VANIA ROMOFF
VANIA ROMOFF
Headlining the new breed of Manila’s young
ingénues is 24-year-old, fashion designer, Vania Romoff. Born and raised into a
family of fashion, Romoff grew up surrounded by all things style and design.
She inherited the eye and taste to intricate detail and fine craftsmanship. Her
grandmother was the first couturier in the small town of Cebu in the
Philippines. As a result, her mother, as well as her brother, followed suit in
the fashion industry, and inevitably, so did Vania; a true testament that her
history with fashion goes beyond skin deep. The familial roots of haute couture
have been handed over to her to carry on.
Taking a leap of faith to broaden her horizon,
Vania eventually moved to the country’s capital Manila where she pursued a
formal education at the School of Fashion and the Arts. It is here that she
mastered the intricacies and the complexities of fashion as a craft. This move
was instrumental in further refining the skills and the creativity she
developed in the family business, which she desired to make her own.
With hard work and unwavering passion, Vania
Romoff eventually took off on her own flight, establishing her own style
aesthetic and leaving a mark in the local industry that is distinctly hers. Her
raison d'être is the creation of women's fashion, which translates into her
design philosophy of dressing a woman to flatter he curves through a
predominantly feminine, yet modern and understatedly sophisticated style.
Vania Romoff is slated to becoming the next
household name in local couture. At only 24, this designer is proving herself,
a dress at a time that effortless style and understated elegance need not be
boastful and grand. From the basic tools in every piece of fabric, needle and
thread to the editorials, bright lights and runways, Vania Romoff is today's
quintessential designer, never failing to channel something new and different
from the desire to make every piece a classic.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Vania Romoff ‘s collection for Fall 2012 is a
marriage of the designer’s aesthetic of clean lines and modern design with the
romance and the luxury of chic Parisian style. It is a showcase of fine
craftsmanship and classic style.
Inspired
by the vintage Romoff pieces, designed by her grandmother in the ‘60s, Vania’s
holiday repertoire is a nod to her roots of subdued elegance. Admired for her
refined subtleties in every cut and use of texture at such a young age, Vania
presents her admiration to anything French. “I have always been taken by
classic French songs like “La Mer” by Charles Tenant, as well as the
“nonchalance” of French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) films like the ones by
Godard,” she shares. Taking cues from the modest grandeur of yesteryears, icons
like Jean Seberg and Ana Karina who exemplify that je ne sais quoi of that era
resonates in Vania Romoff’s Fall 2012 collection.
For Fall 2012, Vania Romoff’s look running
throughout the collection is gamine and reductive, sketching out curves in a
minimal fashion as mirrored in simple column dresses in soft fabric, voluminous
shifts grounded by slim belts, and long, lean skirts, easy jumpsuits and
relaxed sartorial jackets in satin.
Approachable and refined, the collection
focuses on the intricacies of flow, cut and design, rather than outlandish
embellishment and trendy nuances. Silk Faille’s, velvet chiffons, and soft
cottons add a luxurious exclamation to the fabric selection. Maintaining the
chic tone of the repertoire, color palette will be of basic and muted colors of
black, white, mocha, and shell pink, with gold accents. Keeping the line-up cohesive and stylishly
in-tune, flats, envelope clutches, fine jewelry, berets, and buckets hats will
provide the chic Parisian touch.
Vania Romoff Fall 2012 is for the modern woman
of understated elegance and discreet luxury.
BRAND PROFILE
Vania Romoff is a fashion designer based in Manila,
Philippines.
Vania debuted at Philippine Fashion Week 2009
where she was received by both fashion critics and publications with great
acclaim as one of the country's revolutionary and upcoming designers. Since
then, her designs have been appreciated both in the media and commercially.
Admired for her refined subtleties in every cut
and use of texture at such a young age, she has garnered the industry's
attention and has been featured in numerous local design and lifestyle
magazines, including Metro Magazine's Annual List of Young Women to Watch for
2009, Sense and Style Magazine's Young at Art List 2010 (cover), MEGA
Magazine's 10 Women to Watch for 2011, and most importantly, 69 Artists to
Watch For in the Philippine Yearbook 2010.
Vania has also received several design awards.
In 2009 she won the CITEM and Manila FAME First Fashion Eco Design Competition.
She was also part of the prestigious Preview Emerging Fashion Talent Award,
where she was given glowing reviews that eventually paved the way for her to
create a line and collaborate with fashion retail giant The RAMP at Crossings.
Her design collaboration, Vania Romoff for The RAMP, was greatly accepted by
the public and fashion industry, proving that despite the young designer's age,
she had conveyed talent and professionalism beyond her years.
Recently in 2011, she won the MEGA Privè award
for Best Couture Designer. Vania Romoff was also featured on several magazine
covers that showcased her designs on celebrities: Preview Magazine, Mega
Magazine and Zee Lifestyle Magazine. Her work continues to grace editorials and
can be seen on celebrities and socialites as she further develops her craft.
Recently, she has been hand-picked by the Philippine Consulate General of the
United States as one of 5 designers to participate in the International Fashion
Tour, where she previewed her Spring/Summer 2012 collection in both Seattle and
New York.
She is currently working on her Fall 2012 collection to
be showcased in Philippine Fashion Week in May.
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Much Love,
TBD
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