fashion meets design: marlon rivera
Written by designfolder on November 6, 2009 – 12:10 am -If you’re a fan of Project Runway Philippines, you know that this season showed a couple of challenges inspired by architecture/interior/furniture design. Ed Calma’s architecture inspired Hanz and Manny’s winning avant-garde dress in the week 7 challenge. In another episode, furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue’s chair inspired Russell’s dragnet look.
Dragnet lounge chair by Kenneth Cobonpue (left) / Russell Villafuerte’s winning look (right)
We’ve always been fascinated by the influence of architecture and interior design on fashion and vice versa. So when we went to Marlon Rivera’s fashion show at Philippine Fashion Week, we were delighted to see interesting silhouettes and textures.
But we were particularly charmed by the colors he used for his pieces.
His color palette (specifically his smokey blues, mauves, and earthy neutrals) reminded us of Pantone’s 2010 home and interiors color trend forecast, which we saw at Apartment Therapy.
Pantone 2010 home and interiors color forecast – Greenmarket palette (top), Gatherings palette (middle), Galaxy palette (bottom)
We don’t know if Marlon Rivera was inspired by Pantone’s color forecast but he certainly is on trend. We’re looking forward to these colors on furniture, accessories and in homes in 2010. We’re also looking forward to Mr. Rivera’s next collection. 
*photos from Marlon Rivera’s fashion show by Katrina Luciano / photo of Dragnet lounge chair from http://www.kennethcobonpue.com / photo of Russell’s winning look from Project Runway Philippines’ website
Tags: color, ed calma, fashion, kenneth cobonpue, marlon rivera, pantone, project runway philippines
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