TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 2
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NSPIRED by the successful turn-out of last
year’s Fashioning the Terno mentoring program
for regional designers, the CCP and Bench
team up once again to undertake a second
phase for 2018 entitled TERNOCON, a terno
making convention and contest for regional
designers culminating with a Fashion and
Cultural Showcase at the CCP on November 10,
2018.
TERNOCON aims to encourage the use of the terno
as a popular form of formal dress; to connect the
knowledge and skills from Fashioning The
Terno – Phase 1 to a contemporary application in
Terno workshop
in Bacolod
terno making; and to inspire and
motivate regional designers to create
ternos that are at par with the construc-
tion skills of senior fashion designers. A
total of thirty (30) regional designers were
chosen from the 2017 phase 1 partici-
pants who come from 17 provinces/local
communities nationwide. Each finalist
must design, create and execute one
cocktail balintawak terno and one formal
terno. A preparatory workshop is slated
from May 8-10, 2018 at the CCP Main
Theater Lobby. The 30 finalists will be
Terno workshop in
Bacolod
mentored by some of the county’s top professional
designers to include Inno Sotto, JC Buendia, Cary
Santiago, and Len Cabili.
The CCP Cultural Exchange Department (CED) and
Bench jointly implemented the 2017 Mentoring
Program held in the cities of Vigan, Bacolod and
General Santos from July, August and December.
The program was successfully finished by 43 local
designers, artists, educators and cultural workers
involved in theater, dance, and heritage conser-
vation from 24 provinces/communities nationwide.
Terno workshop
in GenSan
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