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Xernan Orticio’s collection for Holiday 2011 represents the Byzantine architecture—specifically that of church interiors and structures. It’s also inspired by female saints during such era. The ensemble features tailored evening dresses in relaxed nude and nougat off-white colours. Some dresses have glistening gold embellishments, bejewelled with sparkly crystals of drop-shaped and cubic type. Others were layered with unstructured jackets and vests. Sheer chiffon bottom softens the whole rigid look.

Combined with precise cutting details and layering, my fashion offering for this season pays tribute to the sacred forms and icons of this era. – Xernan Orticio

It’s a bit tricky for me to tell whether I could exclusively classify the whole collection as Byzantine or not, but the style really looks that of clergymen at first sight. It looks a bit costume-y to me (think of sci-fi battleship uniforms), albeit I’m digging the one depicting a cross symbol upfront. The long shift dress shown at the latter part would probably be the one I least liked on the collection. The model was having a hard time walking whilst wearing it. On a brighter note, most of the pieces are neatly tailored to perfection.

Xernan Orticio Holiday 2011 in pictures

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“My latest collections are all about being provocative, sexy and glamorous,” says Veejay Floresca about his Holiday 2011 collection. Truly, his Sex and Black collection imbibes the daring and captivating feel inspired by the film Burlesque. Fabrics used are mostly of separates in chiffon, tulle and lace in black and grey hues. Styles are distressed, some with full beadwork and feathery accents.

Now tell me if this does somewhat remind you of TRON? My friend and I concurred with the idea (we’re closet geeks btw, LOL). Apart from the lacy garments, the geometric shapes and symbols neatly stitched with the sheer fabric really look futuristic, and well, a little bit TRON’ish. On the other hand, it somewhat reminds me of contemporary architecture we see in deconstructivist buildings. I personally love the lacy bodice jacket. The lacy bondage dresses  also look really enthralling and sexy.

Along came the white bustier ball gown with fluffy fringed tulle bottom accentuated by a black belt ribboned on the waist as a contrast to the previous pieces, which looks to me like a wedding gown material.

Veejay Floresca Holiday 2011 in pictures

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Buddhist and Hindu monks were primarily the influences (that explains the skin tone headgear) of Russell Villafuerte in making his Holiday 2011 collection aptly called Ascetism. The collection is comprised of separate pieces and one-piece ensembles, some with simplistic drapings combined with structured panels. He widely made use of  the warm orange palette accentuated with touches of gold, brown, light yellow and red.

I must admit that I’m biased towards the colour orange as my least favourite. But, in fairness, I find the overall colour combination quite decent, and I kinda like it! The fabric mostly used looks like jersey, with a combination of other fabrics such as satin, etc. The tie-dyed chiffon draping isn’t my cup of tea though. I wish he could make use of another that isn’t something like that. Au contraire, I’m digging the multi-striped patterns with knitted baubles hanging around—they’re really fun and quirky to me!

Russell Villafuerte Holiday 2011 in pictures

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