There’s a myth when it comes to fashion week that fashion editors don’t eat. As anyone following the GraziaFashionEd Instagram will know, at this mag, it certainly isn’t the case. However, we will confess to having some extremely strange food diaries when it comes to show time – mostly out of necessity but sometimes out of pure greed (you try turning down a plate of macaroons!)
What’s more every fashion week is different. In New York it’s all about room service because the manic workload created by the time difference means you spend more time locked in your suite bashing out copy than wining and dining. For us it was all about a menu of cheeseburgers (…when in Rome), club sandwiches and Karlie Kloss’ cookies (a FROW treat at DKNY).
London’s crazy back-to-back skedge compounded with traffic jams and heaving seating arrangements always leads to famish to feast situations – three Bourbon biscuits till four then a banquet of hot dogs for a major carb-rush. While we certainly do not advocate the nutritional value of said diet, we will say it makes you particularly adept at snagging canapés. Our top rules for cashing in on the free food include: a) Seize your moment: see a waiter, stalk, then clean the black slate plate - this is no time for courtesy, b) Always take a napkin – ideal for storing morsels for when you’re on the go, and c) Avoid seafood. No particular reason, aside from the fact the runways won’t wait for your Immodium moment to pass. Enough said.
If all this seems a bit piecemeal, you’ll be pleased to hear that Milan Fashion Week is much more plentiful in the food stakes. The home of pasta, pizza and pastries galore, we were well-watered and fed at all times. Favourites included lobster taglietelle, aubergine Parmigiana, tuna tartare, and beef carpaccio, all washed down with a good serving of Prosecco. Sure we never found time for the Italian Full-Monty of pasta, meat, fish and pudding, but we definitely got on the Eat, Prey, Love foodie-train. Talk about bellissima.
Next up is Paris, which from previous experience offers paltry portions at dinner and few chances to grab anything more than a Paul Croque Monsieur for the rest of the day. So a month of really weird, anti-G.I eating – as much as we love fashion week, we have to admit we cant wait to get home to a hearty portion of bangers & mash. Alternatively, if anyone fancies an Italian city break, we’re definitely game!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Fashion designers take runway risk in hunt for handsome rewards
There can be no greater tension in the fashion world than the brief moment just before the music starts, the lights blaze and the models hit the catwalk.
The collection is ready, top editors, buyers and journalists wait by the runway with baited breath, models get last minute attention and designers pray that months of effort and expense will be rewarded with critical and commercial success.
For designers, the prospect of spending an extraordinary sum on glamorous venues, booking the best models, set production costs and marketing, is a risk many are willing to take to be exposed to the international press and the top buyers who flock to London for its groundbreaking designs and fresh new talent.
"I think the idea of doing a catwalk show at London Fashion Week is a huge investment for a designer and obviously not one that we would really encourage them to do unless they're really ready," British Fashion Council Chief Executive Caroline Rush told Reuters.
"But the images that come from that, and the marketing material and the collateral, last a good six months, so if you amortise that over the six months in terms of the coverage that you can achieve and the audience that reaches, if you can do it, it is a really great investment."
The fashion industry remains notoriously cagey about the exact figures spent on catwalk shows. Not surprising given the lavish displays on show in New York (Frankfurt: A0DKRK - news) , London, Milan and Paris.
Chanel Designer Karl Lagerfeld is famous for extravagance, having once erected a huge iceberg in the middle of the glass-domed Grand Palais in Paris, just to accentuate a chilly theme.
"We know that some of our designers do their shows for 30,000 pounds ($48,700), but we also know that the brands spend an awful lot more than that in terms of the staging, the setting, the build, creating that whole brand environment," Rush added.
With such a hefty price tag, it is not surprising that coming up with the funds can be a struggle for new designers and particularly in European and North American markets wrestling with weak economies and a Euro zone crisis alongside shrinking corporate and household budgets.
"Right now, the economic crisis really makes the young, new labels hard to survive. If you don't have the mentors, industry experts, financial support, it's really hard to continue," designer Haizhen Wang told Reuters.
Haizhen, along with Vita Gottlieb and Teija Eilola are getting support from fashion business award Fashion Fringe to host their first catwalk show at London Fashion Week.
It is a big moment for the designers, who have been preparing their debut collections, and learning about how to run a fashion business successfully with the help of guest judge Christopher Bailey, chief creative officer of Burberry.
"It's an amazing opportunity to be able to have a fashion show," said Eilola. "Obviously, a fashion show is about creating more of an event of showing the collection, rather than just saying these are the sketches, these are garments."
"It does help you to give yourself and everyone else who is interested in the collection, an excitement about it," she added.
Former Fashion Fringe winner Corrie Nielsen has built her name up from her first show to become a highly successful and sought-after label. She (SNP: ^SHEY - news) won the prize in 2010 and recently showed her latest collection on Friday to hundreds of guests.
"It's exposure to the world," Nielsen told Reuters. "It's also your name and where you're at. The more you do it, and the better you become, the bigger name you get, it all has to do with PR and promoting it, marketing, everything."
But a catwalk show is no longer the only way fashion labels can gain themselves international exposure. Designers such as Eudon Choi, Emilia Wickstead and Dion Lee are all opting for presentations this season.
"With a presentation you often get see the clothes a lot closer. Last season, Richard Nicoll did a presentation, which actually got him a lot more attention than if he had done a runway show. It was perfectly executed and held at the ICA gallery and it became a really intelligent way to show his collection," Tilly Macalister-Smith, Acting Fashion Editor of Vogue.com, told Reuters.
Designer Emilia Wickstead, who chose to hold a salon show, said she wanted to bring back a sense of intimacy.
"Sometimes in the fashion industry, we all get carried away doing these crazy things but it's as important to me for a garment to be beautiful on the outside as well as on the inside, and I love keeping the intimacy."
Presentations don't work for every brand however, as designer Alice Temperley found.
"For us, it didn't work because the clothes needed a kind of romance, and being brought to life," Temperley told Reuters.
The need to stage a catwalk shows will never die out, said Macalister-Smith.
"The sense of pomp and circumstance, romance, fantasy and drama that is evoked from a catwalk show is absolutely crucial to the industry," she said.
"I don't think that the method of a catwalk show will ever die because it clicks inherently with something in the human condition, that we want to be invited, we want to be seen, you want to see who's there, you want to see the clothes."
