Ang taroush! Christian Espiritu reviews James Reyes
Purity of Lines and Intent
by Christian De Leon Espiritu
After a heavily rich smorgasbord, a collection of interesting fashion numbers employing all known dress maker’s trickery and magic sorcery, one may fear the ensuing entry would surely suffer by sheer comparison.
That did not hold water at the September 8th episode of Fashion Watch held at its permanent venue, The Lobby of the Makati Shang. Sans fanfare or trumpet blare, James Reyes tossed his opening salvos when his turn came during the afternoon’s dual fashion derby.
One, two, three numbers were enough for this commentator to conclude James Reyes has focus and a concrete fashion dialogue and sensibility. He stumbled into a simple trickery. Combining three contrasting disparate colours, definitely is no afternoon walk in the park. Even veteran colourists can make a booboo and end up with messy often sour numbers. But James Reyes miraculously passed this acid test…
Read Christian Espiritu’s review of James Reyes’s collection at Fashion Watch.
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September 18th, 2011 at 21:51
uy! may nagaganap na drapery and colorblocking!
September 18th, 2011 at 21:56
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