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Thanks to my Style.com newsletter, I got a glimpse or two of what's up for Spring 2009. Browsing through, look what i found!

Joanne Cordero Reyes

Filipino designer to watch out for! Whooot! (Move over Monique?)

Vicente Villarin Is the New Girl in Town

Don't be surprised when a raven-haired woman takes a bow at the close of the Vicente Villarin show on September 5. New York fashion week newcomer Joanne Cordero Reyes (no relation to Brian or José Ramón) named her business after her grandfather, a classical composer.

-Style.com

Don’t be fooled by the name Vicente Villarin. These feminine designs are actually the creation of female Filipino designer Joanne Reyes. Named after her grandfather, the Vicent Villarin brand represents Sophistication, Confidence, Elegance, Individuality and Modernity; women that want to feel pretty and elegant yet modern and sexy.
-asaincemagazine.com

This may be Joanne Cordero's first time at Fashion Week under her own label, Vicente Villarin, but the designer is no novice. She cut her teeth at Reem Acra and J. Mendel, making eveningwear for celebs. And this season she's showing at Bumble and bumble, home of the next big thing (Alexander Wang, Sari Gueron, and Bruce all showed there a year ago). Reyes's training with red-carpet designers is readily apparent in the clean, long lines of her gowns. But Reyes adds her own edge to the usual feminine piece. Her pencil skirt is done up in faux-alligator for a tougher, sexier look. Her take on the little white dress involves tulle and a shorter-than-short hemline. And her outerwear borders on architectural, rivaling Jil Sander. She may have learned to dress celebs, but only the truly style savvy (read: not governed by a stylist) will slip into these clothes.

-nymag.com

Don't you just love it when a Filipino puts us on the map?

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