The collection is ready, top editors, buyers and journalists wait by the runway with baited breath, models get last minute attention and designers pray that months of effort and expense will be rewarded with critical and commercial success.
For designers, the prospect of spending an extraordinary sum on glamorous venues, booking the best models, set production costs and marketing, is a risk many are willing to take to be exposed to the international press and the top buyers who flock to London for its groundbreaking designs and fresh new talent.
"I think the idea of doing a catwalk show at London Fashion Week is a huge investment for a designer and obviously not one that we would really encourage them to do unless they're really ready," British Fashion Council Chief Executive Caroline Rush told Reuters.
"But the images that come from that, and the marketing material and the collateral, last a good six months, so if you amortise that over the six months in terms of the coverage that you can achieve and the audience that reaches, if you can do it, it is a really great investment."
The fashion industry remains notoriously cagey about the exact figures spent on catwalk shows. Not surprising given the lavish displays on show in New York (Frankfurt: A0DKRK - news) , London, Milan and Paris.
Chanel Designer Karl Lagerfeld is famous for extravagance, having once erected a huge iceberg in the middle of the glass-domed Grand Palais in Paris, just to accentuate a chilly theme.
"We know that some of our designers do their shows for 30,000 pounds ($48,700), but we also know that the brands spend an awful lot more than that in terms of the staging, the setting, the build, creating that whole brand environment," Rush added.
With such a hefty price tag, it is not surprising that coming up with the funds can be a struggle for new designers and particularly in European and North American markets wrestling with weak economies and a Euro zone crisis alongside shrinking corporate and household budgets.
"Right now, the economic crisis really makes the young, new labels hard to survive. If you don't have the mentors, industry experts, financial support, it's really hard to continue," designer Haizhen Wang told Reuters.
Haizhen, along with Vita Gottlieb and Teija Eilola are getting support from fashion business award Fashion Fringe to host their first catwalk show at London Fashion Week.
It is a big moment for the designers, who have been preparing their debut collections, and learning about how to run a fashion business successfully with the help of guest judge Christopher Bailey, chief creative officer of Burberry.
"It's an amazing opportunity to be able to have a fashion show," said Eilola. "Obviously, a fashion show is about creating more of an event of showing the collection, rather than just saying these are the sketches, these are garments."
"It does help you to give yourself and everyone else who is interested in the collection, an excitement about it," she added.
Former Fashion Fringe winner Corrie Nielsen has built her name up from her first show to become a highly successful and sought-after label. She (SNP: ^SHEY - news) won the prize in 2010 and recently showed her latest collection on Friday to hundreds of guests.
"It's exposure to the world," Nielsen told Reuters. "It's also your name and where you're at. The more you do it, and the better you become, the bigger name you get, it all has to do with PR and promoting it, marketing, everything."
But a catwalk show is no longer the only way fashion labels can gain themselves international exposure. Designers such as Eudon Choi, Emilia Wickstead and Dion Lee are all opting for presentations this season.
"With a presentation you often get see the clothes a lot closer. Last season, Richard Nicoll did a presentation, which actually got him a lot more attention than if he had done a runway show. It was perfectly executed and held at the ICA gallery and it became a really intelligent way to show his collection," Tilly Macalister-Smith, Acting Fashion Editor of Vogue.com, told Reuters.
Designer Emilia Wickstead, who chose to hold a salon show, said she wanted to bring back a sense of intimacy.
"Sometimes in the fashion industry, we all get carried away doing these crazy things but it's as important to me for a garment to be beautiful on the outside as well as on the inside, and I love keeping the intimacy."
Presentations don't work for every brand however, as designer Alice Temperley found.
"For us, it didn't work because the clothes needed a kind of romance, and being brought to life," Temperley told Reuters.
The need to stage a catwalk shows will never die out, said Macalister-Smith.
"The sense of pomp and circumstance, romance, fantasy and drama that is evoked from a catwalk show is absolutely crucial to the industry," she said.
"I don't think that the method of a catwalk show will ever die because it clicks inherently with something in the human condition, that we want to be invited, we want to be seen, you want to see who's there, you want to see the clothes."
Thursday, September 13, 2012
New York Fashion Week wraps up
New York Fashion Week wraps up Thursday after eight days of previews for spring 2013.
The long week of fashion saw collections from seasoned designers as well as newcomers, including actress Katie Holmes who presented her line Holmes & Yang on Wednesday.
The celebrities who once lined the front rows of these seasonal previews in party dresses have increasingly made their way backstage into positions of power.
Among the designers that presented over Fashion Week included celebrities Avril Lavigne, Whitney Port and Rachel Zoe.
In addition to celebrity lines, seasoned veterans, including Michael Kors and Oscar de la Renta, showed collections on Wednesday.
Michael Kors' sunny disposition found a home in Southern California for the upcoming spring fashion season. He turned out an optimistic, cheerful and modernist collection that he said was inspired by the architecture, attitude and mostly the weather he enjoys every time he makes a trip to the West Coast.
"You could be sitting at the Beverly Hills Hotel, by the pool, and you could find this entire palette whether it's the palm green, the turquoise of the pool, the yellow of the sky - of the sun," he said in a backstage interview. "And I love all the architecture that we see whenever I go out to California. ... You're seeing a lot of that kind of geometry play into the collection here."
Stripes were strong, and he opened the show with a female model in a red-and-navy striped bodysuit with a zip-front navy skirt with a crisp white belt, while her male runway companion had on a green-and-navy striped pullover and striped pants. On later outfits Kors played with the proportion of the stripes, mixing thick and thin, and even horizontal and vertical.
Kors said he purposely included bright colors and fun details on clothes that, while technically for spring, get shipped in February.
At Oscar de la Renta, the designer went for a mix of modern while still maintaining his position as the godfather of uptown style, with latex and leather.
The long week of fashion saw collections from seasoned designers as well as newcomers, including actress Katie Holmes who presented her line Holmes & Yang on Wednesday.
The celebrities who once lined the front rows of these seasonal previews in party dresses have increasingly made their way backstage into positions of power.
Among the designers that presented over Fashion Week included celebrities Avril Lavigne, Whitney Port and Rachel Zoe.
