Ethnic City

MANILA, Philippines - Geopolitics may have been Stacy Rodriguez’s starting point when she named her fledgling line Glasnost a few years ago. But these days, she is partial to a good ethnic reference. Her recent collection, conceptualized and sewn at Project Runway-worthy speeds in five days (fact: she is studying at Parsons), explores her love for pattern and color. Among the pieces are a party-in-the-side maxi dress, Swarovski-embellished cropped tops and easy drawstring skirts, all in a mix of pajama stripes and batiks that nod to her current internship at Altuzarra. “One piece of Kenya fabric was a scrap of unused sample fabric from the Altuzarra studio that inspired me to go out and look for more in the Garment District,” she says. “Although I want to develop and produce my own prints in the future.”

Fashion by STACY RODRIGUEZ, Photos by BJ PASCUAL, Styled by ANNA CANLAS, Makeup by Timothy Pagan of MAC Cosmetics, Special thanks to Cindy Go, Hair by Mosi Benitez

All Shoes by Ivy Kirzhner New York, available on iwww.ivykirzhner.com , Modeled by Manuela Basilio of Wilhelmina