This National Women’s Month, we recognize and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of our female national artists. These women have made significant strides in their respective fields, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations of artists.

Today’s featured national artist is Salvacion L. Higgins, National Artist for Fashion Design.

SALVACION LIM-HIGGINS
National Artist for Fashion Design (2022)

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. 

(Source: https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/national-artists-of-the-philippines/salvacion-lim-higgins-2/)