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Here Are The Rising Designers From The 2024 UP Clothing Tech Grad Show

Meet fashion’s next generation designers at Dreams: The UP Clothing Technology Graduation Fashion Show.

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Reese Collins Latonio

<p>One rite of passage to becoming a full-fledged designer is the moment your first model walks down the runway for your graduation collection. A simultaneous celebration of your debut into the industry, and an ending chapter to what has been your life at university for the past four years, a graduation fashion show is the designer&#x27;s medium to showcase who they are and the promise of who they are to become. </p><div><br/></div><p>Last January 27th, Baked Studios Makati became a historic landmark for 11 student designers from the <strong>University of the Philippines</strong> <strong>Diliman</strong> <strong>Clothing Technology</strong> Batch of 2024 as they presented their graduation collections to a room filled with peers, mentors and industry key players. With the once annual event experiencing a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the show comes back in full swing committed to fulfill long-slumbering fantasies with the show’s collective theme of “<strong>Dreams</strong>.”</p><div><br/></div><p>In breathing life to the inner workings of their minds, the student designers pay homage to the technical skill and creative integrity of storytelling that runs in the blood of fashion through four acts: <em>Lifeline</em>, <em>Motion</em>, <em>Sonata,</em> and <em>Denouement</em>. To stop and take in the view in a fast-paced world that hinges on trendiness at every turn, to capture the essence of beauty of the individual and intimate; the senior batch of UP Clothing Technology reminds us it is between the seams of the up-and-coming that fashion’s young dream is sewn.</p><div><br/></div><p>Scroll through our gallery below to see the highlights of Dreams: The UP Clothing Technology Graduation Fashion Show of Batch 2024.</p><div><br/></div><p>Watch the replay of the show <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=6999235866839866" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><div><br/></div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/d20c864e-f0d9-4971-b670-ed1750a14ffc_b-dreams-2024-up-clothing-tech-students.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/1850d122-fea1-472a-a6e3-eaba1cbf015e_1%20nina.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/5d18c1b7-4d54-46a7-8d36-948565953f1f_2%20cris.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/eb9a7830-32e1-487a-96b7-8d786dbf8f5a_3%20karine.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0adaeb89-fdd9-4262-9216-4a3879a248f9_4%20ayn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/c2fa9a53-6617-4a1e-bdd2-5856260b31d0_5%20dale.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/6bcb47c1-f304-4147-bf43-105d96230c0d_6%20sarah.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/a714d460-9052-4f18-aa31-dc7a1f7ae1db_7%20sophia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/71dbc8ff-12e2-4396-a642-f70f7931f979_8%20yumi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/de82d99f-ab25-4f20-a46f-0c886bc86b26_9%20sen.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0b1c2ce6-11ba-4125-b6b7-b1ca102e977a_10%20cheena.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/33f40fcc-a99e-4bd7-9049-6058ecf2969e_11%20jackie.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/bd0bbfd8-1aa4-41d7-8055-365a7a663e51_12%20jillian.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/974d9aa0-36d0-4c9e-a066-835a2c2ec0c3_13%20abudakar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Alumni Designer Nina Amoncio - Creator of the brand Antonina—and first of the two alumni designers—Nina Amoncio opens the show with pieces from her stellar SS24 collection that mixes the perfect cocktail of business and pleasure. With black and grey motifs, audiences are served with an appetizer of the sensual and the savvy that comes with being a Clothing Technology designer.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Alumni Designer Cris Roxas - The second half of alumni designers, Cris Roxas delights the audience with a colorful display of sustainable fashion paired with the most charming, show-stopping accessories all using patchwork and retaso fabric. The founder of The Brave Story, Roxas tells the tale of her advocacy through passion by weaving the two together in perfect symmetry.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Karine Basilio Resultay - To open the first batch of student designers, Karine Basilio Resultay presents ‘Delicate,’ an homage to the dainty intermission she wishes for amidst the bustling duties of the city. She uses structured, stark reds and flowy, muted pinks to project the sophistication of being the eldest daughter—a responsibility intimate to Resultay, and an experience now shared with all who wish to see. </p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Ayn Lachica - ‘Girlhood’ by Ayn Lachica is a collection that displays exactly what it says on the tin. It is a journey of exploration and coming-of-age amidst a world that discourages imagination. Puffy silhouettes, patchwork details and light colors highlight Lachica’s desire for the collection to represent her femininity and innocence, a fantasy well-introduced to the audience.