High Style for a Cause
Ted & Esther Magalona
The fashion exhibition of internationally renowned Ilonggo couturier Nono Palmos at the Crown Ballroom of Punta Villa Resort in La Villa de Arevalo had the Iloilo City's fashionable set, crème de la crème and local government all excited. Palmos, after all, was presenting his much anticipated Filipiniana collection using the heritage fabrics of the island of Panay. The show also featured society models of Iloilo in their Nono Palmos creations..
Lilia Lim, Helma Sy and Azucena Go
The show was a project of Ilonggo Producers Association (IPA), the province's marketing arm that showcases and markets quality tourism products, delicacies, and fabrics of Panay and Guimaras. Headed by its charming president, Valerie Maravilla together with its hardworking Executive Director, Rowena Barte- Zulueta, the show was able to raised funds through the generous assistance of the different governors of the province of Panay, the friends and avid followers of Nono Palmos who believed in his craft and advocacy in using our local fabrics for high fashion. The funds will go to the product development, training and marketing programs of IPA.
Jazzie Young, Avon Tinsay, Lynnie Denila
and Sandra Gomez
Nono Palmos's first gala show in Iloilo City was also graced by Senator Loren Legarda who herself is a well known supporter of local Philippine fabrics and Catherine Jones, wife to the Deputy Head of Missions of the U.S. Embassy, Paul Jones.