Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: Premiere A

"Premiere A" featuring designers Kristel Yulo, Michele Sison, Philipp Tampus, Ralph Ng and Roland Lirio was the highlight of 13 May, Day 4 of PFW Holiday 2011. Here are some photos of their collections which ranged from the simple and the elegant to the dramatically extravagant.

Kristel Yulo (Status Magazine Online)

Michele Sison (Lorna Llanes for Fasche)

Iya Villania

Nikki Gil

Carla Abellana

Philipp Tampus (stylebible.ph)

Ralph Ng (Camille Co)

Roland Lirio (stylebible.ph)

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: L'Oreal Paris presents Ibañez and Quisimbing

L'Oreal Paris' show featuring Lyle Ibañez and Yvonne Quisimbing was the highlight of Day 3 of PFW Holiday 2011 held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila. Actress and model Anne Curtis walked the runway that night for both collections. 

Lyle Ibañez (stylebible.ph)

Yvonne Quisimbing (Status Magazine Online)

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: Bench

Before I move on to posting photos of PFW Holiday 2011's third day, here are some photos of Bench's fashion show held during the first day, 8 May 2011. They had two shows, the first featured casual wear while the second featured their celebrity endorsers/models, most of which are contract artists of ABS-CBN or GMA 7.

Bench (stylebible.ph)

 Casual Wear

Lingerie

Bench Celebrities (dailyfashionista 1, 2)

Carla Abellana

Kim Chiu

Kathryn Bernardo ('Mara' from the ABS-CBN TV Series, "Mara Clara")

Julia Montes (Clara from ABS-CBN TV Series, "Mara Clara")

Gerald Anderson

Christian Bautista

Borgy Manotoc

Zanjoe Marudo

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2011: Diaz, Galang, Katigbak

To cap off the second day, top designers Chris Diaz, Arnold Galang and Gerry Katigbak put on a closing show that was nothing short of dramatic and fabulous. 

Chris Diaz (STATUS Magazine Online)

Chris Diaz's collection entitled "Rapture" was inspired by the tale of St. Wilgefortis, a woman who lived, grew a beard and died during the medieval times under unusual circumstances. Legend has it that St. Wilgefortis' name translates to "strong virgin", and Diaz's collection reflected both a dark and mysterious air of femininity and medieval-times masculinity. His show ended with supermodel extraordinaire Marina Benipayo portraying the legendary saint. 

Arnold Galang (Unica Policarpio)

Arnold Galang's Tibetan woman-inspired collection was my favorite amongst the three for obvious reasons. Anything Asian-inspired delights me. His collection used bold colors such as deep sea blue, saffron, maroon. The pieces were all well-coordinated and thankfully wearable. My favorite piece is the one in the second photo, which is clearly monk-inspired. The Dalai Lama would be proud!

Gerry Katigbak (stylebible.ph)

The first thing that came to mind when I viewed photos of Katigbak's collection were the words, "modern Ilustrado", because of his use of local fabrics and large, amulet-like accessories for his pieces. Personally, I think the suit featured in the third photo would be something that Rizal would wear if he were living today. Like the two collections above, his pieces were also very well-thought of and put together.

So that ends the second day of Philippine Fashion Week. More photos to come for the rest of the fashion shows!