Posts Tagged With "Robin Tomas"
Saturday, September 24, 2011
SUPIMA IN THE NEWS: Robin Tomas in The Inquirer
By CeCe Shelburne
MANILA—Robin Tomas, a winner in the 2010 edition of the Supima Design Competition, continues to attract international attention for his design career.
Writing in today’s edition of The Philippine Daily Inquirer, here’s what reporter Vicky Herrera had to […] Continue reading
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
SUCCESS WITH SUPIMA: More about Robin Tomas
By CeCe Shelburne
Sunday, June 06, 2010
SUCCESS WITH SUPIMA: More about Robin Tomas
By Greg Wang
MANILA—Ever since being named a winner in the 2010 Supima Design Competition, which had its dramatic runway finale at the New York Times Building in midtown Manhattan earlier this year, Robin Tomas has been all over the international news.
His latest?
[…] Continue readingSaturday, June 05, 2010
SUCCESS WITH SUPIMA: Robin Tomas on ABS-CBN
By Greg Wang
MANILA—For a long time, his mother, renowned Filipina comedian Tessie Tomas, was the famous one.
But that may be changing soon.
Since becoming a finalist and then a winner in Supima’s most recent Design Competition, Robin Tomas’s career has been […] Continue reading
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
ON THE AVENUE: Robin Tomas at the Philippines Center
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—He’s one of our favorite designers.
He has a following in the Philippines.
And he’s getting quite a following here too.
As you’ll recall, Robin Tomas was not only a finalist in the recent Supima Competition for Emerging Designers, he was […] Continue reading
Monday, February 22, 2010
SUCCESS WITH SUPIMA: Robin Tomas in the news
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—The Philippine fashion press can’t stop writing about hometown hero Robin Tomas.
Most recently, Christine Dychiao ran a lengthy Q&A with the winner of Supima’s recent competition to reinvent the men’s T-shirt. (Tomas’ winning design will be sold alongside […] Continue reading
Sunday, January 24, 2010
2010 SUPIMA COMPETITION ON VIDEO
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—Here, shot by John Simon Daily, the final parade of finalists and models in the moments before the announcement of the evening’s big winners by model Coco Rocha.
Friday, January 22, 2010
SUPIMA IN THE NEWS: Robin Tomas on PhilStar
By Greg Wang
MANILA—Proof that the Supima Design Competition is international in scope?
Not only that most of the finalists in the Competition were born and/or trained elsewhere, but that the Competition made news in The Philippine Star, Manila’s English-language newspaper.
Here, in their online edition, is what they had to say about […] Continue reading
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
SUPIMA IN STYLE.COM: All about last night
By Greg Wang
NEW YORK—The reception at The Times Center in The New York Times Building was packed to capacity.
The audience at the runway finale during last night’s Supima Design Competition was suitably […] Continue reading
Saturday, January 16, 2010
MEET THE DESIGNER: Robin Tomas
By Greg Wang
This is who he is . . .
Currently New York-based, 33-year-old Filipino designer Robin Tomas graduated from Parsons in 2002 and has been a menswear designer for major labels including Gap, Tommy Hilfiger, and J. Crew. He recently launched Tomas, a 45-piece collection (that’s part of it […] Continue reading
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
THE FINAL FITTINGS: Behind the scenes at the Supima Design Competition
By Greg Wang
NEW YORK—It’s getting down to the wire.
Here, documented in a behind-the-scenes photo essay by Italian photojournalist Giulia Piccari, the six finalists conduct their final fittings for their eveningwear designs and T-shirt reinterpretations while Supima’s judging panel looks on.
The judges’ final decision comes on January 19, when […] Continue reading
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