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Vogue PH - Celebration

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While interest and viability of living inside the metaverse is still an ongoing discussion, its potential as a limitless platform is undeniable. Digital fashion, for example, is being explored by maisons around the world. Vogue Philippines is similarly intrigued, and has teamed up with visionaries like DressX and Lablaco to bring the terno to this virtual realm. This collaboration is executed as a special cover this month, just in time for the biennial TernoCon. Get this special cover of Vogue Philippines December ‘22 - January ‘23 issue with every purchase of the February 2023 issue available for pre-order now. Link in bio. Featuring Filipina model @oiitstaki wearing a @rickytchitov balintawak, photographed by @shairaluna, fashion director @pamquinones, sittings editor @ticiaalmazan, avatar designer @ivvnvvi, landscape designer @biancarague, digital fashion by Tanya Pyanida of @dressx and Akanksha Srivastva of @lablaco, art direction by @jannpascua, produced by @anzhizon assisted by @...
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Why You Should Visit Salvacion Lim Higgins’ Exhibit at the Manila Metropolitan Theater

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Salvacion Lim Higgins, the National Artist for Design, is the ultimate inspiration when it comes to Filipiniana dressing It’s impossible to talk about the Filipiniana without mentioning Salvacion Lim Higgins. Also known as “Slim” Higgins, the founder of Slim’s Fashion and Arts School was recently named Philippine National Artist for Design, and it was honestly long overdue. The designer, who passed away in September 1990, may have started her career in the 1940s, but her work still remains relevant today. A true modernist, Slim foresaw the Terno beyond its structural confines and constantly reinvented its silhouette. The techniques and fabrics she  used to create her work were intricate and delicate enough to level with the works of her design contemporaries in France and Italy. You can say that Mrs. Salvacion was a true couturier, and could even be considered the first Filipino couturier. Today, her legacy lives on in her book titled SLIM: Salvacion Lim Higgins, through the eyes a...
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Here’s where you can see National Artist Slim Higgins’ designs up close

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 The Metropolitan Theater in Manila launches its maiden exhibition dubbed ‘Imagining/Imaging’ Since being declared one of the newest National Artists of the Philippines last June, the works of the late fashion designer Salvacion Lim Higgins, famously known as Slim, have been displayed in a number of exhibitions this year. If you haven’t got the chance to see them in person, you’re in luck as they are now available for viewing at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila. For its maiden exhibit, the Metropolitan Theater join forces with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Slim’s Fashion and Arts School as they bring to life “Imagining/Imaging: Salvacion Lim Higgins and the Filipino Identity in Fashion.” The showcase features the National Artist for Design’s collection of newly restored dresses created between the late 1940s and the early 1980s. What sets “Imagining/Imaging” apart from past showcases is that it also puts in view recently discovered original fashion designs ...
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How Salvacion Lim Higgins imagined and reimagined the Filipino identity in fashion

The beginning of her storied career coincided with the end of World War II, which left Manila in great ruin. But National Artist Salvacion Lim Higgins, more fondly known as “Slim,” refused to be defined by the dark times that preceded her path. She moved forward with fashion, relentlessly dressing the Filipina woman in exquisite gowns that bore the same fire, elegance and boldness of her enduring creative spirit. To this day, her work remains a testament to her ever-evolving creations; her dresses and gowns both timeless — and ahead of her time. In homage to national artist Slim’s contribution to Philippine fashion, the National Commission for Culture and Arts and the Metropolitan Theater recently unveiled its maiden exhibit titled “Imagining/Imaging.” It offers a leisurely walk through the designer’s career from the late 1940s to 1990. “I felt that this would be a good time to show young designers the range of her inspirations on this theme,” shared Slim’s son, artist Mark Lewis Higgi...
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Slim’s legacy exhibition at SM Aura Premier

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Fashion and design enthusiasts recently had a glimpse of the amazing life and work of Salvacion Lim Higgins: National Artist for Design at SM Aura Premier, the first showcase in a mall celebrating the fashion designer’s visionary work from a career spanning over four decades.  Curated by son and artist Mark Lewis Higgins, the exhibition featured a breathtaking selection of gowns and archival photographs highlighting the preeminent designer’s creative genius and legacy. In June 2022, Salvacion Lim “Slim” Higgins was honored as a National Artist in the Design category. The Order of National Artists Award is the highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts and letters. She is the only Filipino designer with gowns in the archives of both the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The exhibition opening was graced by no less than Presidential...
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The life & works of Salvacion Lim Higgins at SM

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MANILA, Philippines — Fashion and design enthusiasts recently had a glimpse of the amazing life and work of National Artist for Design Salvacion Lim Higgins at SM Aura Premier. Titled “Salvacion Lim Higgins: National Artist for Design,” the exhibit is the first showcase in a mall celebrating the fashion designer’s visionary work from a career spanning over four decades. Curated by son and artist Mark Lewis Higgins, the exhibition featured a breathtaking selection of gowns and archival photographs highlighting the preeminent designer’s creative genius and legacy. In June 2022, Salvacion Lim “Slim” Higgins was honored as a National Artist in the Design category. She is the only Filipino designer with gowns in the archives of both the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The opening was attended by Presidential sister and art advocate Irene Marcos-Araneta, who was joined by friends of the designer’s family, members of the fashion a...
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The legacy of slim’s

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Embroidered jusi terno created for first daughter Linda Garcia Campos in 1957   Mallgoers will have the rare opportunity to view the visionary work of National Artist Salvacion Lim “Slim” Higgins at the Upper Ground Level Atrium of SM Aura Premier from Sept. 5 to 14. The exhibition, “Salvacion Lim Higgins: National Artist for Design,” celebrates the preeminent designer’s creative genius that has revolutionized — and continues to influence — Philippine fashion. “Observing her at work while I was growing up is what made me realize that fashion is actually both an art and a craft,” says her son, artist Mark Lewis Higgins, who curates the show. “The art lies in the vision and the craft is in the application. The art is in the dream; the craft is in making it real.  She would create these masterful confections of her imagination that would either defy gravity or succumb to it.” In June 2022, Slim was honored as a National Artist in the Design category. The Order of National Artists...
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