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Dale Sarmiento - To close the mellow reenactment of life, Dale Sarmiento’s ‘Finding Beauty in Death’ is a staggering display of the allure behind the grotesque. Death becomes her, in the most voguish display with lace veils, and black-and-white garments; ‘Finding Beauty in Death’ is a showcase that runs a chill down your spine and makes anyone wish they looked as good in their final moments.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Sarah Fay Buljatin - Sarah Fay Buljatin’s ‘Mayim Khayim’ is a work borne of the designer’s serene stream of consciousness. Imitating the ebb and flow of life, Buljatin’s collection floats across the runway as a sea of brown and blue. Dedicating her work to her faith, she makes a perfect example of how the motions of life carry one to create.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Sophia Anne Luces - ‘A Dancer’s Becoming’ by Sophia Anne Luces glides on the runway as the designer’s intimate story of who she was, is and dreams to be as a ballroom dancer. Featuring classic and feminine silhouettes reminiscent of ballroom dancewear in a black-and-white color palette, the collection is a progression of her routine from beginning to end—picture perfect for dancing the night away.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Yumi Dela Torre - Kicking off the third batch of designers, Yumi Dela Torre’s ‘Fools Who Dream’ pays homage to her favorite film La La Land. Finding a parallel between her experiences and the lead character’s journey of passion and subsequent burnout, ‘Fools Who Dream’ is a colorful interpretation of ambition that mirrors the joy of rejuvenation and finding the self once lost.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Sen Viray - A showcase of technicolor in techwear, ‘Artificial Feelings, Genuine Voice’ by Sen Viray takes inspiration from the Japanese icon Hatsune Miku. Each ensemble in the six-piece collection transforms the power of song and weaves it into the seams of garments. Viray’s work manages to grasp something tangible from a feeling one may have once thought they wouldn’t be able to hold.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Cheena Pamela Villaflor - In a unique demonstration of creativity, Cheena Pamela Villaflor’s collection entitled ‘Chromesthesia’ whisks viewers away into the palace of her mind as she embodies the colors she hears for the keys C, D, E, F and G. With self-dyed and electro-pleated tulle, the runway is a peak into her mind, memories and music.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Jackie Larosa - The thread that pulls humanity together is the capacity to feel emotion no matter how fleeting. Jackie Larosa’s ‘Bipolar’ is an interpretation of the strength of human emotion and the fickle moments that make one shift from anxiety to obsession. Despite a mix of colors, silhouettes and textures, Larosa’s work still remains a harmonious demonstration of feeling everything all at once.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Jillian Centeno - ‘A Step Into Ever After’ by Jillian Centeno is an expression of the desires that reside most within her core; the fantasy of a fairytale, from the young girl that still resides within her. In a cotton candy dream of pinks and bows, Centeno’s collection heals the inner child selves of all those watching—and perhaps most importantly, her own.</p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Student Designer Abubakar Manding - Abubakar Manding closes out the show with ‘A Place in The Middle,’ an intimate journey of gender told through the motifs of the orchid flower. With lavish and larger-than-life pieces, the beauty of being different becomes a catalyst for artistry through structured veils and gowns. In sealing the final chapter of his student life, the collection is a romantic display of who Abubakar Manding is as a designer, as a creative and as a human. </p></div></div></div></div><div><br/></div><p>Photos by <em>Christopher Sy</em> and <em>Dreams: The UP Clothing Technology Graduation Fashion show of Batch 2024</em>.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/paris-haute-couture-week-2024-summary/37383" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RECAP: All The Best Haute Couture Shows Of S/S ’24 </a></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/metro-exclusive-james-reid-mens-fashion-week-2024/37396" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EXCLUSIVE: James Reid Tells Us His Personal Highlights During Men&#x27;s Fashion Week</a></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/fashion/runway/recap-men-s-fall-winter-2024-shows/37353" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RECAP: The Best Menswear Fashion Week Shows Of F/W ’24</a></div>