In addition to celebrity lines, seasoned veterans, including Michael Kors and Oscar de la Renta, showed collections on Wednesday.
Michael Kors' sunny disposition found a home in Southern California for the upcoming spring fashion season. He turned out an optimistic, cheerful and modernist collection that he said was inspired by the architecture, attitude and mostly the weather he enjoys every time he makes a trip to the West Coast.
"You could be sitting at the Beverly Hills Hotel, by the pool, and you could find this entire palette whether it's the palm green, the turquoise of the pool, the yellow of the sky - of the sun," he said in a backstage interview. "And I love all the architecture that we see whenever I go out to California. ... You're seeing a lot of that kind of geometry play into the collection here."
Stripes were strong, and he opened the show with a female model in a red-and-navy striped bodysuit with a zip-front navy skirt with a crisp white belt, while her male runway companion had on a green-and-navy striped pullover and striped pants. On later outfits Kors played with the proportion of the stripes, mixing thick and thin, and even horizontal and vertical.
Kors said he purposely included bright colors and fun details on clothes that, while technically for spring, get shipped in February.
At Oscar de la Renta, the designer went for a mix of modern while still maintaining his position as the godfather of uptown style, with latex and leather.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Call for designers to be part of Dunedin Fashion Week
Fashion designers looking to be part of the prestigious 2013 iD Dunedin Fashion Week are being called to register their interest for the iD Fashion Show and iD International Emerging Designer Awards.
The iD Fashion Show - now in its 14th year is New Zealand’s longest standing retail fashion show. The fashion show will take place over two nights (Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16, 2013) on the Southern Hemisphere’s longest catwalk at Dunedin’s historic Railway Station. High profile and emerging Kiwi designers are being asked to submit portfolios for the hugely popular public fashion event.
iD Dunedin Fashion Week Committee Chair Susie Staley says the iD Fashion Show offers designers an opportunity to have their latest winter collections seen on the runway and encourages attendees to indulge in ‘retail experiences’ throughout the week.
"We like to ensure the show line-up offers a glimpse of new designers on their way to establishing their label, alongside many of our longstanding favourites - as well as a collection from an international guest designer. The selection process is facilitated by industry professionals based on designer portfolios submitted," says Susie.
Fashion designers interested in participating in the iD Fashion Show must be commercially producing directional adult fashion and be able to demonstrate an affiliation with Dunedin - such as having lived, studied, or be retailing in the city.
Applications are now also open for next year’s iD International Emerging Designer Awards, marking the ninth year of this sought after international fashion competition. Attracting entries from some of the world’s most prominent fashion schools, finalists will compete for the title of ‘emerging designer’.
Organising Committee member Margo Barton says the iD Awards are truly an international event and attract a high calibre of international and national talent.
"Emerging designers who want their collections to be noticed and take the next big step in their career need to get working on their entries now," says Margo.
The iD Awards provide an international platform for emerging designers to showcase their innovative collections. Finalists have access to high profile established designers and a judging panel made up of industry experts.
Past judges have included British style icon and twice crowned British fashion journalist of the year Hilary Alexander and Paris-based fashion designer Lutz Huelle (in 2012) and other fashion luminaries; British fashion royalty Zandra Rhodes, Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa , Francis Hooper (WORLD), Margi Robertson (Nom-D), Tanya Carlson (Carlson), Adrian Hailwood and Cybèle Wiren.
Prizes include NZ$5000 for first place, $3000 for second and $1000 for third. Other special prizes yet to be announced. Designers submitting an entry to the iD Awards must be recent graduates (within the past five years) or final-year students enrolled in a recognised diploma, BDes, BA, MA Jewellery, or other fashion-related course.
The iD Fashion Show - now in its 14th year is New Zealand’s longest standing retail fashion show. The fashion show will take place over two nights (Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16, 2013) on the Southern Hemisphere’s longest catwalk at Dunedin’s historic Railway Station. High profile and emerging Kiwi designers are being asked to submit portfolios for the hugely popular public fashion event.
iD Dunedin Fashion Week Committee Chair Susie Staley says the iD Fashion Show offers designers an opportunity to have their latest winter collections seen on the runway and encourages attendees to indulge in ‘retail experiences’ throughout the week.
"We like to ensure the show line-up offers a glimpse of new designers on their way to establishing their label, alongside many of our longstanding favourites - as well as a collection from an international guest designer. The selection process is facilitated by industry professionals based on designer portfolios submitted," says Susie.
Fashion designers interested in participating in the iD Fashion Show must be commercially producing directional adult fashion and be able to demonstrate an affiliation with Dunedin - such as having lived, studied, or be retailing in the city.
Applications are now also open for next year’s iD International Emerging Designer Awards, marking the ninth year of this sought after international fashion competition. Attracting entries from some of the world’s most prominent fashion schools, finalists will compete for the title of ‘emerging designer’.
Organising Committee member Margo Barton says the iD Awards are truly an international event and attract a high calibre of international and national talent.
"Emerging designers who want their collections to be noticed and take the next big step in their career need to get working on their entries now," says Margo.
The iD Awards provide an international platform for emerging designers to showcase their innovative collections. Finalists have access to high profile established designers and a judging panel made up of industry experts.
Past judges have included British style icon and twice crowned British fashion journalist of the year Hilary Alexander and Paris-based fashion designer Lutz Huelle (in 2012) and other fashion luminaries; British fashion royalty Zandra Rhodes, Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa , Francis Hooper (WORLD), Margi Robertson (Nom-D), Tanya Carlson (Carlson), Adrian Hailwood and Cybèle Wiren.
Prizes include NZ$5000 for first place, $3000 for second and $1000 for third. Other special prizes yet to be announced. Designers submitting an entry to the iD Awards must be recent graduates (within the past five years) or final-year students enrolled in a recognised diploma, BDes, BA, MA Jewellery, or other fashion-related course.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Where Did the Free Spirits Go?
It wasn’t the heat or threat of my colleagues being sucked into a tornado. No, that didn’t annoy me. It was the soggy drama taking place in the name of daring new fashion: namely, Prabal Gurung and Alexander Wang.
The Friday and Saturday shows of Fashion Week used to be a solid source of cool, a look-forward-to spree of messiness and mischief before the grown-ups demanded our attention. But lately, instead of being truly free-spirited, some of these designers have begun to seem as malevolently insistent as an Oompa Loompa chanting, “If you are wise, you’ll follow me.”
