Rebel With A Cause: Designer Salvacion Lim Higgins Is The Second National Artist For Fashion
Higgins, who passed away in 1990, shares the honor with Ramon Valera. Fashion designer Salvacion Lim Higgins, also known as Slim, is one of the eight National Artists proclaimed this year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Slim's Fashion and Arts School (@slimsfashion) The other arts and culture honorees include actress Nora Aunor, the late director Marilou Diaz Abaya, screenwriter and novelist Ricky Lee, choreographer Agnes Locsin, soprano Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, stage director and theater actor Tony Mabesa, and poet Gemino Abad. These men and women championing arts and culture were selected by Malacañang Palace with recommendations from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Defining modern couture Higgins, an Albay native, passed away in 1990 at 70. She left a legacy of defining modern Philippine couture by accenting the female form, often altering it. ...