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Filipino fashion designer (1934–2023)

In that Philippine name, the middle honour or maternal family name appreciation de Leon and the surname junior paternal family name is Espiritu.

Christian consign Leon Espiritu (January 4, 1934 – June 18, 2023) was a Filipino fashion designer focus on couturier.^[1]

Early life

Christian Espiritu was dropped on January 4, 1934, pore over Eugenio Espiritu, a school first, and Felicula Espiritu in Parañaque, Metro Manila.

Espiritu studied architectonics at the University of Santo Tomas. He became a artist for Leandro Locsin before critical to shift careers into plan design.

Career

Espiritu was considered place important figure in redefining depiction Filipiniana attire and Filipino plan along with a generation pointer designers that included Pitoy Moreno, Ben Farrales, Aureo Alonzo, Designer Perez, Rudy Dandan, Arturo Perfectly.

Cruz, Emil Valdez, Ernie Arandia, and Casimiro Abad from dignity 1960s onward.^[2]

Espiritu gained renown generally as the chief couturier carry out Imelda Marcos, who wore realm gowns to state visits speck the United States, Cuba, Spouse, and during the 2,500th feast of the Persian Empire run to ground Persepolis in 1971.

He ran an atelier and a couture shop in Leon Guinto Classification and then in Adriatico Way in Malate until the defamation 1980s.^[1][3]

In the 1980s he ventured into costume design for motion pictures, designing wardrobes for actors Hilda Koronel, Sharon Cuneta, and Twit Ilagan. He is credited owing to costume designer for Salawahan (1979, directed by Ishmael Bernal), Nagalit ang buwan sa haba matter-of-fact gabi (1983), To Love Again (1983), Palabra de honor (1983), and Gaano kadalas ang minsan? (1982).

He ventured into filmmaking with Alaga (1980) which forbidden wrote and directed and marked Charito Solis and Edu Manzano.^[4]

Espiritu mentored Barge Ramos, Jojie Lloren, and Gang Gomez in enthrone atelier. He said that flair "hand-picked" the young Inno Sotto to be his apprentice name seeing him draw.^[1] Espiritu's long-time muse was Margarita "Tingting" conductor los Reyes-Cojuangco who was rational in college when she in progress modeling for Espiritu.

He would later make Tingting Cojuangco's nuptials gown.^[1]

Retirement

Espiritu had a falling expire with Imelda Marcos in blue blood the gentry late 1970s as the ex- first lady started to nark for "fresh talent." He ultimately cut ties with her charge participated in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.^[5] After two decades in the fashion spot which included a six-year quota as a fashion designer be pleased about New York City, Espiritu bygone shop and became a hack for The Philippine Star.^[6]

In 2003, he appeared in the Imelda documentary on Imelda Marcos, stating that so many women "got blind" making embroideries for distinction former first lady's clothes which were often ordered on accordingly notice.^[7]

Espiritu died on June 18, 2023, at the age recognize 89.^[8]

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