Well, beware of little orange men.
Mr. Wang ended with his white dresses being lit up like neon glow sticks, but the mood couldn’t be sustained. That’s a problem in general with the spring collections: very little is memorable beyond the immediate moment. Mr. Gurung filled his show with assertive tailoring in couture silks with drifting layers of chiffon and some T-tops printed with a bird’s wing.
That Mr. Gurung’s layered silhouette resembled Riccardo Tisci’s recent men’s wear show is only one reason these clothes, however well made, instantly slid down a memory hole. But another reason is that Mr. Gurung doesn’t seem to know what story he wants to tell. Slick and dressy? Dark and romantic? It changes each season. He needs to flush some of this goo out of his system, figure out what he wants to say and then, as boring as it may sound, repeat it again and again.
Mr. Wang doesn’t lack for a coherent framework for his brand: we know he will do something with an urban — rather than, say, bohemian — attitude. There will be some new interpretation of his biker shorts (for spring, a sleek Bermuda), or his signature hockey jerseys (now spliced with vents), and, of course, some footwear that would make a monk chatter.
But, despite the styling of Karl Templer, who knows how to sharpen a designer’s message, Mr. Wang’s fancifully sliced-up clothes seemed to hit a wall. They had focus in terms of minimalist shape and futuristic textures, but there was no moment of uplift. A glow-stick snap of radiance isn’t enough.
By contrast, Joseph Altuzarra was completely in command, offering an imaginative take on the striped cotton fabric you associate with OshKosh overalls or Casey Jones’s cap. Striped cottons, washed to a supple lightness, have turned up in a number of collections. Marcus Wainwright and David Neville used them in a breezy Rag & Bone collection that included aproned skirts, lace-edged T-tops, and some terrific shirtdresses. (Someone on Twitter remarked that Rag & Bone’s layers brought back memories of early Girbaud shows. So true, but who doesn’t love pocket-y summer things?)
Mr. Altuzarra addressed an interesting problem: how to give spring tailoring the polish women like in fall clothes without using precious fabrics or a conventional lightweight option like crepe. And: how to maintain an edge of modernity so as not to turn the look into a suit. Sticking to his trim silhouette, Mr. Altuzarra’s solution was to combine a men’s classic blue shirt with a washed off-white cotton skirt in an extravagant blue Deco print, and to use the Casey Jones stripes for a variety of coats and jackets.
The coats were appealing on their own, as were the shirts, some of them scattered with clusters of clear stones. With such simple yet inspired day clothes, like a striped sleeveless dress with low patch pockets and a cropped popover top in the same fabric, Mr. Altuzarra produced evening clothes that seemed a little hectic; they needed more thought.
A virtue of Boy by Band of Outsiders, the women’s label of Scott Sternberg, is that it doesn’t try to plead that it’s cool. It just is. There’s a sweet sincerity to the easy but well-done designs, especially the lotus-flower pajama prints, cotton sundresses and a charming strapless jumpsuit with a cutaway denim jacket.
Suno’s designers, Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis, continue to tinker with their original concept without straining it. Indeed, as their prints have grown in surprise and texture, they seem freer to add more sportswear, like sheer windbreakers and even a cool tracksuit in an etched floral pattern.
Has Victoria Beckham become a minimalist? Long, slim skirts and color blocking were a new a direction for her. It was not an interesting one. There were skating skirts and cute blouses with lattice yokes, but paneled slip dresses were too much of a thank-you-I-will helping of Narciso Rodriguez.
The Friday and Saturday shows of Fashion Week used to be a solid source of cool, a look-forward-to spree of messiness and mischief before the grown-ups demanded our attention. But lately, instead of being truly free-spirited, some of these designers have begun to seem as malevolently insistent as an Oompa Loompa chanting, “If you are wise, you’ll follow me.”
Well, beware of little orange men.
Mr. Wang ended with his white dresses being lit up like neon glow sticks, but the mood couldn’t be sustained. That’s a problem in general with the spring collections: very little is memorable beyond the immediate moment. Mr. Gurung filled his show with assertive tailoring in couture silks with drifting layers of chiffon and some T-tops printed with a bird’s wing.
That Mr. Gurung’s layered silhouette resembled Riccardo Tisci’s recent men’s wear show is only one reason these clothes, however well made, instantly slid down a memory hole. But another reason is that Mr. Gurung doesn’t seem to know what story he wants to tell. Slick and dressy? Dark and romantic? It changes each season. He needs to flush some of this goo out of his system, figure out what he wants to say and then, as boring as it may sound, repeat it again and again.
Mr. Wang doesn’t lack for a coherent framework for his brand: we know he will do something with an urban — rather than, say, bohemian — attitude. There will be some new interpretation of his biker shorts (for spring, a sleek Bermuda), or his signature hockey jerseys (now spliced with vents), and, of course, some footwear that would make a monk chatter.
But, despite the styling of Karl Templer, who knows how to sharpen a designer’s message, Mr. Wang’s fancifully sliced-up clothes seemed to hit a wall. They had focus in terms of minimalist shape and futuristic textures, but there was no moment of uplift. A glow-stick snap of radiance isn’t enough.
By contrast, Joseph Altuzarra was completely in command, offering an imaginative take on the striped cotton fabric you associate with OshKosh overalls or Casey Jones’s cap. Striped cottons, washed to a supple lightness, have turned up in a number of collections. Marcus Wainwright and David Neville used them in a breezy Rag & Bone collection that included aproned skirts, lace-edged T-tops, and some terrific shirtdresses. (Someone on Twitter remarked that Rag & Bone’s layers brought back memories of early Girbaud shows. So true, but who doesn’t love pocket-y summer things?)
Mr. Altuzarra addressed an interesting problem: how to give spring tailoring the polish women like in fall clothes without using precious fabrics or a conventional lightweight option like crepe. And: how to maintain an edge of modernity so as not to turn the look into a suit. Sticking to his trim silhouette, Mr. Altuzarra’s solution was to combine a men’s classic blue shirt with a washed off-white cotton skirt in an extravagant blue Deco print, and to use the Casey Jones stripes for a variety of coats and jackets.
