Interview with Joyce Penas Pilarsky, International Fashion & Jewelry Designer of Joyce Penas Pilarsky, PH

I started joining fashion shows around the globe like Philippine Fashion Week, J Summer Fashion show in Paris, Fashion Week Brooklyn, New York, Summer Fashion show in Germany, Ecoluxe Luxury Fashion show during the London Fashion Week 2014, ECO Fashion Show in Abu Dhabi, Joyce has been proclaimed Grand Champion at Los Angeles Fashion Week Design Competition last 2015.

It means a lot to me to win this prestigious award. It gives me more inspiration to be more creative.

I'm so proud of my winning work because I can show the world the beauty of nature through my work.

The biggest challenge is how to best present the shells because it's so fragile in the designs that I made and how to put them together to create an impact.

Winning an award makes me strive for more and challenges me to try new things to incorporate in my work.

The top 3 favorite things about the industry are you are as free and as expressive as you want to be and you can do what you believe is the best way you can present your craft.

I think each country is unique it's the creativity of our people that makes it stand out from the rest. The way we combine our materials.

I think in the next 6 to 7 years we will see more recycled materials and more practical ones for everyday use.

The advice I could give to students is to be themselves and express their own ideas and be original.

I believe that it's important for people to learn more by reading more and experimenting with new things.

What I never told anyone is that I always ask advice from my deceased parents for every major decision I make.

My big inspiration is my parents because they taught me to fear God and they taught me all the virtues that I needed to be a good example of a person who has integrity and is hard working. But humble and compassionate and loving and somebody who can touch other people's lives with the use of the talents God has given me.

The key to success, in my opinion, is to pray for everything and to do your best in everything that you do and to give God all the Glory.

I believe that talent is not enough. It is the love and the passion and the tenacity and patience and determination to reach whatever goals you have that make a person achieve more in life. And remember that whatever obstacles you face just never give up until you reach your dream.