One thing that excites us when we attend fashion shows is discovering new exciting fresh talent. This we did experience when we attended the first Asia Pacific Fashion Week (APFW), which had its debut recently in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES — One thing that excites us when we attend fashion shows is discovering new exciting fresh talent. This we did experience when we attended the first Asia Pacific Fashion Week , which had its debut recently in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles, the APFW proceeded to Las Vegas to bring the creations of the participating designers.Congratulations on your collection inspired by pearls. Can you please let us know where, when and how you got the inspiration to use pearls? Another is my modern Filipino take from the famous painting which is the Birth of Venus. I made "The Venere" ensemble. Made of pearls with various sizes and shells, the design was meant to flaunt the rich waters that surround the Philippine Islands. If Japan is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun" or the US as the "Land of Dreams," the Philippines is known as the "Pearl of the Orient Sea" and from that I developed my designs.
I started by making designs for pageants and I got noticed. Shortly after I was invited to represent the Philippines in a Multi-Ethnic Designer competition back in 2018 in Rome, I placed first among nine countries like Peru, Ukraine, Poland, Romania and even Italy. Most of the designers who participated have their own boutique shops.
Another challenge I had to face was how to survive in this business and continue to preserve my own identity as a designer, distinct from the rest. I had to learn how to survive being told that I am not that good, that I will not make it, that I had to just do the usual stuff that I make, or that I am not a real designer.
I was inspired by them, and I developed my own drive, my purpose of being a designer. I developed my passion to create designs that make use of our vast selection of our world class local materials such as our vast selection of indigenous weaves, our unlimited source of pearls and mother of pearls and I made use of our very iconic butterfly sleeves by making it modern, classy and fashionable. In addition, I was able to merge the terno of the north and the intricate beadworks of the south.
The real ones I source them from the Philippines then eventually I get them shipped to Milan when needed. The faux pearls, on the other hand, are much easier to obtain. Getting the right shape, size and shade will be one thing while the availability, on the other hand, is another.
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