Event: Fashion Show sa Bilibid
Date: Nov. 5, 2008
Attire: Anything but orange (hahaha)
Ok folks. Here's something interesting. What do you get when you put Puey + prisoners + fashion show? To start with, a terrified bloggerina who promised to attend only to find out that there's nothing to be scared of. Secondly, you get 35 male prisoners, all interested in making clothes (no, they are not necessarily gay) and a tiny Puey Quinones, producing a fashion show to showcase the jailbird's work.
I have to be honest. The clothes, they were quite bad. I don't have to be Tim Gunn or Heidi Klum to know how bad it was BUT I have to admit, I can't help but admire them for the effort to create something from the little knowledge that they have for this art. I believe that putting a dress that one can wear and walk around with is difficult enough. I can only do the running stitch. They were so proud that their work is being recognized and even shown on national TV (TV PATROL). Not only that, Puey gave the winners cash prize, art supplies, cologne (sponsored by Afficionado) and eyewear (sponsored by Ideal Vision).
Now, the prize money might not have started out to be a lot (1st prize - P5,000, 2nd prize - P3,000, 3rd prize - P2,000) but because of the kind hearts of Joel Cruz and RC (who opts to remain anonymous), the cash prize turned out to be P40,000, P18,000 and P12,000!
With Puey's influence in the fashion industry, he was able to get Ms. Lulu Tan Gan, Robbie Carmona and Liza Ilarde to judge the "Bilibid Runway Project". The guests were mostly officials of the government and their wives. There were also the staff members of Bilibid and the family members of the contestants, all wanting to see the hard work of Puey and his students under the spotlight.
Top model, Ria Bolivar even came down to give support to PQ and walked the runway showcasing Puey's beautiful collection. Another good friend, Carmina Sanchez also offered her support by being the host for the evening. There are a lot of people that I am sure Puey is grateful to but I am sure that nothing can compare how grateful the prisoners feel towards Puey.
Let the show begin...
Not really sure which of the dresses here won but perhaps Puey can leave a comment to inform us of the winners. Congratulations to all the winners and to all those who participated in making this show a success.
2 comments:
What's up with these color drippings? Jackson Pollock doing time there?
those clothes made me chuckle but also made me teary-eyed. it's great how puey & his group took the time & effort to organize this and allow the prisoners' creativity to flow. that's an important thing. i'm sure the prisoners also felt like they could contribute their creations to society.
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