The ‘intelligent and quietly powerful Filipino woman’ in focus
THE Red Charity Gala, the annual fashion affair for a cause, celebrates a milestone this year as it marks its 10th anniversary on October 27, at the Grand Ballroom of the Marriot Hotel Manila.
The inimitable Rajo Laurel will be the featured designer on this banner year.
Society figures Tessa Prieto– Valdes and Kaye Tinga, Red Charity Gala’s founders, have been unwavering and tirelessly committed to championing the best in Filipino creative talents in fashion, while supporting the Philippine Red Cross and the Assumption High School Batch 1981 Foundation, since they held the first event in 2008.
For his special collection, Laurel, a creative and entrepreneurial powerhouse who is marking his 25th year in the fashion industry, will pay homage to Philippine history and culture, its roots and origins, through the persona of his modern muse— the intelligent and quietly powerful Filipino woman.
Trained in the New York Fashion Institute of Technology and the Central Saint Martin’s in London, Rajo has received several local and international awards for fashion design and entrepreneurship, his creations infused with elegance, romance and luxury - modern yet feminine, a blend of hard and soft elements. Rajo’s works are always new, organic, sensual and almost pieces of art.
He joins fellow Filipino designers and past honorees Dennis Lustico, Furne One, Michael Cinco, Cary Santiago, Ezra Santos, Jojie Lloren, Lesley Mobo, Chito Vijandre and Joey Samson, all world- renowned talents.
This year, the Red Charity Gala 2018 will have a new beneficiary, the Mint Fashion School, an innovative partnership between Lesley Mobo and the Meridian International College. A full four- year scholarship in the school will be awarded to aspiring and deserving students of fashion.
After a decade, the gala’s founders declare anew that they remains committed to bringing Philippine fashion and Filipino creativity to the world stage while touching the lives of others in a meaningful and profound way.