The coats were appealing on their own, as were the shirts, some of them scattered with clusters of clear stones. With such simple yet inspired day clothes, like a striped sleeveless dress with low patch pockets and a cropped popover top in the same fabric, Mr. Altuzarra produced evening clothes that seemed a little hectic; they needed more thought.
A virtue of Boy by Band of Outsiders, the women’s label of Scott Sternberg, is that it doesn’t try to plead that it’s cool. It just is. There’s a sweet sincerity to the easy but well-done designs, especially the lotus-flower pajama prints, cotton sundresses and a charming strapless jumpsuit with a cutaway denim jacket.
Suno’s designers, Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis, continue to tinker with their original concept without straining it. Indeed, as their prints have grown in surprise and texture, they seem freer to add more sportswear, like sheer windbreakers and even a cool tracksuit in an etched floral pattern.
Has Victoria Beckham become a minimalist? Long, slim skirts and color blocking were a new a direction for her. It was not an interesting one. There were skating skirts and cute blouses with lattice yokes, but paneled slip dresses were too much of a thank-you-I-will helping of Narciso Rodriguez.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Starlets, Klum get refined at NY Fashion Week
The starlets lining the front rows of New York Fashion Week on Friday would be right at home in the refined yet youthful styles parading before them.
The look on the second day of more than 100 previews for retailers, editors and stylists balanced a ladylike elegance with a youthful flair. Light colors and lace details were offset by cutouts or even leather harnesses.
Allison Williams of HBO's "Girls" and Hailee Steinfeld of "True Grit" watched the muted florals on denim and midriff-baring cutouts at Peter Som. Emily Mortimer was on hand for Jason Wu, who said his collection aimed to balance beautiful refinement with something provocative and sexy.
"I love the idea of those two coming together — a softness and a hardness coming together and I wanted to make a collection that sort of balanced, just teetered on that line of sexy but still sophisticated," he said.
Kate Bosworth looked the part of the modern sophisticate at Cushnie et Ochs, where the styles were sleek and chic. "The idea of youthful elegance is perfect for this show," she said. "I do think there's a movement toward a classic shape, a classic look, even if it's in a really loud print."
Meanwhile, the drama of "Project Runway" took center stage for the 10th anniversary season of a show that designer and judge Michael Kors said thrives because "fashion people by nature are a little high-strung, a little dramatic."
"Quite frankly, fashion people are interesting," he said. "Nothing against accountants but we are not a group of accountants, that's for sure."
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week previews for retailers, editors and stylists continue for eight days, before the fashion crowd heads for London, Milan and Paris.
PETER SOM
For Som's refined and youthful look, muted floral prints were shown on denim (part of Som's partnership with Earnest Sewn) and midriff-baring cutouts were carved into ladylike sheath dresses that fell below the knee. A pink orchid-print bustier dress was dotted with a bit of more demure lace.
Standard button-down shirts and a lace T-shirt were jazzed up with jeweled collars.
Olympic gold-medal runner Sanya Richards Ross was there, fully decked out in one of Som's lace numbers. "I love fashion. It's in my genes. If you saw my grandmother going to the grocery store, you'd think she was having lunch with the Obamas. We're always dressed up," she said.
Som is known to play with texture, and he created a colorful patchwork of snakeskin chevrons. The best version was the shift that was mostly a mix of pinks and purples on top, and chartreuse below the dropped waist.
JASON WU
There wasn't a lot of room for error on the Jason Wu runway. But he didn't need it.
From Carolyn Murphy's opening crocodile-like leather sheath to the navy silk tulle harness gown with embroidery that closed the show, the look was slim and sophisticated. Lace insets, bra tops, sheer fabrics and sharp tuxedos turned into shorts kept lively what were really refined, classic silhouettes.
Wu, in a backstage interview, said he was inspired by two photographers with differing styles — Helmut Newton and Lillian Basman. It was the second show in the early going to make specific reference to Newton, which could explain the dominance of black and white. It was also the second to put leather harnesses on the models to give them a little bit of edge. They topped a white-lace embroidered shirt worn with black croc shorts, and over a pink lace sheath that also got a little bounce from a peplum.
One would imagine that first lady Michelle Obama, who helped propel Wu to hot-ticket status after she wore his gown to the 2008 inauguration, would wear her black-and-white "ghost print" satin sheath with organza insets sans leather hardware.
RAG & BONE
The layers were lovely in the preview of next spring's Rag & Bone collection. They weren't "too much" — though the models in heaps of leather and lace in a steamy, raw space might have disagreed.
You wouldn't have known it to look at them, though, especially finale model Karlie Kloss, who had on a coral ripstop poncho.
Each look oozed the cool vibe that designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright have mastered.
Tough leather, sometimes quilted motocross style, mixed seamlessly with both the ladylike peeks of lace and the menswear-inspired shirts. Confirming a few trends in the first two days of seasonal previews, Rag & Bone flashed some skin with strategic cutouts, did the hoodie thing and played with the proportion of the trenchcoat. Once they're on this runway, they're likely here to stay.
NICOLE MILLER
Prints in skinny pants, flouncy tops and dresses dominated Nicole Miller's runway with a sci-fi, bad-girl feel.
In sparse notes, Miller said she was inspired by the "juxtaposition of improbable things" and "digital nature." There were earthy splotches in a print she called "space clouds" on a long, feather-light train paired with a short black skirt and a tight leather sleeveless crop top.
Dresses in a futuristic floral of coral and bright greens and blues were worn with black leather. One model had long, straight hair streaked in colors to match the print.
Beadwork popped on the sleeves of a T-shirt in the same "future flora" print. Miller also used bead embellishment on a crop top in blush and blue, paired with a cobalt leather skirt, and with a variety of other pieces.
REBECCA MINKOFF
Sun-bleached floral prints, summery tweeds and lace lent Rebecca Minkoff's runway show a laid-back feel.
With touches of leather, including a faded denim print on a pair of skinny, stretch pants, she paid homage to Slim Aarons, the American photographer of the 1960s and '70s known for capturing socialites, jetsetters and celebs glammed up poolside.
Some wider-leg pants had a slight flare with pink and blue florals at the ankle. But she interspersed her soft colors with rich hues of indigo, mustang red and vivid green.
Minkoff used plaids and lace on shorts. She included bustiers, rompers and a jumpsuit, mixing masculine shapes with feminine details.
