Who will win the celebrated Pacita Longos Award at Ternocon 2025?
Mark your calendars for the style occasion of the 12 months! On January 26, 2025, the Philippine Worldwide Conference Heart would be the grand stage for a spectacular celebration honoring the long-lasting Filipino Terno. This extremely anticipated gala will culminate in a sublime awarding ceremony, spotlighting the creativity and craftsmanship of gifted designers, adopted by a wide ranging vogue present that showcases the beautiful magnificence and cultural significance of this conventional garment. Be part of us for an unforgettable night of favor, artistry, and celebration!

Ternocon 2025
Organized by the Cultural Heart of the Philippines (CCP) in partnership with BENCH, this 12 months’s competitors options revolutionary designs that honor and elevate the Terno with a Panuelo, the Balintawak with the alampay and tapis and the inclusion of the kimona, a free slip-over shirt with barely prolonged sleeves fabricated from embroidered cloth, an off-the-cuff variation of the long-lasting Philippine costume.
“Ternocon guarantees to be a spectacular show of creativity, showcasing the fusion of artwork, vogue, and Filipino identification. It additionally underscores the CCP’s function as a steward of Philippine arts which incorporates vogue and our conventional apparel. We’re glad that Ternocon stays to be a key calendar occasion for the inventive industries, because it helps promote and maintain our collective identification by clothes,” mentioned CCP president Kaye C. Tinga.





Twelve finalists might be competing for the celebrated awards. The competing vogue designers are Bryan Peralta (Makati Metropolis), Patrick Lazol (Tarlac), Windell Madis (Ilocos Norte), Jared Servano (South Cotabato), Peach Garde (Capiz), Geom Hernandez (Batangas), Ram Silva (Iloilo), Jema Gamer (La Union), Irene Subang, (Negros Occidental), Nina Gatan (Quezon Metropolis), Koko Gonzales (Mandaluyong Metropolis), and Lexter Badana (Capiz).
Every finalist created a capsule three-piece assortment consisting of a proper Terno with pañuelo, a proper Balintawak with an alampay and tapis, and a proper Kimona (or slip-over shirt) with an alampay and a patadyong (a tube-like wraparound skirt).
Via this 12 months’s theme, Ternocon has grow to be a platform that bridges the hole between vogue, heritage, and visible arts. This 12 months’s assortment attracts inspiration from the works of twentieth Century Filipino painters, sculptors, and set up artists whose contributions have considerably formed the panorama of Philippine artwork.

Below the steering of chief mentor Inno Sotto, mentors Rhett Eala, Lulu Tan Gan, and Ezra Santos, competing designers drew inspiration from Philippine up to date artwork, encompassing the artists’ varied actions, views, and ideas.

Peralta captures the straightforward but highly effective strokes of Nationwide Artist Jose Joya, whereas Lazol transforms Joya’s sweeping brushstrokes and vibrant palettes into his capsule.

Nationwide Artist Hernando R. (H.R.) Ocampo’s distinct fashion of mixing geometric shapes and vibrant hues influences Madis, whereas the geometric abstraction of visible artist Nena Saguil shapes Servano’s assortment.

Garde channels the architectural ingenuity of Nationwide Artist Leandro Locsin into his designs, whereas Ocampo’s exploration of area and motion additionally turns into the muse of Hernandez.

Silva channels Nationwide Artist Amorsolo’s appreciation for the Filipino countryside and its wealthy cultural heritage. Gamer, however, interprets the cubism works of Nationwide Artist Vicente Manansala.

Nationwide Artist BenCab’s mastery of type, notably current in his iconic muse Sabel, influences Subang’s Terno assortment. Gatan attracts inspiration from the sculptural works of artist Impy Pilapil, famend for her mastery in combining natural kinds with intricate textures.

Gonzales explores visible artist Onib Olmedo’s creative inclinations for the complexities of the human type and psyche in his Terno assortment. Badana finds his muse in artist Ramon Orlina’s glossy sculptural works in glass and acrylic.
Now in its fourth version, Ternocon reinforces the CCP’s dedication to supporting and selling Filipino creativity, whereas preserving and nurturing Philippine heritage. The style program additionally goals to supply alternatives for rising and established vogue designers to contribute to the dynamic and evolving cultural dialogues.
“On January 26, we might be holding the fourth version of Ternocon. This can be a challenge of Bench in partnership with the Cultural Heart of the Philippines that began in 2018. Within the final seven years, this advocacy has grown from its important thrust of preserving and selling the Philippine Terno to a nationwide motion to make the Terno a dwelling cultural icon that’s not solely studied and celebrated but in addition an integral merchandise of clothes within the lifetime of the Filipinos and a nationwide image our historical past and identification,” mentioned Suyen Company’s chairman and CEO, Ben Chan.
The partnership between the CCP and Bench ensures that the Terno, an iconic image of Filipino identification and ingenuity, continues to evolve in a contemporary context whereas remaining deeply rooted in cultural historical past and sustaining the correct means of Terno-making.
For extra data on Ternocon and upcoming CCP occasions, go to the CCP web site (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph) and observe the CCP’s official social media accounts on Fb, Instagram, and YouTube.
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