Ruffa’s daughters inspire Rajo

MANILA, Philippines - Rajo Laurel (above) took inspiration from Ruffa Gutierrez’s daughters Lorin and Venice Gutierrez-Bektas’ artworks and drawings to come up with Love Collection, Laurel’s new children’s collection under the House of Laurel.

Laurel’s capsule “kiddie chic” collection consists of 10 dainty party dresses named after Lorin and Venice’s best friends in school: Martha, a two-tone taffeta bias dress; Mariella, patchwork dress with panels; Ysabella, sleeveless two-tone dropwaist dress; Yasmeen, sleeveless blouson top with a vest detail and mini A-line skirt; Trixie, two panel fully-pleated A-line Dress; Iya, two-tone sleeveless dropwaist party dress with crystal pleated skirt; Annika, mini dress with pockets and bow; Rocio, two-tone party dress with pleated hem; Louise, sleeveless A-line dress; and Ylisse, a party dress with multi-layered organza skirt.

The collection is fundamentally stylish ready-to-wear clothing that works for children and that are made well from good materials. The materials used for the dresses are silk taffeta, silk organza, silk stretch creppe and tulle. While the colors featured are jewel shades of turquoise, purple, fuchsia, aqua and a vibrant orange – basically colors that are very festive and joyous. The collection also boasts of lovely details and kid-friendly embellishments such as: flower cut outs, beadworks, pleats and patchwork.

The Love Collection was launched on Nov. 10 at The House of Laurel.