YIGAL AZROUEL
Lucky were the models in the beachy white cotton maxi dresses on the Yigal Azrouel runway Friday.
Outside Azrouel's New York Fashion Week show in Manhattan's Meatpacking neighborhood, it was roasting, but the designer choose an easy, sort-of-breezy path for the spring collection.
Azrouel is known for an architectural and clean style. He continued to refrain from extra embellishment for next spring, but the shape was definitely looser.
There were hooded jackets, waffle-knit tops and tank dresses. He started the show with optic white looks, which morphed into gray and then black. One pink dress, which he called "quartz," captured the "apron" dress trend (think a sheath silhouette with tank straps) that is emerging from this round of previews, but the very low cut back made this more sexy than utilitarian.
He also hit on leather, continuing its must-have status for the fall season, and the loose hoods, which made sense on the lightweight cotton-leather trench but looked a little strange on the cotton-silk cocktail dress.
PAMELLA ROLAND
Pamella Roland honored Ellsworth Kelly in a black-and-white dominated presentation that included splashes of lemon yellow and cobalt blue just as the iconic American artist does in his paintings.
Roland covered several easy-to-wear evening gowns and shorter dresses in flat maco beads for a shimmer rather than an outright explosion of sparkle.
"I think that sparkly look's kind of going away a little bit, but so many of our customers still want that," said Roland, usually known for color but herself dressed in a black-and-white tuxedo pant outfit to celebrate her new minimalism.
The sleek clothes presented in groups of models who rotated eight times Friday at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall were no-nonsense for the working mom. She drops off her kids in the morning and heads to the office to run her own company, Roland said, adding: "There are no ruffles."
The entire collection, Roland said proudly, was made in New York.
Design partners Robert Tagliapietra and Jeffrey Costello sent dresses draped and colored for falling in love down their runway Thursday.
The two used a waterless heat-transfer process called AirDye to create double-colored pieces on fabrics as thin as chiffon, including some with swirly prints inspired by the look of paint on canvas.
They included a dress with a wrap front in pale violet and "dress coats" to complement all sizes in teal and rose. Many of the pair's dresses, including some just above the floor, featured gathers at the side and center.
"We wanted it to be about falling in love. It was the emotion, the romance we wanted," Tagliapietra said backstage after the downtown show.
There was intrigue — and Heidi Klum in barely there gold — at the "Project Runway" show that will decide who wins the 10th anniversary season.
Eight contestants thanked their loved ones and shared their inspirations in the hour-long parade before the judges on the Lifetime series and a huge crowd at the Lincoln Center tents.
But only three or four of the eight remain in the running to win the milestone season (the others were shills to keep us guessing). The finale, based on judging of the Fashion Week looks, will air Oct. 18 with guest judge Jennifer Hudson.
There was a touch of mesh in jackets and tops from Gunnar Deatherage, a self-taught, 22-year-old designer from Kentucky who learned to sew at age 7 from his grandmother.
Elena Silvnyak, 28 and originally from the Ukraine, sent models out with bright yellow and green lips, two-tone fitted dresses and tunics.
Venn Budhu managed a rare smile at the end of his show, which featured impeccable bodices and necks in constructed layers of fabric on formal gowns and cocktail dresses in reds and off-whites.
Sonjia Williams, 27, another New Yorker, sent down an ode to herself, a "bold, strong, confident woman," with blue lace in leggings and tops, a wide-waisted skirt in a floral print and shorts in a piped leatherette.
The look on the second day of more than 100 previews for retailers, editors and stylists balanced a ladylike elegance with a youthful flair. Light colors and lace details were offset by cutouts or even leather harnesses.
Allison Williams of HBO's "Girls" and Hailee Steinfeld of "True Grit" watched the muted florals on denim and midriff-baring cutouts at Peter Som. Emily Mortimer was on hand for Jason Wu, who said his collection aimed to balance beautiful refinement with something provocative and sexy.
"I love the idea of those two coming together — a softness and a hardness coming together and I wanted to make a collection that sort of balanced, just teetered on that line of sexy but still sophisticated," he said.
Kate Bosworth looked the part of the modern sophisticate at Cushnie et Ochs, where the styles were sleek and chic. "The idea of youthful elegance is perfect for this show," she said. "I do think there's a movement toward a classic shape, a classic look, even if it's in a really loud print."
Meanwhile, the drama of "Project Runway" took center stage for the 10th anniversary season of a show that designer and judge Michael Kors said thrives because "fashion people by nature are a little high-strung, a little dramatic."
"Quite frankly, fashion people are interesting," he said. "Nothing against accountants but we are not a group of accountants, that's for sure."
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week previews for retailers, editors and stylists continue for eight days, before the fashion crowd heads for London, Milan and Paris.
PETER SOM
For Som's refined and youthful look, muted floral prints were shown on denim (part of Som's partnership with Earnest Sewn) and midriff-baring cutouts were carved into ladylike sheath dresses that fell below the knee. A pink orchid-print bustier dress was dotted with a bit of more demure lace.
Standard button-down shirts and a lace T-shirt were jazzed up with jeweled collars.
Olympic gold-medal runner Sanya Richards Ross was there, fully decked out in one of Som's lace numbers. "I love fashion. It's in my genes. If you saw my grandmother going to the grocery store, you'd think she was having lunch with the Obamas. We're always dressed up," she said.
Som is known to play with texture, and he created a colorful patchwork of snakeskin chevrons. The best version was the shift that was mostly a mix of pinks and purples on top, and chartreuse below the dropped waist.
JASON WU
There wasn't a lot of room for error on the Jason Wu runway. But he didn't need it.
From Carolyn Murphy's opening crocodile-like leather sheath to the navy silk tulle harness gown with embroidery that closed the show, the look was slim and sophisticated. Lace insets, bra tops, sheer fabrics and sharp tuxedos turned into shorts kept lively what were really refined, classic silhouettes.
Wu, in a backstage interview, said he was inspired by two photographers with differing styles — Helmut Newton and Lillian Basman. It was the second show in the early going to make specific reference to Newton, which could explain the dominance of black and white. It was also the second to put leather harnesses on the models to give them a little bit of edge. They topped a white-lace embroidered shirt worn with black croc shorts, and over a pink lace sheath that also got a little bounce from a peplum.
