Sunday, December 18, 2011

Puey Quiñones: The designer the Philippines loves to hate

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 05:00 — Anonymous After the "re-tagging scandal"
Quiñones stages a comeback with a show put on by some of the country's
most dangerous criminals "Puey Quiñones: cheat, thief, liar, embezzler,
fraudster," tweets one Puey Quinones hater just a week before Project
Bilibid Runway 3 is mounted on November 7, 2011. It's the third year the
designer has hosted his fashion show competition at the New Bilibid maximum
security prison in Muntinlupa City, on the outskirts of Manila. Since 2007 he
has been teaching male prisoners convicted of rape, murder and kidnap how to
create gowns and accessories to be worn on the runway by professional models;
his contribution to National Correctional Consciousness Week. This year cash
prizes of P10,000 (USD$227) and sewing machines have been put up for each
category winner.read more

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