Why You Should Visit Salvacion Lim Higgins’ Exhibit at the Manila Metropolitan Theater
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...