MANILA, Philippines — While Paris Fashion Week is in full swing in France, the Design Center of the Philippines recently opened “Art x Design: A Special Reception of the 50 Years of Philippine Design and Beyond” exhibition in National Museum of Fine Arts. At the exhibit, it can be seen that way before Filipina actress Heart Evangelista slayed the runway of the latest Paris Fashion Week, French master fashion designers and Paris Fashion Week staples Pierre Cardin and Jean Paul Gaultier first visited the Philippines and made their own versions of the Filipino national costume Barong Tagalog.