About Me
I'm Mark Buendia a fashion design graduate from University of Salford
I am very proud of my culture and heritage which is the Philippines. In every project that I do, I will take inspiration from my own experience and making it relatable to most people.
For me designing is not all about pretty clothes, I tend to design clothes that tells a story that makes people feel something – it can be that nostalgic feeling or making them feel included in society through clothes.
INSPIRATION
My perfect world is where I can have my gay wedding in a Catholic Church.
My collection is a narrative of what I went through and what the LGBTQIA+ go through in the stages of coming out. Due to Spanish colonialism in the Philippines, this has heavily influenced the people to obey and follow their traditions and beliefs. I grew up with a Catholic belief that being homosexual is a sin and up to this date this is still universal problem.
I want this collection as a statement of my personal story, where each design will represent the past, present and future. This is for people to relate to it and for them to know that we are all going through it and things will be better. This is also to educate the rest of the world through clothes that we are all human and we deserve happiness, to love whoever we want to love, to wear what we want to wear and be who we want to be in this world.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
collection mood board inspired by coming out
Suit experiment linking to my concept
Inspired by coming out, cutting holes in a dress
Draping that combines my culture and my concept
Masculine and feminine suit development
Pre-collection design development
Inspired by flowers that is based of my concept
Restoring Moro Tribe Mood board
Sketchbook and looking at manipulating leather
Leather corset design development
Final illustration 1 with front and back CAD
Final illustration 2 with front and back CAD
Final illustration 3 with front and back CAD
Restoring moro tribe final line up
Human Betterment mood board
experiment page creating silhouettes
Experimenting shapes and materials
Final illustration with front and back CAD
Human Betterment Final Line up
DETAIL
I used different kind of materials that represents the past, present and future.
I explored different shapes for each look by looking at silhouettes of historical images from Philippines. I played with different techniques such as gathering and pleating to give each look some volume. I want my collection to be bold as I want it to make a statement, that we can be who we want to be in this world and not let religion and society change us for who we really are.
I am someone who puts his heart, passion and experience in designing. I'm a womenswear designer that love to create garments that makes a woman bolder in a patriarchal society.
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