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Around the globe
with Ablazablaze
2016

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otable artwear designer, events stylist

and accessories maven Luis "Jun Jun"
Ablaza's annual Ablazablaze exhibit and
birthday celebration has always been a much
awaited spectacle since it
started in 2011. This year
though was a different
Ablazablaze experience as
he deviated from his usual
opulently themed party
tableaus. For the first time
in years, he slightly
veered away from his
previous Ablazablaze
themes for a fashion
runway extravaganza. He
collaborated with notable
designers Steve de Leon
and Michele Sison
together with fashion
stylist Roko Arceo to
revamp and reconstruct casual street gear denims into artistic ensembles that reflects his
penchant for the extraordinary, whimsical, as well as his artistic explorations across the globe.
The fashion show had four segments that featured the Asian, American, African, and European
continents. A Filipino tribal ensemble of weaved fabrics sewn into denim jumpstarted the show.
The Asian collection was a fusion of orientalia in Thai silk brocades, Chinese theater masks,
brass gongs, Tibetan jewelries, Japanese patches and a variety of ornamentations all representing
the rich and exotic culture, art, tradition, and lifestyle of the orient.