Mayon gown
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| Designer | Mak Tumang |
|---|---|
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | red, high-slit dress |
| Material | tulle |
Mayon gown is a red, high-slit dress made by Filipino fashion designer Mak Tumang and worn by Catriona Gray during the evening gown competition in Miss Universe 2018, which she won. The dress is also called Mayon Volcano gown as its design was inspired by Albay's Mayon Volcano, and later the dress became popularly known as the "lava gown" owing to its distinct fiery red to dark red color.[1][2][3] It is one of the two well-known dresses Gray wore in the pageant, and it is credited for making Tumang a household name.[4][5]
Design[edit]
The Mayon gown is made of tulle encrusted with Swarovski crystals in 12-toned color palette that ranged from yellow to dark red.[6][7] Its body-fitting, bare back design features a side cutout and a high slit that "highlighted Gray's legs."[8][9][10] The dress, which according to Tumang weighed 10 pounds, was a tribute to Mayon Volcano, a tourist attraction in the province of Albay, the hometown of Gray's mother.[11][7] In an interview, Gray decided to pick the dress for the beauty contest as her mother dreamed of her winning the Miss Universe crown wearing a red gown.[2][12]
Planning and sketches were proposed as early as March 2018, just a week after Gray won the Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2018 title, and production started in May.[6][11] It was one of the seven Philippine-themed dresses presented to Gray, which were inspired by "Filipino arts, culture and literature," and one of the three that were produced by 16 artisans working for 2,712 hours with cost of materials reportedly at P1,025,091.[13][14][15]
Reception[edit]
The dress was described as stunning when Gray walked down the runway in the evening gown competition of Miss Universe 2018 and has been regarded as iconic.[1][16] Gray's accessorized the look with a diamond-ruby ear cuff called "Alab at Dangal", which was a homage to the Philippine flag, that featured gold rays, two stars, and one star that dangled at its tip, and a pair of studs made of golden pearls.[17]
In a review that appeared in Time, Ashley Hoffman explained, "Gray also worked in a tribute to the Mayon Volcano of the Philippines with her sparkling crimson gown designed to resemble the swirling red and orange lava that flows down the cone-shaped volcano’s crater."[18] Vogue's Janelle Okwodu commented on the dress, "Onstage at Bangkok’s Impact Arena in Thailand, she wore a fiery custom gown by Filipino designer Mak Tumang, featuring a portrait of the Mayon Volcano rendered in Swarovski crystals. It was the perfect complement to her lava walk, and she gave hosts Steve Harvey and Ashley Graham something to talk about, earning her second supermodel shoutout.[9]
Voltaire E. Tayag of Rappler stated that the dress made Tumang a household name.[5] Additionally, Raoul J. Chee Kee, writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, said, "His background may have been in production design, but Mak Tumang will go down in fashion history for dressing the country’s fourth Miss Universe in a gown that mimicked flowing lava... It was the magma-hot evening gown she wore at the pageant proper, however, that is seared in the Filipinos’ collective consciousness."[6]
Exhibit[edit]
In December 2018, the Mayon gown was exhibited in SM City Pampanga along with the Ibong Adarna gown that Gray wore during the preliminaries and Sinag gown, which Gray wore when she won Miss Universe Philippines 2018 in the Binibining Pilipinas 2018 pageant.[19] It was also displayed on the exhibit named "The Universe: Celebration of World Class Talent" held at SM Mall of Asia in March 2019.[20] According to Tumang, he plans to establish a museum where the gown will be in permanent exhibition.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Villa-Ignacio, Erika (December 17, 2018). "Catriona Gray's Lava Gown At Miss Universe 2018 Is Everything!". cosmo.ph. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b Geli, Bianca. "Catriona Gray picks Mak Tumang's "lava gown" because of mother's dream". www.gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Team Catriona Gray deserves recognition too". Preen.ph. 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "What could have been: Catriona's 3rd Miss Universe gown, and its patriotic symbol, revealed". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b Tayag, Voltaire E. (3 March 2019). "Fashion forward thinker: Catriona Gray's ripple effect". Rappler. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b c "Mak Tumang recalls Catriona's passion for fiery red gown". Inquirer Lifestyle. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b c "Magandang Buhay: Mak Tumang, ikinuwento ang pinanggalingan ng mga gowns ni Miss Universe 2019 Catriona | ABS-CBN Entertainment". ent.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Catriona Gray's Mayon Gown". udou.ph. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b "Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray Wowed Even Supermodels With Her Walk". Vogue. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Catriona Gray shares the significance of hannah pearl her red dress". GMA News Online. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b "Miss Universe reveals origins of her viral 'lavawalk,' the signature strut she performed on the runway". New York Post. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Her mom once dreamed she'd win Miss Universe in a red dress. She did". NBC News. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ Pineda, Rey (2018-12-14). "Kapampangan designer Mak Tumang did 7 gowns for Catriona Gray". Sunstar. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Metro Style". Metro Style. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Watch: The story behind Catriona's 'Adarna' gown, original sunray earrings in Miss Universe prelims". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "'Lava gown' designer Mak Tumang's story: A life-changing text, gown and working with Catriona Gray". Inquirer Lifestyle. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Look: All of Miss Universe queen Catriona Gray's patriotic earrings". cnn. Archived from the original on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ "This Was the Meaning Behind Miss Universe's Red Gown". Time. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "In Photos: Catriona Gray's gowns by Mak Tumang on display at SM Pampanga". Rappler. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ "Mak Tumang the Universe: Celebration of World Class Talent". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2019-07-19.