PFW Holiday 2011 Sony Cybershot Luxewear Collection

I was thrilled beyond measure when I was able to go to the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 Sony Cybershot Luxewear Collection Fashion Show at the SMX Complex, SM Mall of Asia all thanks to Tatie and Jen. Its not everyday a girl gets to go watch one of the prestigious fashion shows that features our very own Filipino designers! So a bit of warning dears, this is going to be a bit photo heavy because the Luxewear collection featured around 15 designers.

As usual, yours truly was a bit late. Obviously, I have a day job (I'm a teacher, hello!) and even though its summer vacation, we still have to report for duty. And I swear, commuting to MOA is NOT easy. Anyway, I arrived late. I arrived late and boy was the place packed! There were so many people supporting our Filipino Fashion Designers! I wasn't able to get a seat but it ended up as a good thing coz I was able to take photos from a somewhat nice spot. I wasn't able to be seated with my bffs in fashion but it didn't matter, we were going to meet up later anyhow. When I arrived, boo..  I missed already the collection presented by Benjie Manuel, Delby Bragais, Edwin Uy, and Jay Sustiguer! So sad.. BUT I arrived at the finale of the John Guarnes' collection. I saw this and was wowed! 

  

I also liked the corporate look with a lot of sheer and leather by Julius Tarog.

LOVE the leather cuff there!

Kat Corpus' collection was all about Color Blocking and pretty cutouts that reminded me of the cutouts made in pastillas' wrappers in the good old days!

I absolutely loved this one! My photo of this was blurred though. TY Style Bible!

Sorry about the photo, I was standing way up at the back so my shots are a bit wide angled! Loved the pretty cutout effects! Hmm, is this the teacher in me talking? LOL.

I sooo wanted a clean photo of this one but obviously I'm new at this! 

Another poor attempt of me getting a good shot of this pretty violet dress. *sighs*

I give up. Finally, a decent shot THANK YOU STYLE BIBLE FOR THIS PHOTO!
I really REALLY LOVED the details of this one!

Then Melvin Lachica presented his collection and boy did it cause quite a murmur in the crowd! The sheer almost nude flowing Grecian look of the gowns looked magnificent! 

I wasn't going to upload this one coz it was a bit blurry but I just want you to take a good look at the audience in the background. See anything interesting? :)

Nicky Martinez came out with fun and bright splashes of color, perfect for a glamorous night out! I love the swirls and circles motif throughout the collection. Here are my favorites:

I LOVE THIS ONE!! So drama and princess like!!!

One of my favorite Black Dresses of the Night!

 

 Nolie Vineza's collection was very unique and colorful with its mosaic and quilted effects.   

 Roel Rosal's collection was FIERCE! I love the animal prints and even the fierce looks of the amazon-like models which created quite an effect. This is one of my favorite collections! 

  

I LOVE THIS ONE VERY MUCH!

LOVE THE SEXY BACK EFFECT! :)

Ronaldo Arnaldo really made a production out of his collection. From the gothic like music, to the wintery sheer layered clothes, and to the slow motion like walk of the models. 

 

Finale dress looked very dramatic! 

Santi Obcena's collection ranged from casual to formal wear. He focused more on gray, black, and silver except for this one awesome splash of red which was my favorite pick on his collection. 

Simon Ariel Velasquez focused more on formal and classy casual outfits. His trademark for this collection was the fringe. He also presented menswear in his collection. (I had to change batteries during this time, so I wasn't able to take personal photos).

AND last but not the least, TINA DANIAC ended the show with sheer fabrics and gold accessories making a statement with black and red. 

 

  So there you have it! A look at some of our very own Filipino Fashion Designers.

I don't have a lot of after show photos around this time coz me and my bffs had to rush to the next show, OXYGEN CLOTHING. :) Will be blogging about that next.

Me and Rache finally meet up on the next show, OXYGEN! 

PFW Holiday 2011 SM Department Store Parisian Shoes

SM DEPARTMENT STORE - Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011 Collection!

It's this time of the year when a feeling "fashion fashion" person like me gets to dress up a bit and attend a fashion show! Last year I was able to attend the Philippine Fashion Week Summer Collection by SM department store. And I was able to get tickets again for this year but unfortunately I was too late to get there on time!!! I thought that the show would start like last year which is -- fashionably late! I heard that it started late but not as late like last year.

So after two long hours of commuting, I arrived to an ALREADY finished fashion show. I wanted to cry! I didn't though and resigned by my fate decided to just take photos of the Parisian Shoe Display outside the room where the fashion show was held. But all was not lost! People, THERE IS A GOD! It was as if He knew just how to cheer me up coz I was able to get a Parisian Gift Voucher!

Ty Parisian! :) LOVE LOVE IT!

A Parisian representative noticed that my friends Jen, Rache, Naomi and I were wearing Parisian shoes and because of that, we were able to get a gift voucher thanks to Parisian!

Me, Jen, Rache - wearing PARISIAN! :)

Thank you Laura and SM Parisian!

Photo by Naomi

AND WITH THAT, I was able to happily take a lot of wonderful photos of the lovely Parisian shoes. Check em out -- Color Blocking, Summery Colored Prints, Animal Print, and the Sparkling dance shoes (thats what I call the silver and gold ones!).

Power Dressing Pumps!

Its all about the heels dear!!!

Color Blocking pumps and Summer inspired pumps!

the super sparkly dancing shoes in silver and gold! :)

Color Blocking with some fierce Animal Print! Love love! :)

HERE ARE SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES FROM THE COLLECTION:

I just love the richness of the color and the print!

The lighting is a bit bad... but it is actually TAN.

Of course love the peep toe and the fact that its BLACK & WHITE!

ANIMAL PRINT = FIERCE LOOK! LOVE IT! 

Because we weren't satisfied with the few that was displayed, we went to the SM MOA's Department Store and checked out the Parisian Philippine Fashion Show Shoes Display. I snapped a few stolen photos of the display there.. shhhh.. sorry I couldn't resist!

Color Blocking and Printed Display

Cute Clogs! :)

Animal Fierce WITH Color Blocking!

TOTALLY LOVE THIS! I don't know if I can handle that heel though! LOL!!! 

And so there we have it!  The SM Department Store Fashion Show that we missed still turned out to be a fun photo shooting day with Parisian Shoes.

With Naomi -  my bestfriend since highschool - wearing Parisian boots!

Gals who LOVE Parisian Shoes - Naomi, Divine, ME, Jen, and Rache! (shoe lover taking the pic - Laura!)

To my delight, I later found out that I was going to attend the Cyber Shot Luxewear Fashion Show and Oxygen Clothing Fashion Show all thanks to Ate Jen! :) Love you cuz! Next batch of photos of the Philippine Fashion Week shows will be posted later on this week. I'm starting to work now so sked is super hectic!