Ron Watches Drag Race Philippines Season 2 Episode 1
It’s my day off today and you’re not going to stop me!
Yes, yes, I know I am a couple of days late, but work has been really busy the past few days and I have just been trying to catch up with everything. Also, I am just doing this for fun and not even for any monetary gain so why am I even worrying about sticking to a schedule?
I also thought a lot about which language to use before deciding…
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Bloom’s Evening Gown Fashion Design | Swinging Sixties Theme
A formal wear for a Filipino Celebrity attending the MET Gala. I infused 60s elements such as mod fashion (short skirts, tights and geometric shapes) and took inspiration from Filipino icons and designers. The dress is an envisioned modernized Filipiniana. Ridiculous and bright yet easy to wear because it is a terno. The wrap is a makeshift panuelo but it also gives the impression of butterfly puffed sleeves. The motif of the gown is the Philippines’ national flower, Sampaguita.
Our second plate submission tackled on Fashion Design. Professor Rino Datuin instructed the block to stick with same era as the previous Visual Communication plate. Thankfully, the timeline we chose had a distinct style and world-renown designers, even considered pioneers, like Mary Quant.
In the 1960s, London was the center of Fashion and they called the era Swinging Sixties. Their fashion is characterized by bright color and a-line hemlines as seen in the moodboard (img.1).
Img.1 RepubLIKHA: 1960s Sustainable Wear Moodboard
I chose to do formal wear and nothing much went on with my initial designs (img.2). I made 2 designs for the sake of variation but regardless they are bland. Undoubtedly, it is evident that I was confused how to do this.
Img.2 - Orchid’s Evening Gown Initial Design
Our member, Deya, was the presenter for our concept presentation. She begun with the line from Foalle and Tuffin “we don’t want to be chic, we just want to be ridiculous” which changed direction of our designs after.
Design Process
To explain my initial design, it is an evening gown meant for any occasion. Made from satin, layered with floral lace as accent. The design on the right is an envisioned modernized Filipiniana. I added a boxy jacket made from satin and lace as terno for the a-line skirt.
According to research, while 1960s fashion became progressively casual and there were trends for womenswear - formalwear, however, still emulated the 1950s with the tea length dresses and elegance so I did the same.
On the right corner of the initial design image are my professor’s comments that I noted down. He said to the team that our designs were a little conservative and we could be more ridiculous! He also mentioned that we should not merely be replicating or making designs for the era rather giving new takes.
Img.3 - Formal Gown 2nd Revision
This is my second design (img.3). I like to think it’s ridiculous but it feels casual to me. It made me question what’s even is considered ‘formal’.
For this concept, I used nearly all the colors of the moodboard’s palette. I made the skirt shorter and balloon shaped as my professor suggested. The Filipino elements in this is the single butterfly puffed sleeve and the sampaguita embroidery on the satin top and colorful lace skirt. I wanted to go all out floral that is why the colored lace layered on top of the skirt are petal shaped, even the collar are petal shaped fabrics. I chose sampaguita because it is the Philippines’ national flower.
I was not able to attend the 2nd consultation with my professor so instead I watched the recording and I tried applying his feedback on my team members’ outputs to mine. I also asked feedback from my team as well.
img.4 - Evening Gown Final Design
For my final design, I changed the gown’s style or shape of the skirt yet again. It is a-line but still above the knee because miniskirts, shift dresses that don’t have defined waists were the trend of the 1960s. Mary Quant was the designer that popularized the high-hemlines and contributed, if not, defined the fashion of Swinging Sixties.
If there are fashion designers then there are fashion models as well. To complete the mod fashion, I referred to Twiggy’s wears. I paired the dress with ridiculous tights with circle prints and cuts, and mary jane heels.
For the Filipino elements, I looked into Drag Race because if there is anyone who knew what it meant to express themselves it would be Drag Queens! They are highly creative people and it is evident in the outfits they designed and created themselves.
Paolo Ballesteros was the host for Philippine Drag Race and for the announcement of being the TV show’s chosen host he wore this gown (img.5) with Manila landmarks designed by Job Dacon. I thought this was what my professor meant when he told the team to add Filipino motifs or icons.
Img.5 - Paolo Ballesteros Gown (2022)
I established in my 2nd revision that sampaguita was my main motif so without hesitation, I used the Hasmin Sampaguita Rice print and replaced the idea of using embroidered Sampaguita on the satin top.
The scarf wrap is a makeshift panuelo and made puffed to replicate the butterfly sleeves of a Filipiana. This is inspired from Ditta Sandico’s brand. She is a Filipino designer that collaborated with indigenous weavers and created the fabric Banaca, made from banana and abaca.
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Drag Queens are in for a treat as SKY brings Drag Race Philippines via HBO GO
Drag Queens are in for a treat as SKY brings Drag Race Philippines via HBO GO
The first-ever Drag Race Philippines, from the Emmy-award® winning production company World of Wonder, premieres this August 17, 2022 on HBO GO via SKY featuring the fiercest, most fabulous Filipino drag artists from all over the world.
Watch the drama unfold as 12 Filipino drag queens – Brigiding, Corazon, Eva Le Queen, Gigi Era, Lady Morgana, Marina Summers, Minty Fresh, Precious Paula…
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