One would imagine that first lady Michelle Obama, who helped propel Wu to hot-ticket status after she wore his gown to the 2008 inauguration, would wear her black-and-white "ghost print" satin sheath with organza insets sans leather hardware.
RAG & BONE
The layers were lovely in the preview of next spring's Rag & Bone collection. They weren't "too much" — though the models in heaps of leather and lace in a steamy, raw space might have disagreed.
You wouldn't have known it to look at them, though, especially finale model Karlie Kloss, who had on a coral ripstop poncho.
Each look oozed the cool vibe that designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright have mastered.
Tough leather, sometimes quilted motocross style, mixed seamlessly with both the ladylike peeks of lace and the menswear-inspired shirts. Confirming a few trends in the first two days of seasonal previews, Rag & Bone flashed some skin with strategic cutouts, did the hoodie thing and played with the proportion of the trenchcoat. Once they're on this runway, they're likely here to stay.
NICOLE MILLER
Prints in skinny pants, flouncy tops and dresses dominated Nicole Miller's runway with a sci-fi, bad-girl feel.
In sparse notes, Miller said she was inspired by the "juxtaposition of improbable things" and "digital nature." There were earthy splotches in a print she called "space clouds" on a long, feather-light train paired with a short black skirt and a tight leather sleeveless crop top.
Dresses in a futuristic floral of coral and bright greens and blues were worn with black leather. One model had long, straight hair streaked in colors to match the print.
Beadwork popped on the sleeves of a T-shirt in the same "future flora" print. Miller also used bead embellishment on a crop top in blush and blue, paired with a cobalt leather skirt, and with a variety of other pieces.
REBECCA MINKOFF
Sun-bleached floral prints, summery tweeds and lace lent Rebecca Minkoff's runway show a laid-back feel.
With touches of leather, including a faded denim print on a pair of skinny, stretch pants, she paid homage to Slim Aarons, the American photographer of the 1960s and '70s known for capturing socialites, jetsetters and celebs glammed up poolside.
Some wider-leg pants had a slight flare with pink and blue florals at the ankle. But she interspersed her soft colors with rich hues of indigo, mustang red and vivid green.
Minkoff used plaids and lace on shorts. She included bustiers, rompers and a jumpsuit, mixing masculine shapes with feminine details.
YIGAL AZROUEL
Lucky were the models in the beachy white cotton maxi dresses on the Yigal Azrouel runway Friday.
Outside Azrouel's New York Fashion Week show in Manhattan's Meatpacking neighborhood, it was roasting, but the designer choose an easy, sort-of-breezy path for the spring collection.
Azrouel is known for an architectural and clean style. He continued to refrain from extra embellishment for next spring, but the shape was definitely looser.
There were hooded jackets, waffle-knit tops and tank dresses. He started the show with optic white looks, which morphed into gray and then black. One pink dress, which he called "quartz," captured the "apron" dress trend (think a sheath silhouette with tank straps) that is emerging from this round of previews, but the very low cut back made this more sexy than utilitarian.
He also hit on leather, continuing its must-have status for the fall season, and the loose hoods, which made sense on the lightweight cotton-leather trench but looked a little strange on the cotton-silk cocktail dress.
PAMELLA ROLAND
Pamella Roland honored Ellsworth Kelly in a black-and-white dominated presentation that included splashes of lemon yellow and cobalt blue just as the iconic American artist does in his paintings.
Roland covered several easy-to-wear evening gowns and shorter dresses in flat maco beads for a shimmer rather than an outright explosion of sparkle.
"I think that sparkly look's kind of going away a little bit, but so many of our customers still want that," said Roland, usually known for color but herself dressed in a black-and-white tuxedo pant outfit to celebrate her new minimalism.
The sleek clothes presented in groups of models who rotated eight times Friday at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall were no-nonsense for the working mom. She drops off her kids in the morning and heads to the office to run her own company, Roland said, adding: "There are no ruffles."
The entire collection, Roland said proudly, was made in New York.
Design partners Robert Tagliapietra and Jeffrey Costello sent dresses draped and colored for falling in love down their runway Thursday.
The two used a waterless heat-transfer process called AirDye to create double-colored pieces on fabrics as thin as chiffon, including some with swirly prints inspired by the look of paint on canvas.
They included a dress with a wrap front in pale violet and "dress coats" to complement all sizes in teal and rose. Many of the pair's dresses, including some just above the floor, featured gathers at the side and center.
"We wanted it to be about falling in love. It was the emotion, the romance we wanted," Tagliapietra said backstage after the downtown show.
There was intrigue — and Heidi Klum in barely there gold — at the "Project Runway" show that will decide who wins the 10th anniversary season.
Eight contestants thanked their loved ones and shared their inspirations in the hour-long parade before the judges on the Lifetime series and a huge crowd at the Lincoln Center tents.
But only three or four of the eight remain in the running to win the milestone season (the others were shills to keep us guessing). The finale, based on judging of the Fashion Week looks, will air Oct. 18 with guest judge Jennifer Hudson.
There was a touch of mesh in jackets and tops from Gunnar Deatherage, a self-taught, 22-year-old designer from Kentucky who learned to sew at age 7 from his grandmother.
Elena Silvnyak, 28 and originally from the Ukraine, sent models out with bright yellow and green lips, two-tone fitted dresses and tunics.
Venn Budhu managed a rare smile at the end of his show, which featured impeccable bodices and necks in constructed layers of fabric on formal gowns and cocktail dresses in reds and off-whites.
Sonjia Williams, 27, another New Yorker, sent down an ode to herself, a "bold, strong, confident woman," with blue lace in leggings and tops, a wide-waisted skirt in a floral print and shorts in a piped leatherette.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Fashion week kicks off in New York
The spring-summer 2013 collections have started coming down the runways with New York Fashion Week shifting into high gear with nearly 300 shows and presentations over eight days.
Perth designer Betty Tran has today shown her spring/summer 2013 collection at the Fashion Palette New York Runway Show, which features 10 Australian designers.
Nicholas K, BCBG Max Azria, Richard Chai and Japan's Tadashi Shoji are among the first to show at Lincoln Center, ground zero for a dizzying array of events around Manhattan.
