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The Black Fashion Show

18 July 2007 659 views 4 Comments

Style Manila was at yesterday’s Black Fashion Show at the Renaissance Hotel in Makati. It’s in celebration of Clear’s launch. As much as I think that it’s highly fabricated that stylists would claim black items occupy the far back of their closets just because of dandruff, I’m sure it’s just part of the drama, which the event called for. So, I’d rather drop this silly thought and focus on the fashion show instead.

As expected, the star of the show are black ensembles from ready-to-wear to haute couture. The show featured Folded & Hung, Viktor, Kate Torralba & Puey Quiñones.

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I particularly loved the romantic creations of Kate Torralba. Everything was so feminine and chic. I had wanted to meet her afterwards but next time perhaps?

There were collections that were repetitive, hence, became a little boring. I believe that if you’re going to do a show, you should style outfits that will stand out and create an definitive impression, not something that will end up looking like a mix and match sort, if you know what I mean. Too bad cuz I’m the rock chick sort and would’ve loved to feature more. Ah, well.

Puey Quiñones’ work reminds me of the now defunct (as far as I know) House of Hypocrites. The latter is influenced by the “rave” culture while the former is quite reminiscent of the reversiblesfunny cuz we talked about those 80s clothes after the show — but, of course, I reckon his work is influenced by the “way of the samurai” basing it on what he was wearing that day. Turning Japanese, are we? Hehe. But I’m highly impressed. His collection was a breath of fresh air, even with all the mist in that “bubble”.

Photo © 2007 Sasha Manuel

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4 Comments »

  • Philippine Fashion in Clear’s Launch said:

    [...] lightbox) and a short review on the fashion show, you can check a related post in Style Manila: The Black Fashion Show Technorati Tags: black, Clear, collections, fashion designers, fashion show, Folded & Hung, Kate [...]

  • Two Days of Fashion, Styling and Blogging | The Parody™ said:

    [...] You can view the photos (via lightbox) of the fashion show over at Style Manila. [...]

  • Tessa said:

    Black is such a classic and timeless colour. I will never get tired of wearing black! Elegant and sophisticated!

  • Style Manila » Blog Archive » An Errand Day in Pink said:

    [...] I bought this dress a couple of years ago, one of my tiangge finds in Ruins BF, and wore to the Clear Black Fashion Show event. I saw it again while I was packing for my trip to Australia and thought it was a good option to [...]

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