The ASEAN Fashion Festival was held last June 15, 2019 at the Seoul Plaza in Central Seoul. The Philippines – one of the member-nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – joined with a line-up from world-class fashion designer, Ms. Lenora Luisa Cabili. The Filipiniana collection she brought over for the ASEAN Fashion Festival under her international brand Filip + Inna regally showed the traditional Filipiniana butterfly sleeves in contemporary designs.
The models were noticeably wearing either sun-inspired crowns or tiaras. A reference perhaps to our queens? The latest being, Miss Universe Catriona Gray? Madame Elena Wong, spouse of the Philippine Ambassador to Korea, Ambassador Noe Wong, also walked the runway in her Filipiniana gown.
The Fashion Festival was participated by other ASEAN member-nations: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Each country participated in the fashion festival with their designers and their respective collection. Korea took the final walk presenting its hanbok collection from highly-esteemed hanbok designer Ms. Park Sul-nyeo.
The festival was held to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of the ASEAN-Korea Dialogue Relationship and the 10th year of the establishment of the ASEAN-Korea Centre. Secretary-General Lee Hyuk, together with the members of the diplomatic corps headed by the ASEAN Ambassadors graced the event.
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Great to see that Philippines is doing great in the ASEAN fashion. Sun-inspired crowns or tiaras are indeed pretty to look at. ^_^
Im not into fashion haha, but i find this article great and the filipino design was great and beautiful.
It’s always exciting to see Philippine creations in a fashion show. The display of our culture in a fashionable way always amazes me!
I am not a fashionista but I always enjoy watching fashion shows. I love how the designers express their art thru clothes.
I wanna try her creations too! Sana may modern Filipiniana that we can wear casually hehe.
Not to be biased but Philippines is really working its way up to the top In every competition theyre at
Filipinos are brilliant fashion designers. So glad that our country’s talent is reptesented there!
It’s always nice to see Filipinos participating in regional programs such as this one. It’s a great venue to showcase Philippine talent and creativity.
Wow! Indeed Philippines is always giving its best to whatever and wherever we participated at!
This post is informative and shows how much influence the Southeast Asian countries have gained, both in the world economy and here in Korea. It would have been great to see some quotes from designers, organizers or other spectators too. I’d also be interested in knowing how you knew about this event and if it was invitation only or if everyone was welcome.
Also, you have a beautiful website—I really like the look of it. I especially like your idea of putting all the visuals from the fashion show together in an embedded video. You’ve captured tons of great photos, and the video clips really tell the story. I’m curious, did you use a special camera or lighting equipment? When I made a similar attempt (at another fashion show) several years ago, my pictures turned out way too dark. ㅠㅠ
Hi Eileen, I attended as an Honorary Reporter for Koreanet. I covered the event and wrote about it here: http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=172226&pageIndex=1
Omg… I didn’t know you were making videos 😳 it’s great and it’s a great complement to your article! Can I ask you what you use to edit? And I gather that the dress you were wearing for the Korea.net opening ceremony also had butterfly sleeves? I thought it was beautiful at the time but I didn’t know it was a traditional Filipino design ☺️. It looked like a great show! Is it possible to buy tickets or is it a special invite kind of event?
Hi Prescila! I am just starting with videos now:-)… That’s why I attended the workshop given to us by KOCIS. And yes, my dress was modernized version, hihihi. thanks!
I attended to cover it as an Honorary Reporter. Here’s the published story with another video including the other ASEAN designers with their designs: http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=172226&pageIndex=1
Npaka gandaa . Nakka proud tlga ung nga kapwa natin filipino designer , ang gagaling nila 🥰