A Revolution Indeed

I don’t know much about Fashion, but all I knew was that UP had the greatest and the ‘IMBA-est’ designs.

Last August 3, 2013, we attended the Green Fashion Revolution at SM City Cebu Trade Hall. Our attendance was required for our NSTP. I was hesitant to go because of the heavy rain, but a part of me wanted to go because it will be my first time. And so, I really went there hahahaha.

I went there with my friend because I didn’t know what jeepney to ride and where the trade hall was located.  When we got there, the lights were very colourful and the speakers were very loud. The UP students were all roaming around finding their sections’ attendance sheets. After we signed the sheet, we settled near our classmates. We waited for almost 35 minutes and the show finally started. The speaker on our right side was at full blast. We were covering our right ears everytime a loud music was played. But eventually, our ears adapted to the loudness and we started contributing to the noise.

Each time our university’s name was mentioned, we, including a professor who was near us, shouted to the top of our lungs. UP Cebu’s participants were the first to present their designs.   They were soooooooo amazing. The designs were really impressive. It had a ‘funky-feel’ and was in for the modern style. The models were also very astonishing. My friends and I went crazy when we saw Kenji Watanabe and Joshua Luke Aquino. We were screaming, waddling, pulling our hair, and hitting one another. They were just so jaw-dropping for us that one of my friends was nearly crying. The last girl with the long gown was oozing with prettiness. I heard that she was a professional model. When God gave out beauty and good-height, I guess she was there, patiently waiting. For us, no one can beat the awesomeness of UP’s designs. They really fit to the criteria of wearable-ness. But we are really confused on what went through judges’ minds. We witnessed all the other universities’ designs. They were all beautiful, but for us, UP had the best ones.

There were lottery and talent shows before the announcement of winners. It was very fun because we really didn’t expect that some of our friends will win. We were jumping and we were shouting our numbers, hoping that that those will be chosen. But then, we acted the other way when the announcement of winners was started. We were fidgeting and some were even praying. The fifth and fourth placers were called, and we were thankful that they were not UP (hahahah evil).  But we were shocked when the UP Cebu went to third place. We were like,” NO THIS CAN’T BE!” Their designs stood out from the rest. Our faces turned from O_O to raging faces. When it was announced that CNU was the champion, we started thinking that it was kinda ‘planned’ winner. Why? Because when they presented their designs, the lights were very playful and very flashy. They were the only university who experienced that. But, whatever may the truth be, we can’t change the results. We just left the place with content. We looked at the bright side and were thankful that the UP FASO was able to impress the crowd and was able to live up the UP Standard. They are so IMBA! 

UP's participants (models and designers) together with the judges and the hosts

(c)Genie Marie Togono