Manila Fashion Fest - The Next: Esme's Mono No Aware

There are just some words no language barrier can break. Esme Palaganas' Spring-Summer 2017 showing for Basic Movement takes inspiration from the intrigue of the untranslatable Japanese phrase mono no aware, which literally means "the pathos of things"—and rightly so, as the looks evoke a floaty, fleeting wistfulness via lightweight fabrics and dreamy silhouettes. See the full collection below!

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