When it comes to Philippine haute couture, Salvaction Lim Higgins is known for setting the bar. Opened last November 24 at the Museum of the Filipino People, National Museum of the Philippines, “Salvacion Lim Higgins Philippine Haute Couture 1947-1990”, is a collection of a lifetime’s worth of her design treasures on exhibit.
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An exquisite presentation vintage to classic fashion, Salvacion Lim Higgins Philippine Haute Couture 1947-1990’s curates are her children Sandy and Mark Higgins. The exhibit runs until March 2010.
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Sandy Higgins
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Mark Higgins and Tessa Prieto
Lim-Higgins, better know as Slim, opened Slim’s Fashion and Arts School in 1960, to “pass on the lessons she learned and the fashion tricks she devised for herself.” A number of the country’s top fashion designers are products of Slim’s: Pepito Albert, Cesar Gaupo, Lulu Tan-Gan, and Oskar Peralta, to name a few.
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Angel Guerrero and Kate Torralba
The retrospective exhibit also marked the launch of the coffee table book (of the same title as the exhibit), as well as to celebrate the design institution’s 50th anniversary in 2010. Glossy publications Town & Country and Preview were the hosts of the gala event.
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Jojo Liamson of Bench and Lisa Gokongwei of Summit Media
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Neal Oshima and Doris Magsaysay Ho
Manila’s finest and glitziest were present at the gala, including designers Kate Torralba, Inno Sotto, Rajo Laurel and Jeanne Goulbourn, and stylist Ana Kalaw. Also spotted was publisher Lisa Gokongwei.
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Cynthia Nakpil and cousin David Guerrero of BBDO Guerrero
Salvacion Lim-Higgins had celebrities, society ladies and politicians’ wives on her list of clients during her heyday. The presence of special friends and guests at the gala was a fitting tribute to one of the Philippines’ most prolific fashion design artists of the century.
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Peter Acuña of McCann and Mitch So of Nokia
