Trickie Lopa named editor-in-chief of Vogue Philippines, Bea Valdes shifts roles

Vogue Philippines is entering its next phase with a sharper chain of command. Trickie Lopa has been named editor-in-chief, while founding editor Bea Valdes moves into the newly expanded role of chief content officer for Mega Global Group Inc.’s broader Philippines portfolio, a reset that reaches beyond one magazine and toward the way the company wants its licensed Condé Nast titles to speak to the market.

The timing matters. Vogue Philippines is approaching its fourth anniversary, and this is the first major top-level editorial change since the title was first announced in January 2022 and launched its maiden issue in September 2022. For a magazine that came in with the aura of a debutante and quickly became part of Manila’s fashion conversation, the shift suggests something more strategic than a simple succession plan. Mega Global Group, which also publishes Allure and GQ in the Philippines, appears to be tightening the editorial threads across its portfolio.

Valdes had led Vogue Philippines since its inception in 2022. In her new role, she will oversee editorial direction and creative synergy across the group’s licensed titles, a mandate that points to integration rather than retreat. That kind of structure matters in a market where fashion media is no longer only about producing glossy pages, but about coordinating events, digital community, talent development and brand positioning across multiple audiences at once.

Lopa arrives from inside the house, having served as Vogue Philippines’ deputy editor for art and culture. That detail is telling. Her background places her closer to the magazine’s cultural spine than to a purely commercial edit, which may signal a continued emphasis on local creative practice, arts coverage and the broader conversations that have helped define the title since launch. Mega Global Group describes her as a pioneering cultural entrepreneur and arts advocate, a profile that fits a publication still calibrating how global luxury language lands in the Philippines.

Valdes, meanwhile, remains central to the story. The company describes her as an internationally renowned accessories designer and an advocate of Filipino craft and responsible fashion, and that combination has given Vogue Philippines a distinct point of view from the start: polished, culturally rooted and attentive to the value of making things well. The leadership move keeps that sensibility in play while giving it a wider reach.

The change also follows Vogue Philippines’ recent emphasis on community-building and industry mentorship, including Vogue Threads Manila 2025, where the publication framed fashion as an ecosystem. That is the larger signal here. This is not just a new name atop the masthead. It is a clearer map of where Vogue Philippines sees influence now: not only in the magazine itself, but across the wider fashion-media field it helped shape.