{"id":11509,"date":"2017-01-02T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T08:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=11509"},"modified":"2016-12-29T09:43:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T01:43:26","slug":"filipino-fashion-designer-john-ablaza-joins-new-york-fashion-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/01\/02\/filipino-fashion-designer-john-ablaza-joins-new-york-fashion-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino Fashion Designer John Ablaza in New York Fashion Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An international fashion designer from the Philippines, John Ablaza recently held his one night only \u201cCouture &amp; Culture\u201d NYC 2016 in 4W43 West 43rd New York last December 10, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11510\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/john-ablaza.jpg\" alt=\"john-ablaza\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John Ablaza specializes in fabricating garments using sustainable local materials like seeds bark reeds and coconut shells \u2013 thus, his identity as an \u201ceco-fashion\u201d designer. His creations have already brought him to the runways \u00a0all over the world &#8212; from Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Bahrain and Sydney to Toronto. \u201cIt is a dream come true for me!\u201d he enthused after the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Apart from his Zimbabwe inspired collections, John also showcased his couture bow ties during the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11511\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/NYC-Fashion-Show.jpg\" alt=\"nyc-fashion-show\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/NYC-Fashion-Show.jpg 720w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/NYC-Fashion-Show-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11512\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/nycf.jpg\" alt=\"nycf\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/nycf.jpg 720w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/nycf-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John spent a lot of time in Zimbabwe recently teaching fashion techniques to eager designers in several fashion workshops. One lucky designer had the chance to show her creations during John\u2019s show. Yvette Ndaba was truly grateful seeing her ensembles on the runway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Pinoy celebrities spotted during the show include Fil-Am Community Leader Loida Nicolas Lewis and Pinay mannequins Lucia Santiago and Mary Joy De Leon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">All images grabbed from <a href=\"http:\/\/felixmanuel.opmbworldwide.com\/post\/154439657901\/couture-culture-nyc-2016-john-ablaza-collection\" target=\"_blank\">felixmanuel<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/felixmanuel.opmbworldwide.com\/post\/154439657901\/couture-culture-nyc-2016-john-ablaza-collection\" target=\"_blank\">felixmanuel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chhcevents.com\/events\/john-ablaza-couture-culture-i-ny-2016\" target=\"_blank\">chhcevents<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/entertainment\/2016\/12\/26\/1656887\/john-ablaza-fashion-show-nyc\" target=\"_blank\">philstar.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International fashion designer from the Philippines, John Ablaza recently held his one night only \u201cCouture &amp; Culture\u201d NYC 2016 in 4W43 West 43rd New York last December 10, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/john-ablaza-e1482914328703.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11509"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11539,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11509\/revisions\/11539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}