Alumni Designer Nina Amoncio - Creator of the brand Antonina—and first of the two alumni designers—Nina Amoncio opens the show with pieces from her stellar SS24 collection that mixes the perfect cocktail of business and pleasure. With black and grey motifs, audiences are served with an appetizer of the sensual and the savvy that comes with being a Clothing Technology designer.
Alumni Designer Cris Roxas - The second half of alumni designers, Cris Roxas delights the audience with a colorful display of sustainable fashion paired with the most charming, show-stopping accessories all using patchwork and retaso fabric. The founder of The Brave Story, Roxas tells the tale of her advocacy through passion by weaving the two together in perfect symmetry.
Student Designer Karine Basilio Resultay - To open the first batch of student designers, Karine Basilio Resultay presents ‘Delicate,’ an homage to the dainty intermission she wishes for amidst the bustling duties of the city. She uses structured, stark reds and flowy, muted pinks to project the sophistication of being the eldest daughter—a responsibility intimate to Resultay, and an experience now shared with all who wish to see.
Student Designer Ayn Lachica - ‘Girlhood’ by Ayn Lachica is a collection that displays exactly what it says on the tin. It is a journey of exploration and coming-of-age amidst a world that discourages imagination. Puffy silhouettes, patchwork details and light colors highlight Lachica’s desire for the collection to represent her femininity and innocence, a fantasy well-introduced to the audience.
Student Designer Dale Sarmiento - To close the mellow reenactment of life, Dale Sarmiento’s ‘Finding Beauty in Death’ is a staggering display of the allure behind the grotesque. Death becomes her, in the most voguish display with lace veils, and black-and-white garments; ‘Finding Beauty in Death’ is a showcase that runs a chill down your spine and makes anyone wish they looked as good in their final moments.
Student Designer Sarah Fay Buljatin - Sarah Fay Buljatin’s ‘Mayim Khayim’ is a work borne of the designer’s serene stream of consciousness. Imitating the ebb and flow of life, Buljatin’s collection floats across the runway as a sea of brown and blue. Dedicating her work to her faith, she makes a perfect example of how the motions of life carry one to create.
Student Designer Sophia Anne Luces - ‘A Dancer’s Becoming’ by Sophia Anne Luces glides on the runway as the designer’s intimate story of who she was, is and dreams to be as a ballroom dancer. Featuring classic and feminine silhouettes reminiscent of ballroom dancewear in a black-and-white color palette, the collection is a progression of her routine from beginning to end—picture perfect for dancing the night away.
Student Designer Yumi Dela Torre - Kicking off the third batch of designers, Yumi Dela Torre’s ‘Fools Who Dream’ pays homage to her favorite film La La Land. Finding a parallel between her experiences and the lead character’s journey of passion and subsequent burnout, ‘Fools Who Dream’ is a colorful interpretation of ambition that mirrors the joy of rejuvenation and finding the self once lost.
Student Designer Sen Viray - A showcase of technicolor in techwear, ‘Artificial Feelings, Genuine Voice’ by Sen Viray takes inspiration from the Japanese icon Hatsune Miku. Each ensemble in the six-piece collection transforms the power of song and weaves it into the seams of garments. Viray’s work manages to grasp something tangible from a feeling one may have once thought they wouldn’t be able to hold.
Student Designer Cheena Pamela Villaflor - In a unique demonstration of creativity, Cheena Pamela Villaflor’s collection entitled ‘Chromesthesia’ whisks viewers away into the palace of her mind as she embodies the colors she hears for the keys C, D, E, F and G. With self-dyed and electro-pleated tulle, the runway is a peak into her mind, memories and music.
Student Designer Jackie Larosa - The thread that pulls humanity together is the capacity to feel emotion no matter how fleeting. Jackie Larosa’s ‘Bipolar’ is an interpretation of the strength of human emotion and the fickle moments that make one shift from anxiety to obsession. Despite a mix of colors, silhouettes and textures, Larosa’s work still remains a harmonious demonstration of feeling everything all at once.
Student Designer Jillian Centeno - ‘A Step Into Ever After’ by Jillian Centeno is an expression of the desires that reside most within her core; the fantasy of a fairytale, from the young girl that still resides within her. In a cotton candy dream of pinks and bows, Centeno’s collection heals the inner child selves of all those watching—and perhaps most importantly, her own.
Student Designer Abubakar Manding - Abubakar Manding closes out the show with ‘A Place in The Middle,’ an intimate journey of gender told through the motifs of the orchid flower. With lavish and larger-than-life pieces, the beauty of being different becomes a catalyst for artistry through structured veils and gowns. In sealing the final chapter of his student life, the collection is a romantic display of who Abubakar Manding is as a designer, as a creative and as a human.
