Video games, spinning tops, marbles and jigsaw puzzles were on display yesterday at the atrium of Mega Fashion Hall in Mandaluyong. They weren’t part of a toy convention, but rather, of the playfully imaginative designs by students at Slim’s Fashion & Arts School.
To be You highlights seven standout pieces that aptly paid homage to the woman whose fashion school served as the training ground for noted designers like Joe Salazar, Cesar Gaupo, Michael Cinco, Albert Andrada.
As every fashionista worth her hot pants, miniskirt and go-go boots knows, the 60s was a unique and interesting decade that heralded such developments as women’s lib, the pill, advances in the civil rights movement, Youthquake, the Vietnam War and the first man on the moon.
For its “Exhibition of Student Work 2014,” Slim’s Fashion & Arts School tapped into the country’s rich heritage.
Deconstructed pantsuits and jackets, a winter terno coat, a reproduction of a ’50s party dress, and cutouts that represent the missing pieces of a loved one.
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