Joey Samson is the featured designer of Red Charity Gala 2017
My whole family doesn’t understand what I see in them,” says Margarita Fores, as she lovingly looks over her litter of cat rescues, each having taken over a piece of furniture in the chef-restaurateur’s Makati home, eyeing the strangers—this writer and the photographer—with much suspicion.
Why not? Maria clara is the theme of Face-Off 2014, the annual fashion show of Inquirer Lifestyle, staged this year with Hana Shampoo and Champion Infinity.
Masters and Millennials. Three, four generations of Filipino fashion designers face off in the biggest edition yet of Inquirer Lifestyle’s Face-Off fashion series, to tackle one Filipino costume: the maria clara.
Stepping into The Henry Hotel Manila is like traveling back in time. More specifically, back to postwar Manila, 1948, where everything was hopeful, new and held much promise.
To give guests an idea of what beautiful, timeless gowns are, Inquirer Lifestyle and LOOK Magazine, with Champion Infinity and SM Cebu Northwing, staged an exhibit at the foyer of the Radisson Blu’s grand ballroom, featuring select wedding gowns by leading Filipino designers, and once worn by real brides.
Pearls were the first real jewelry I ever had. Before I evolved into an obsessive accessory junkie, I used to wear only a strand of pearls and simple earrings.
Since winning the Philippine Young Designers Competition and the Concours International des Jeunes Createurs de Mode in Paris, both in 1998, and playing his role as a mentor in “Project Runway Philippines,” Jojie Lloren’s rise to prominence has been unstoppable.
Four of the country’s top fashion designers will stage a show dubbed simply as “Salon.”
Jojie Lloren presents his fashion as art at the CCP