Veterans on the schedule include Helmut Lang on Friday; Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta on Monday and Tuesday; and Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein when fashion week winds up next Thursday.
Younger designers and labels are prominent as well, among them Jason Wu on Friday; Alexander Wang and Altuzarra on Saturday; Thakoon, Zac Posen and Rad Hourani on Sunday; Phillip Lim on Monday; and Rodarte on Tuesday.
Newcomers include actress Katie Holmes, embarking on a new life as a part-time designer after her much-publicised divorce from film star Tom Cruise, with a collection put together with full-timer Jeanne Yang.
Running alongside fashion week is Fashion's Night Out on Thursday, spearheaded by Vogue magazine in 2009 to sustain shoppers' interest in fashion following the post-2007 financial crisis.
Hundreds of stores and boutiques around Manhattan will be trying to outdo each other with the most original events, from tarot-card readings at Christian Louboutin to homemade charity cookies baked by model Karlie Kloss at DKNY.
New York Fashion Week is followed by London on September 14-18, Milan on September 19-25 and Paris on September 27 to October 3.
Perth designer Betty Tran has today shown her spring/summer 2013 collection at the Fashion Palette New York Runway Show, which features 10 Australian designers.
Nicholas K, BCBG Max Azria, Richard Chai and Japan's Tadashi Shoji are among the first to show at Lincoln Center, ground zero for a dizzying array of events around Manhattan.
Veterans on the schedule include Helmut Lang on Friday; Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta on Monday and Tuesday; and Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein when fashion week winds up next Thursday.
Younger designers and labels are prominent as well, among them Jason Wu on Friday; Alexander Wang and Altuzarra on Saturday; Thakoon, Zac Posen and Rad Hourani on Sunday; Phillip Lim on Monday; and Rodarte on Tuesday.
Newcomers include actress Katie Holmes, embarking on a new life as a part-time designer after her much-publicised divorce from film star Tom Cruise, with a collection put together with full-timer Jeanne Yang.
Running alongside fashion week is Fashion's Night Out on Thursday, spearheaded by Vogue magazine in 2009 to sustain shoppers' interest in fashion following the post-2007 financial crisis.
Hundreds of stores and boutiques around Manhattan will be trying to outdo each other with the most original events, from tarot-card readings at Christian Louboutin to homemade charity cookies baked by model Karlie Kloss at DKNY.
New York Fashion Week is followed by London on September 14-18, Milan on September 19-25 and Paris on September 27 to October 3.
Monday, September 3, 2012
PH AT COUTURE FASHION WEEK
The Philippines has been invited to the 16th Season of the Couture Fashion Week New York on September 15-17, 2012. This three-day event that will happen at the prestigious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York consists of exhibitions of fine art, luxury products and services, world-class entertainment, receptions and after-parties along with a series of runway fashion shows showcasing couture and fine fashion of evening wear, elegant fashion, cocktail dresses and couture bridal as well as fashion jewelry and accessories. Being attended annually in such a prestigious venue by an on-site audience of more than 5,000 upscale consumers, press, trade buyers and VIPs as well as a post-event extended audience in the millions through press and internet coverage, this event, now on its 16th year, offers an excellent opportunity to promote Philippine culture, arts, heritage and tourism.
"Island Treasures at The Waldorf-Astoria: A Philippine Fashion and Lifestyle Showcase" will debut its first in a series of presentations in this New York event featuring first-class Philippine hand-woven fabrics such as the "abe" of the Cordillera, the "abel-Paoay" of Ilocos Norte, the "tepiña" of Puerto Princesa City and the "abaca" of Tabaco City, Albay plus the intricate embroidery works of Lumban's "bordaderas" in Laguna.
Fashion Designer Barge Ramos, internationally known for his "Pinoy" dressing using indigenous fabrics, has creatively designed and composed a forty-piece collection of Philippine contemporary wear for men and women for the Philippine Gala Show at the Couture Fashion Week in the Grand Ballroom of The Waldorf-Astoria New York on September 16, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. (New York time) with the participation of Joseph Domingo, a San Francisco-based Filipino Fashion Designer, who will also present his different designs. A collection of "Proudly Filipino" fashion jewelry and accessories designed and created by Arnel Papa, a Fashion Jewelry and Accessory Designer-Exporter, will also complement Ramos' and Domingo's collections.
Heading the Philippine Delegation to New York is Nilo C. Agustin, the Overall In-Charge and Organizer of the Philippine participation. Southern Tagalog Tourism Director Louella C. Jurilla has confirmed the participation of Puerto Princesa City headed by Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn who will promote the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature and Puerto Princesa's tepiña fabric. The jusi and pina hand-embroidered fabrics of Vicky de Ramos' Burdahand in Lumban, Laguna will be on exhibit and sale while The Farm at San Benito and Acuatico Resort both located in Batangas will be the featured health and wellness and beach and sea holiday destinations respectively for the upscale audience attending the event.
"The Regional Development Council of the Cordillera Administrative Region (RDC-CAR) will also be represented," said DoT CAR Director Purificacion Suanding-Molintas. Leonarda Capuyan, President of Narda's Handwoven Arts and Crafts, Inc., will exhibit her new designs of Cordillera fabrics which Couture Fashion Week Organizer and Founder, Andres Aquino, has chosen to be the official fabric for his centerpiece creations at the Fashion Avenue in the Silver Corridor of The Waldorf-Astoria New York. Three Cordillera Governors have confirmed their participation as they see this event as a new milestone in promoting the region internationally particularly the UNESCO World Heritage Banaue Rice Terraces.
Tabaco City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro in Albay has also given her full support for this promotional event by featuring the abaca fabric as part of Barge Ramos' collection. "The Couture Fashion Week in New York where abaca fabric will be used by Barge Ramos in his collection, is indeed the right venue to promote to a new international market the Philippine indigenous fabrics and their application in contemporary dressing," Mayor Krisel said.
The Philippine participation in this annual event in New York is organized by the East Coast Charities, Inc. (ECCI) headed by Madame Elma Santander to benefit the San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel (SLRC) in New York and the educational program of the Smokey Mountain in Manila. This noble cause has given the Philippine Delegation the encouragement and inspiration to prepare an impressive presentation to promote the Philippines and more importantly, to contribute to the fulfilment of ECCI's goals in its charitable programs.
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