SALVACION LIM-HIGGINS
National Artist for Fashion Design (2022)
January 28, 1920 – September 15, 1990

Salvacion Lim-Higgins, known to the fashion world as “Slim’s”, is credited for having masterly innovated on and transformed the “national costume” into a  world-class silhouette. By marrying elements of Philippine costume with  European couture details and construction,  she modernized the look of the terno,  inflecting it with an apparent feminine sensibility, ushering it to an exciting post-war era. One of the most enduring and notable contributions of Lim-Higgins to fashion was being an educator. She founded her own fashion and design school, the Slim’s Fashion and Arts  School, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020.