Art Couture: Lamina 2025 Bridges Fashion, Heritage and Sustainability
This May, the Grand Ballroom of City of Dreams Manila will be transformed into a living gallery—where textile meets technique, sculpture walks the runway, and Filipino creativity takes center stage. Lamina 2025 is an immersive cultural experience. In a three-day celebration of artistry, innovation and collaboration, Lamina brings together over 30 of the country’s top visual artists and designers in a groundbreaking lifestyle and advocacy fair designed for the conscious generation.
A New Vision of Luxury
At its core, Lamina 2025 is a circular economy showcase—redefining luxury through collaboration, sustainability, and meaning. It’s where community-based production meets couture, and where fine art translates into functional, wearable, and immersive design. From gallery walls to catwalks, the event weaves together purpose and process into something entirely new.
From Glass to Garment: Heritage Design and Contemporary Vision Take the Runway at the Invitational Gala
A highlight of Lamina 2025, Luminous Threads, touted as an art couture show, will present new collections where traditional techniques meet futuristic vision in a celebration of co-creation and circular design.
Headlining the show is Patis Tesoro, the grand dame of Filipiniana fashion, whose collaboration with French textile artist Francis Dravigny reimagines heritage fabrics into striking contemporary couture. Their work—crafted with Philippine fibers and interpreted by Bayo Atelier—elegantly redefines the line between cultural preservation and modern luxury.
Another highly-anticipated collaboration with Bayo Atelier is the interpretation of artist Anna Orlina’s sculptures, where her glass art serves as the blueprint for sculptural fashion pieces. Think gradient silhouettes, luminous forms, and runway looks that capture the interplay of transparency, light, and structure. It’s a fusion of disciplines that embodies Lamina’s spirit: art that’s wearable, and fashion that speaks.
The runway also makes space for inclusive expression through a collaboration between contemporary visual artist Bea Policarpio and Best Buddies Philippines, a nonprofit supporting creatives with developmental disabilities. Guided by Bea’s mentorship, these emerging artists co-create vibrant wearable art pieces—each one telling a story of individuality, artistry, and belonging.
Together, these collaborations form the heart of Luminous Threads—a fashion show that doesn’t just spotlight beauty, but purpose, inclusivity, and the possibilities born from creative synergy.
Beyond the Runway: A World of Creative Crossovers
Throughout the weekend, Lamina’s pavilions come alive with immersive art and design co-presented with ManilART, the National Art Fair.
The Orlina Art Car Pavilion, in partnership with Museo Orlina, debuts a new glass-and-paint collaboration between Ramon Orlina and Dominic Rubio—including a one-of-a-kind art car and hand-painted Vespas.
The Sculpture & Functional Art Pavilion features standout works from Jik Villanueva, Richard Buxani, Jinggoy Salcedo, Agi Pagkatipunan and others, showcasing the intersection of design, utility, and storytelling.
The Wearable Art Jewelry Collection shines with handcrafted pieces by Ramon Orlina, Helena Alegre, Maria Magdamit, Marge Organo, Arnel Papa, and Hoseki Manila featuring the designs of Knoi Esmane and Faico.
The synergy continues in the Paintings Pavilion, where artists including Nikulas Lebajo, Bullet Dematera and Kara Pangilinan interpret the visual language of Patis Tesoro through original works—extending the feedback loop of creativity that defines Lamina’s ethos.
Conversations, Causes & Community
Day 2, Art in Conversation, opens the floor to a broader public. In partnership with the European Chamber of Commerce and the United Nations-supported Race to Zero campaign, panels and talks will explore circular practices in art and fashion. A benefit auction will support Mangrove Restoration via UP Marine Sciences and the Weave for Peace initiative by HARVEST Creative Hubs.
Day 3, The Final Experience, brings the creative community together with live sketching and painting by master artists and Best Buddies participants. 100% of auction proceeds on this final day go toward supporting inclusivity programs by Best Buddies Philippines.
A Vision with Impact
More than just a showcase, Lamina 2025 positions the Philippines as a future-forward leader in sustainable luxury. It’s a declaration that art, fashion, and community can—and should—coexist meaningfully. With its fusion of culture, innovation, and purpose, Lamina invites us all to reconsider how we create, what we value, and how we celebrate.
Lamina 2025
May 2–4, 2025
City of Dreams Grand Ballroom, Manila
Pre-registration and ticket details available via official channels.
