DESIGNERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
This is primarily made to give credit to the designers that really continue impressing me with their designs/creations. 13 Filipino Designers that you should know. We will know them more as they answer my questions to them. Hope you enjoyed every designers I chose. Photo Credit to its own respective owners. Thank You!
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n Amazing Designer. That is what I
normally call Adrian Sahagun. He might be so familiar for some because his name is always mentioned on my blog post most especially when it regards to the topic regarding Mega Young Designer 2013 All Stars that aired until last July. He is my favorite from that reality fashion show since the first episode was aired. Some misinterpret him for being so direct to the point but that’s what I really like about him. Adrian being a Brutally Honest Person.
Adrian had his formal education in designing at Fashion Institute of the Philippines. His creations has been featured in various magazine and worn by celebrities.
One more thing that I love about him is his passion to give his clients a stylish designs and a well-tailored creations. Lastly, He knows when to have fun and when to be focused. So Lets Know him more‌
How did you first become interested in Fashion?
• Unavailability of clothes for curvy women actually was one of my motivations. Whenever my mom and I would go to the mall and find a dress for her, nothing really fits- if something would, it doesn’t look good. It even came to the extent that we were already in the maternity dresses area. Another reason is the menswear designs that we have. Here in our province, when something goes on trend “uso,” you would see most of the boys wearing the same style that you have. Or worse, you might even be wearing the same shirt, or same pants or whatever. I actually experienced that a lot of times and I really wanted to separate myself from the rest. Then just came the urge to study fashion designing. There was this day that I was just stirred up to find the perfect fashion school for me. And from there on… it’s been a fashionable journey for me.
What qualities does a designer need to have? • A designer should not be afraid to experiment. You should always be prepared of criticisms- some people would always have something to say about your work. You’ve got to have the patience. I think the wrong notion about designers is that we are all living in a glamorous world- but that’s not always the case. A lot of designers, especially young ones who are starting their dreams, have to put a lot of hard work on that. A designer should also be a “mathematician.” Patternmaking involves a lot of computation whether it be just a simple pattern block. And of course, the most important is that a designer has to have God in his life- and I think this is the most essential of them all. Because it was God who gave the ability to produce whatever designs we have.
What are the challenges you had experience in the fashion industry? • I think the most common is Pull-out from stylists whether it be just for a portfolio shoot or for a magazine. As a young designer, we would always dream of having our works being put in the magazines- and even those who have long been designers also enjoy seeing their works in the glossies. However, there would always be those times when a stylist would fail to return whatever garments that they have pulled-out. And I think for all designers, our garments are our babies- we give due importance to them. Nothing hurts more than not seeing your “baby” any longer. So lesson learned- always have a Pull-out Form. Another thing that I actually experienced was having my clothes returned to me after the shoot and only to find out that my whole dress was wrecked into pieces- and the stylist had the nerve to even block me in facebook LOL. It totally felt like my dress was dissected! Where do you get your inspiration for your collections? • Whenever I do a collection, I rarely draw. It is in the actual pattern that I’m doing that I conceptualize on my designs. For some reason, most inspirations just come through my mind. There would be those days that you would just feel like you are overflowing with ideas and you just want to execute them.
Designers that you look up? • Alexander Wang & Nicolas Ghesquiere. Internationally, who do you thinks is the best muse of your designs? • I still haven’t thought of anyone actually…. But if it were a Hollywood actress it would be Sandra Bullock- mainly because she’s my favorite. (^_^)
If Coco Chanel is alive and she invited you for a talk, what is the first thing you will ask her? • How she became interested in fashion I guess.- I still haven’t really thought of what exactly I would ask her. LOL If Anna Wintour asked you to have a dinner with her and she asked you to describe and discuss Philippine Fashion, what will you say? • I would actually tell her that there are a lot of Filipino talents in our country. There’s just a little bit of struggle for young designers to get attention I think. In our country the “old-mentality” is to get noticed in the international scene before you get noticed in your own country- and I don’t understand why (LOL). A lot of designers could actually make it in the international scene- it’s just the lack of resources, right connections, and the right timing that is holding them all off.