Gratitude and remembrance
Michael’s designs channel a sense of maximalism, showcasing the beauty of excess and opulence. Intricate woven motifs ensure Brian’s legacy remains integral to this designer’s art.
Michael’s designs channel a sense of maximalism, showcasing the beauty of excess and opulence. Intricate woven motifs ensure Brian’s legacy remains integral to this designer’s art.
Michael Leyva
Michael Leyva Couture 2026 was all about a symbolic homage to love and legacy that’s deeply rooted in the influence of the designer’s late brother, Brian Leyva.
Memoria ng Hardin (Memory of the Garden) celebrates through his captivating designs masterpieces infused with symbolic motifs and excellent techniques. Every stitch, fold and delicate detail is a labor of love, with a narrative of gratitude and remembrance as seen in symbolic roses, intertwined with vine-like grapes and delicate fringes.
Michael’s designs channel a sense of maximalism, showcasing the beauty of excess and opulence. Intricate woven motifs ensure Brian’s legacy remains integral to this designer’s art. It is a collective of beautifully made masterpieces that goes beyond topical impressions. Individually, each seamless creation has a story to tell and truth to be told.
New Now Next asked the celebrated designer 10 things you need to know about the Michael Leyva Couture show:
ML: Forty.
ML: Forty.
ML: I used 150 yards of tulle for the red finale gown.
ML: The red finale gown.
ML: Black and gray.
ML: One month.
ML: I have a team of 47 employees for the custom-made couture section of my production.
ML: The gray circular cutout halter dress.
ML: I really like this collection to be different from all the collections I did last time. We used different fabric manipulation techniques such as laser-cutting, ruching and pleating.
ML: Hard work and teamwork with all my team -- for us to be able to come up with something beautiful, these factors are very important.
“Memoria ng Hardin” echoes a sense of nostalgia wherein love represents life in all its beauty, splendor and vulnerability, remembering, reminiscing and cherishing memories that thrive and remain in our hearts forever. “I am always grateful for the opportunity to showcase my talent the best I can, and forever grateful to kuya Brian for all the inspiration,” Leyva ends.
