Last night, for the first time in years, I went on Facebook awaiting a very exciting new experience for the Philippine fashion industry. Rajo Laurel, one of the Philippines’ biggest fashion designers staged his first online fashion show. I was there waiting in anticipation on the same Facebook page ...
There were multiple changes made with the patterns of the Barong dress to finesse its look and details. I began by removing the fullness of the dress that made it oversize, but I kept the volume of the original pattern at the hem. As mentioned previously, the center front panel doesn’t need a ...
Creative Exposition Update (02/08/20): This review was first written on May 20, 2020 after taking part on this online fashion show that took place during the enhanced community quarantine in the Philippines (at a time when New Zealand was on level 4 quarantine). I chose to include this writing in ...
One of the ideas I wanted to play with for this project is to make a garment based off of rug weaving technique very common in the Philippines. This is what families usually do to clothes that has lost its wearability.
This was an old post from before the website went down and I lost all my files and database before I could back it up. Some slight changes occurred from the last time, but words stayed the same. I remember the white silk chiffon layers embracing the skin of my teenager legs as I twirled in my ...