{"id":250141,"date":"2020-03-27T01:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250141"},"modified":"2020-03-27T01:35:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T05:35:29","slug":"renowned-filipino-fashion-designer-ito-curata-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/27\/renowned-filipino-fashion-designer-ito-curata-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Filipino fashion designer Ito Curata passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_250142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250142\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Renowned-Filipino-fashion-designer-Ito-Curata-passes-away.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250142\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Renowned-Filipino-fashion-designer-Ito-Curata-passes-away.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"793\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-250142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He was confined in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa and underwent treatment for a week before he passed away on Thursday evening, March 26. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2Sy84JH0Av\/\">photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itocurata\/?hl=en\">@itocurata\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philippine fashion industry bade goodbye to one of its stalwarts, Ito Curata, who joined our Creator at the age of 60.<\/p>\n<p>Lifestyle Asia Magazine confirmed this news in an Instagram post, saying the renowned fashion designer succumbed to pneumonia brought about by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>He was confined in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa and underwent treatment for a week before he passed away on Thursday evening, March 26.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A veteran in bridal design, as well as Filipiniana style with a creative eye and opulent flair, Ito Curata was always a standout,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-MqAjcFYmd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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A veteran in bridal design, as well as Filipiana style with a creative eye and opulent flair, Ito Curata was always a standout. So, it is with a heavy heart to learn that Ito was confined in ICU at the Asian Hospital due to pneumonia complications brought about by COVID-19, and after a week of treatment he succumbed to his illness earlier this evening.\u2060 \u2060 Tap the link in bio to read more.\u2060 \u2060 #LifestyleAsiaPH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lifestyle_asia\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Lifestyle Asia<\/a> (@lifestyle_asia) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-03-26T13:00:59+00:00\">Mar 26, 2020 at 6:00am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Curata was a liberal arts graduate of the University of San Francisco and Academy of Art College, prior to establishing his own name in the fashion industry. In an article published by Preview.ph in January 2010, the designer shared that his love for fashion began during his childhood days when he saw the gowns made by his mother&#8217;s dressmaker being brought to their home.<\/p>\n<p>As a veteran who spent more than 30 years of his life designing and creating clothes, Curata had worked with high-profile personalities, ranging from international stars like Sharon Stone and local celebrities like Bea Alonzo, to the former highest government official in the Philippine soil, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.<\/p>\n<p>Curata is survived by his son, Taj, and his partner Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Miller who, according to Lifestyle Asia magazine, was also being treated for pneumonia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine fashion industry bade goodbye to one of its stalwarts, Ito Curata, who joined our Creator at the age &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":250142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fashion-and-beauty","category-lifestyle","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250145,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250141\/revisions\/250145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}