Eco-passion
meets fashion at the 50th edition of Manila F.A.M.E. International, a
bi-annual trade platform for home and fashion lifestyle products. At
Manila F.A.M.E.’s first Eco-Pinoy Fashion Design Competition held on
October 15 at the World Trade Center, student designers transformed old
seat covers, fishnets, discarded x-ray films, plastic bags as well as
sinamay, abaca, and bamboo into wearable pieces.
The design competition aims to seed new talents in the industry by
supporting budding designers and future movers of the Philippine design
industry who have the potential to become the next big names in the
international design scene. “It’s always good to have design
competitions [like this] as it promotes creativity and it is also a
platform to discover new talents and launch careers in fashion. It is
through competitions where boundaries in design are pushed to its
limits hence a lot of new ideas spring forth,” said judge and curator
of Manila F.A.M.E. Fashion Hall Patrice Ramos-Diaz.
 School of Fashion and the Arts student Mark Archibald Tamayo emerged as
the first place winner with his modern take on the terno. Tamayo’s
objective was to preserve the elegance and timelessness of this
Filipino trademark but at the same time lend it a younger appeal hence
the short and asymmetrical cut. He used jusi and bottle caps for
embellishment and chose the color yellow representing mangoes and
bananas— fruits the Philippines are known for.
Vania Romoff bagged the second prize with her Modern Eco Warrior model
clad in rain boots and defensive mask. Awarded third place was Engie
Garcia of La Salle College International who was inspired by Typhoon
Ondoy for her layered skirt made out of walis tambo.
Manila F.A.M.E.’s fashion hall gathered close to a hundred exhibitors
of fashion complements and accessories, garments, textile, and
footwear. The event is led by the Center for International Trade
Expositions and Missions (CITEM), an attached agency of the Department
of Trade and Industry.
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