When choosing a school for your FASHION CAREER . . . Don't waste money on expensive tuition fees. The skills you will learn are more important than the name of the school or any international diploma. Check the qualifications and abilities of teachers in designing as well as in creating the actual garments. Talk to current and former students to find out what they really learned and see their works to check on fit and workmanship. Find out if the course offerings are what you really need, easy to learn method, short programs and adapted to the demand for custom-made fashions. Inspect the facilities, equipments, and the availability of modern tools, books, references, and up-to-date international fashion magazines. When choosing a school, choose the one that offers international standard training in - Fashion Design, Pattern Making, Sewing, Menswear, Children's Wear, Gowns and Bridal Wear, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Accessories Established in July 2003 and has, since then, produced quality graduates who are now big names in fashion, operating their won shops and boutiques, or working here and abroad for various fashion and design companies.
Fashion Institute of the Philippines
8th Floor, One San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center corner Shaw Boulevard, Pasig City Tel./Fax +(632) 635-5383 Cell. +(63) 917 830 2108 Teaching Staff and Trainers Shanon Pamaong Canadian-Filipino international professional fashion designer Shanon Pamaong has gained years of experience working with manufacturers and designers in Toronto and New York, and the ready-to-wear and haute couture houses in the fashion capital of the world - Paris. He has taught in international schools and has his own design business. He brings home his knowledge in professional, world-class techniques at the Fashion Institute. One of the original all-foreign faculty members of the Philippine International School of Fashion (La Salle College International) handling all the pattern courses during the first 2 years of the school. Conducted fashion seminars and patterns workshops for members of Philippine professional designers' group - Fashion Designers' Association of the Philippines (FDAP), Young Designers' Guild (YDG), Fashion and Design Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Fashion Artists Foundation (FAF), Filipino Artists and Designers' Association (FADA), Kultura Pilipina and the Balikatan sa Kaunlaran Foundation. "Canadian Faces of Fashion" awardee for World Class Canadian Design Talent, (1987) Elan Magazine, Montreal, Canada "Best Original Filipino Designer" awardee - Philippine Fashion Week 2007 John Herrera John Herrera was the only neophyte among the first batch of students at the Fashion Institute. Being with other professional designers, who were upgrading their skills at the Fashion Institute, was a challenge for someone more than eager to start a career in fashion. The skills and attitude that he showed landed him an apprenticeship position with Shanon Pamaong and within a short period of time, his works has landed in the pages of Mega, Preview, and Gadgets magazines, as well as the fashion sections of Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star newspapers. Won awards in various design competitions and participated in fashion shows: One of the 4 Category Winners - Wild Vines Design Competition 2004 participated by 80 students from various fashion schools in the country. Mega Magazine's Most Promising Designer Award - Philippine Young Designer's Competition for Paris (2004) One of the 23 semi-finalists - Philippine Young Designers' Competition for Paris (2005) One of the featured designers - Philippine Fashion Week at the NBC Tent (2005) Official Designer -FamJam Singing Competition ABC Channel 5 One of the featured designers - Philippine Fashion Week at the NBC Tent (2006), Rockwell Tent (2007) Represented the Philippines in the International Design Competition in Tokyo, Japan (2006) Member: Young Designers' Guild of the Philippines Paul Herrera Adding to his awards as the Grand Prize winner of the Philippine Young Designer's Competition 2007 and Metro Magazine's Best Design for Accessories in 2007 is his recent completion of the Advanced Pattern- making Course at the Fashion Institute of the Philippines. Being a member of it's distinguished faculty ( alongside avante- garde fashion designer and teacher John Herrera, and Fashion Institute of the Philippines Director Shanon Pamaong) Paul considers learning as his biggest inspiration. His knack for accessories really started when he was in college. Taking up Theater Arts (technical theater major) at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, he would craft headpieces, breastplates, earrings, bangles and even wings for the several productions he was involved in. Now starting up his own line of bags and accessories which will be seen in stores by the end of this year, he has only one thing that he is most proud of: having received a comment from one of his students: " you have a gift at inspiring people with your optimistic view of life." Aries Lagat A scholar of veteran couturier Ben Farrales, Aries Lagat joined the staff after completing the accelerated courses in pattern making and haute couture techniques at the Fashion Institute where he showed a performance of someone who will make it in the fashion industry. His sewing skills has brought him to Indonesia where he competed and became a finalist in the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) - sponsored Asian Skills Competition (2002). One of the 23 semi-finalists - Philippine Young Designers' Competition for Paris (2005) One of the featured designers - Philippine Fashion Week at the NBC Tent (2006), Rockwell Tent (2007) Grand Champion - Mega Magazine Young Designers' Competition 2006 Jerome Ang A veteran fashion designer and owner of his shops "Form" by Jerome Ang. Together with other professional designers, he took courses in patterns and haute couture techniques at the Fashion Institute to upgrade the workmanship, fit, and over-all quality of his creations. A fashion illustrator of the highest caliber, he has done sketches for major fashion spreads of magazines and newspapers. From his hectic schedule running his shops and exhibiting his works at major bridal shows, he takes time out to share his extraordinary knowledge and skills in sketching, illustration, color rendering, texturing and other detailing aspects of fashion designing at the Fashion Institute. Won awards in various design competitions and participated in fashion shows: Top 10 finalists - Philippine Young Designers' Competition for Paris (2004) Represented the Philippines in the Concours des Jeunes Createurs de Mode in Paris, France (2004) Represented the Philippines in the Asian Young Designers' Competition in Singapore (2004 and 2005). Represented the Philippines in the International Young Designers' Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam sponsored by the Philippine Department of Tourism. (2004) One of the 23 semi-finalists - Philippine Young Designers' Competition for Paris (2005) Represented the Philippines in the Malaysian International Fashion Awards (2006) One of the featured designers - Philippine Fashion Week at the NBC Tent (2006), Rockwell Tent (2007) Member: Fashion Designers' Association of the Philippines (FDAP) Rencie Santos An accomplished and very innovative young accessories designer, Rencie works with a wide variety of materials and clients from all over the world. His works are available in high-end fashion boutiques in Metro Manila and at the Kultura outlets of SM Department Stores. A trainer at the International School and handles the fashion accessories classes at the Fashion Institute. Recipient of the Ideal Vision’s “Eye on the Trend” award during the Philippine
Young Designers’ Competition, Accessory Division in 2006. Tipu Maqbool After completing his Master of Business Administration at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business in 2002, where he was a consistent Dean's Lister and graduated with Magna Cum Laude Award, he went to London to take up fashion marketing and design at Cavendish College, London where he also stoop up from the rest and topped his batch and was awarded a highest honor & distinction in all areas. He has an extensive work experience in fashion, retail and business, which includes currently working on projects as a brand consultant with specialist stores and he has helped them achieve a better customer recall. He has also gained fashion retail & management experience at House of Fraser, London and also working within business industry as District Sales Manager. On his arrival from London in 2007, Tipu joined Fashion Institute as fashion merchandising lecturer and now teaching basic and advance fashion merchandising courses. Nanette Nunez Prior to finishing the courses at the Fashion Institute. Nanette Nunez' background as a fine arts graduate major in commercial advertising is a definite asset to her instructor's job in Advance Fashion Design. Adding to this qualification is her 1992-1993 stint as a Fashion Designer at Nandoo Boutique in Dubai as well as a costume designer for theaters and stage clubs in Tokyo and Saitama and at the present, for theaters in Nagoya. Monina Tan - Santiago 2008 Graduate of the Fashion Institute of the Philippines. 5th Place at the 1st Ms. Earth Fashion Designer's Competition 2008 Specializes in Luxe wear and weddings, debutants gown and dresses. Accessory designr since 2003 Zxander Tan An established Architect, Landscape Architect and urban planner, Zxander spread out his creativity by joining the industry specializing in Men’s wear fashion. Combining his design experience in architecture and construction into men’s clothing makes his design truly unique bringing the whole concept of men’s clothing into a new level. A graduate of Men’s pattern making and men’s sewing in Fashion institute of the Philippines in 2006, Zxander’s work has landed on some of the top fashion magazines and newspapers. He is also one of the featured men’s wear designer on Philippine Fashion Week. Amidst his busy schedules as an architect and designer, Zxander still finds time to teach and share his knowledge in men's pattern making at Fashion Institute of the Philippines.
Ariel "JOJO" Trojano Lopez
Jojo teaches children's wear. A BS Communication (Economics) from UST and a Banker by profession. Jojo has participated in various events since finishing all the fashion courses at Fashion Institute of the Philippines in May, 2008. What mentioned are: Gossip Girl Fashion Show, September, 2008 (Podium) Launching of YOU Magazine, October, 2008 (Warehouse 165) Market - Market Fashion Week, (July, 2008) Mannequin Dress-up) Doris Carbon Equipped with sewing skills and further trained in the Fashion Institute standard and quality, Doris Carbon sews couture pieces with excellent workmanship and finishing. She shares her knowledge and techniques in sewing with the sewing class students of the Fashion Institute. Contact Us News 11/23/08 - The Stars are on ARIES 09/30/08 - Project Runway Aries Lagat 04/13/07 - A Cut Above the Rest 01/24/07 - Designer Focus 10/01/06 - The Twin Designer 08/05/06 - Midas Touch of Jerome Ang 04/14/06 - A School for Giving 06/21/06 - Project Runway Links Fashion's Next Generation (Newsbreak) Fashion's Next Generation (ABS-CBN) I for Fashion Fashion Show 2008 ARTS OF FASHION COMPETITION |