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LOOK: Dominique Cojuangco debuts as fashion designer

LOOK: Dominique Cojuangco debuts as fashion designer

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MANILA – Dominique Cojuangco, daughter of actress Gretchen Barretto and businessman Tonyboy Cojuangco, is now a fashion designer.

After completing her degree at a fashion school in London, Cojuangco tapped her mother as her muse for her first collection, named “La Doña.”

In an interview with the fashion website Preview.ph, Cojuangco said her creations “pulled inspiration from the Philippines.”

“With emphasis on the word ‘inspired,’ I wanted my clothing to exude the elegance of a Filipina woman without blatantly screaming where I took my inspiration from. I looked at photographs of ‘old’ and ‘new’ Manila for color, using a vivid palette because Filipinos are known for their bright and sunny dispositions,” she explained.

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“I named the collection ‘La Doña’ for its two meanings. It directly translates to ‘lady,’ but was also a term of endearment meaning ‘primadonna’ that my family would use for me when I was a kid,” she added.

“The people I have in mind buying my garments are those who find confidence and beauty in themselves when wearing my designs.”

Cojuangco said she plans to sell online “as I put new garments up little by little rather than collection by collection.”

Here are some photos of her designs, as modeled by her mother:

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