He is the first Filipino to win the award.
, young designer Jessan Macatangay makes a new record by winning the L’Oreal Professionnel Womenswear Creative Award with his latest collection shown during the Central Saint Martins’ MA Fashion Graduation Show, an award bestowed only to the school’s MA Fashion Class graduates with the best collection.
“These outdated restrictions are not only thrown at regular women,” he continues. “From celebrities and influencers to models, Filipinas from all walks of life oftentimes find themselves being subjected to bashing, unnecessary judgment, and being told to cover up when they post photos of themselves wearing clothes that do not conform to conservative standards of generations past. In fact, growing up, I even saw women wear t-shirts over their bikinis while swimming just to cover up.