Candid Shot: Ian Paul Semira
Rising fashion designer Ian Paul Semira is in the house! This young and hardworking designer has just added another feather in his cap after he was commissioned to design the swimwear for one of the segments in this year's edition of Mister National Universe pageant on-going in Bangkok, Thailand. But Semira says he is really into bridal fashion. He recalls his love for fashion started when he saw a terno worn by Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado during the 1994 Miss Universe pageant held in Manila. " Dun nagsimula lahat. Sabi ko someday magiging fashion designer ako..haha..pero hindi agad-agad kasi sabi ko yung pagiging fashion designer e para lang sa mayayaman...kasi napansin ko nun mayayaman ang mga fashion designers," says Semira in an exclusive interview. He adds: "Nagwork muna ako nun sa corporate world tapos na heartbroken ako. Yes. Opo. Na-heartbroken ako nung nagresign ako sa work. Six months akong walang trabaho. Tapos one day nagising na lang ako...