One of the rising stars in the fashion scene today is a young dynamic designer with a name that is as unconventional as his fashion style.
According to several sources (Mono-zine.com, P-3.ph, DivineLee.com and TheFashionMaker.com); Kermit Tesoro is being regarded as the “Alexander McQueen of the Philippines.”
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was a British fashion designer who had been credited for bringing drama and extravagance to the catwalk and often added a different twist to his shows which shocked and surprised audiences.
Ever since Kermit began showing his fashion designs in the Philippine Fashion Week in 2009, the fashion world has stopped and taken notice of his avant-garde creations.
In 2010, Kermit’s radical fashion sense caught the eye of Lady Gaga and her fashion director, Nicola Formichetti. The result led to collaboration between Kermit Tesoro, and another Filipino artist, Leeroy New, and Nicola’s in-house atelier, which produced the Filipino-made outfit Lady Gaga wore on the cover art of her single Marry the Night.
This piece of good news made it to the headlines of ABS-CBN, Spot.ph and Philstar.com.
One of Kermit’s fashion piece (his version of the heel-less shoe) made it to the campaign of the Lady Gaga X Gilt Groupe, an international fashion sale website. Kermit’s heel-less shoe was a bestseller at the flash sale.
A few months ago, Kermit gained international recognition as his version of the heel-less shoe strutted the London Fashion week runway during the Spring/Summer 2012 collection showcase of French designer Florian Joyet, who was part of the Fashion Mode show of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout last Sept. 17.
Kermit has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, major in Visual Communication from the College of Fine Arts in University of the Philippines-Diliman. He also took up Fashion Design in the Fashion Institute of the Philippines, and Fashion Marketing at the School of Fashion and the Arts.
Kermit admitted that there has been so much demand from people around the world for his products, which motivated him to immediately work on his website (www.kermittesoro.com) where online buyers can choose from his collections and place orders. Prices range from $300 to over $1,000, excluding shipping.
His website says that Kermit is “torn between several disciplines” and that his works “usually veer away from the commercial notion of the basic clothing configuration. The implications of his cerebral and dark tendencies are not the primary source of inspiration, but rather a reference rooting towards from his inclinations or even frustrations in art, science, psychology, religion and his childhood fixations. In short, all of the aesthetics shown on his self-advocacy on technology and unconventional materials translated in fashion content.”
Besieged by orders from excited buyers around the world, Kermit was asked how he felt.
“Over the moon,” he exclaimed.
(www.asianjournal.com)
(LA Midweek Feb 1-3, 2012 MDWK pg.2)
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