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Shoe label Tenorio Manila's DREAMS Collection is Brian Tenorio's parting anthology as he leaves for his graduate studies in New York this fall of 2008. The following text was written by Brian Tenorio, the Filipino designer label's Design Principal.

The foundation of all dreams is hope. Hope could then be the theme of my 2007 to 2008. It has been a while since I've released a statement as myself and not as the design principal of my label. Let me then write in the first person and share some learning I have from my beginnings in this industry, my short time in shoe design, and some insight on what is next. This is a 'fashion show in print' in ways, as I do not attempt to showcase what is ready to wear, or what is hip. The goal of this text (and incidentally my Dreams Collection) is to inform and alert, remember, inspire, agitate, enliven, and hopefully widen the confines of what we think is real and necessary, to celebrate what is Filipino and Filipinized, and what we think is us and ours.

Photography:Carlo Lino

If you are in Manila, checkout the Dreams Launch party at Nuvo this 23 july. Sponsored by Moet & Chandon and Calvin Klein Fragrances.