.
The bustier was popular cocktail-party wear in the 1950s.
The annual St. Andrew's Ball is a strictly-formal affair, with the gentlemen favoring the Scottish kilt and the ladies, shimmery gowns.
The annual St. Andrew's Ball is a strictly-formal affair, with the gentlemen favoring the Scottish kilt and the ladies, shimmery gowns.
Stylish dresses and high heels for the ladies and suits for the men were de riguer for guests at the Tuason Memorial Cup on March 24, 1957.
For the opening of the polo season on January 20, 1958, many of the ladies came in full-skirted dresses and pearls.
Capri pants and pedal pushers, summery blouses and flats for the ladies in the 1950s
Young men wore their hair long and tousled, Beatles style.
Young men wore their hair long and tousled, Beatles style.
The shirtwaist dress and the shift were popular in the '60s.
In the 1980s, the bouffant hairdo gave way to short and casual styles.
By the 1970s, women's attire had become more casual - flared pants, sandals or open-toed platform shoes, and large sunglasses.
Greeting the new millennium in style: No rules, just good taste and being true to oneself.
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