Fil-Am joins Oscars Designer Challenge
LOS ANGELES, California—Alan del Rosario, a civil engineer-turned-designer from Cebu, is one of seven fashion talents selected to create a gown to be worn by one of the trophy presenters at the Academy Awards
on Feb. 22.
Alan, an LA-based couturier whose prestigious awards include California’s “Designer of the Year” and GenArt LA’s “Fresh Face,” was picked by Oscar fashion coordinator Patty Fox as among the designers who will come up with specially commissioned gowns to be on the spotlight on Oscar night. The others are Maria Pinto (US First Lady Michelle Obama’s favorite designer), Robert Rodriguez, Nicolas Putvinski, Sam Kori George, Moire Conroy and Marianne Kooimans.
We met Alan in an event presided by Patty, author of the book “Star Style at the Academy Awards,” last Tuesday at the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills. We’ll write more about him in our column Saturday.
The winner in the Oscars Designer Challenge will be determined by the public through online voting—a first in the history of the Academy. To view more pictures and video footage of Alan’s gown entry and to vote for him, log on to www.oscar.com. Anyone over 18 can register and vote once on Feb. 17 until 5 p.m., Pacific Time. The winner will be announced on the Oscar night red carpet on Feb. 22. Good luck, Alan!
YEP! THAT’S MY UNCLE ALAN! 
PLEASE VOTE FOR HIM AT THE OSCARS DESIGNER CHALLENGE.
HERE’S THE LINK — > http://oscar.com/play/?pnvote
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