Francis Libiran Gives Hello Kitty a Fierce Look

The creations of Philippine Fashion Designer Francis Libiran were featured in the 8th episode of "America's Nex Top Model" Cycle 18: British Invasion that was aired in the United States last April 25, 2012. Francis Libiran was asked to create Hello Kitty-inspired couture dresses for the show's top seven contestant's photo shoot challenge. Disclaimer: if you are reading this article on one of this site, designandfashion.info , you are reading stolen content. To view this article from its original source visit swedes-love-fashion.blogspot....

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Manila Wear - Celebration of Philippine Fashion and Tropical Lifestyle

It was perhaps the first time in Philippine Fashion history that clothes and Fashion Accessories were bigger than their designers. Eyeing the global market, 21 of the country’s top apparel and accessories designers joined the recent “Manila Wear” show at SMDC Grand Showroom, Pasay City. Billed as a celebration of Philippine design and tropical lifestyle, the show was the main feature in Manila FAME’s fashion component. Each Philippine Fashion designer presented a five-piece “tropical wear” collection that combined creative uses of indigenous materials and techniques with imported fabrics and components for the high-end world market. Apart...

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Philippine Fashion Designers Take London

London was bedazzled, to say the least, when top Philippine Fashion Designers showcased the best of the Philippines in front of  the royals and the movers and shakers of this cosmopolitan city. The Ayala Foundation together with the London-based organization Prospero World presented an ambitious philanthropic event dubbed “The London Philippine Fashion Show” to raise funds for the projects of Center of Excellence in Public Elementary Education or CENTEX at the historical Victoria House in London.Guests present at the event were Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece and his lovely wife Princess Marie Chantal. Members of the organizing team were...

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RIIR & Rajo Laurel: Athletenique - A Rags-to-Riches Dream in Manila

A recent fashion show in Manila's business district was in full swing, with models walking the runway slinging brightly colored purses of different styles from Philippine Fashion powerhouse Rajo Laurel's latest collection. The high-fashion purses have come a long way from their humble beginnings: floor mats made of old rags discarded in one of the largest dump sites in the Philippines.The evolution of the rags to riches started five years ago with a vision held by a Jesuit seminarian who was assigned to a parish at the Payatas dumpsite, northeast of Manila; about 60,000 people live around the dump's fringe. Father Xavier Alpasa...

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Happy Andrada as Miami Fashion Weeks International Emerging Designer of the Year

This is a great news for Philippine Fashion pride, Happy Andrada is taking Filipino talent farther across the globe to greater heights. As a young Philippine fashion designer, Happy continually surprises and amazes the Fashion world with her talent and creativity. In the USA, Happy recently won Miami Beach International Fashion Week’s Emerging Designer of the Year 2012. Happy bested hundreds of entries from 25 different countries. Certainly that is a reason why Filipinos everywhere should be happy!Happy inspires Filipino pride and is on a winning streak and her multiple achievements such as;Swatch watch Enter the Dragon Competition 2012 Fashion...

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