We arrived just in time to hear pulsing music and watch the crowd getting denser. I hurried to where the A/C was and the buffet table and forgot about the boyfriend who was taking pictures. The interior by the way provides you with a nice view of the fashion show happening outside while you sip on your cocktail and chew on your fish sticks. Ah, lovely, fashionable crowd! You get to bump occassionally into a synthetically clad model but then the night’s indigenous theme got to you in a way Yves could claim, “Ifugao, if-you-go!”

The opening of Anthill Fabric Gallery at Mariposa St., Gorordo Ave in Cebu introduced culture and style to friends, family, the local media and the most fashionable lot in Cebu. “When you enter this nest where ingenuity, fashion, culture, advocacy and art are ingeniously interwoven, you will never see a work of art and a piece of cloth the same way again,” Anya Lim said. In a way Anya Lim was right – everything that is displayed at anthill are hard to find textiles handpicked from different parts of Asia. Everything is first class and indigenous. Check out the photos from the fashion show below.

our girl Aoi in Yves Camingue

THE DESIGNERS:

Edwin Alba
Veronica Valente of Veronica’s Closet
Manuel Tumaque
Brendon Val Cenon
Marlowe Dacules
Rey Villegas
Jonas Navarro
Joseph Navales
Yves Camingue
Alejandro Godinez
Peewee Senining
Lory Villareal
Lord Maturan

So nice to Lou Malolot and KC Sabelino.

Accessories from SHANDAR

Rey Villegas and Diane Espera of SEPA

Anya Lim

“I was dead happy tired but it was all worth it!!, “ Anya said. “What should have been a surprise for my mom became more of a surprise to me! Its surreal to witness how our dreams are slowly unfolding. More than the receptive presence of an unexpected crowd, it was overwhelming to have people young and old commune in ANTHILL to support our advocacy, appreciate fashion and culture, and have loads of fun! The launch made me ecstatic for awaits ANTHILL! I can’t wait to show to the weavers how Cebu’s talented young designers the fabrics were morphed to stellar designs! Really, we all are intertwined!”

Anthill would like to thank the following:

Host: Janine Salang
Special Guests (Ribbon Cutting): Mary Anne Solomon and Annie Aboitiz
Sponsors: The Banana Booth
Cebu’s Young Designers, Models and Make-up Artists
Cebu’s Local Artists and Painters
IShow Lights and Sounds
Switch Cafe and Restobar

Special thanks to Carlo Lozano (AVP), Hannah Lim (Graphics, Design and Make-up), Odessa Bulahan (Interior Designer).

There was a silent auction that took place after the fashion show. The designers’ pieces were going to be sold from P5,000 up. Congratulations, Anthill, Anya Lim and the rest of the colony.