Cary Santiago: A new religion

MANILA, Philippines - An ancient temple filled with religious relics, the silence broken by the caws and the flapping wings of a murder of crows.” Cary Santiago translated the images and impressions he gathered on a trip to India into a sexily ascetic streetwear collection fit for a non-conforming monk. The sheer tops are made of stretch tulle with wool cut close to the body, decorated only with handmade appliqués of religious images and symbols: Buddha, bird wings, fish, temple carvings. “I wanted to present something that’s more simple and basic but with a very ‘Cary’ mark on it,” Santiago says. “And why sheer? Well, I wanted to capitalize on the models’ bodies!” Amen to that.