Tiger Lady of Fashion honors style icons, lauds new designers

THE Philippine Fashion Circle Awards (PFCA) has been super successful with its objective to recognize, honor and award famous Filipino designers in the fashion industry here and abroad that have made the Philippines proud. Held in Okada Manila recently, the PFCA was attended by such style icons as Francis Libiran, Oskar Peralta, Frederick Peralta and Becky Garcia, among others.

The next step was to discover the young breed of talented designers through the Young Designers Competition in all parts and regions of the nation where the grand champion would receive cash and an international master’s degree scholarship at a famous international fashion design school in London.

The founder of PFCA was Virgie Monton, the owner and chief executive officer of VM Design by Vario Mercato Company Ltd. A construction, fit out and furniture company, it started out with a small table inside her bedroom in 2003 where big projects were bidded and won. With its address at Wack-Wack Condo-6 Star Residential Condominium, it fitted out and provided joinery services for kitchens, closets and lavatory cabinets.

Known fondly to her friends through the nickname, Mamou, she recognized and honored through PFCA the legends and icons of the Philippine fashion industry that have departed.

Mamou said: “I believe in Christ Jesus and [believe] that the love of Christ conquers, heals and restores all relationships. I also believe that God is still in the business of sowing and reaping, and I choose to sow and speak life to everyone and [in] every [area] of my life.”