Joey Samson is the featured designer of Red Charity Gala 2017
A Filipino fashion designer made history in Paris couture in 2016, while a Filipino clothing brand made its debut at New York Fashion Week.
All the red I’m seeing around, along with the Christmas décor, is giving me serious Red Charity Gala throwback fever.
I have bragging rights to being friends with Chito Vijandre for more than 50 years now.
It will surely be an October to remember as we mount the eighth edition of the Red Charity Gala on Oct. 8 in our new home, the Shangri-La Hotel at the Fort. With my gracious cochair Kaye Tiñga, we are honored and excited to present the fashion collection of prolific designer Chito Vijandre. Directed by Ariel Lozada, this annual charity event highlights the creativity and craftsmanship of Filipino fashion designers
At the peak of his career 30 odd years ago, Chito Vijandre set his sewing tools down, and said goodbye to fashion design.
“MY style has never changed. I never followed trends, and I still don’t follow them,” says designer Chito Vijandre.
When you talk of fine jewelry, are spikes, horns, pegs, gears and clamps the things that come to mind? They sound more like tools from a torture chamber, rather than material for a delicate set of cuffs and earrings.
Is it a dream or is it a joke? That’s the usual reaction when shoppers see the window displays at AC+632 at Greenbelt 5 and Firma at Greenbelt 3.
