Francis Libiran

Francis Libiran is a Filiipino fashion designer, who had made clothing designs that have been worn by Hollywood celebrities and featured on America's Next Top Model. In 2024, he designed the Sinag Barong worn by Team Philippines at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Early life and education Libiran was born in Metro Manila, Philippines.

He first dabbled in fashion design at age eight, and often doodled gowns in secret fearing his father might discover his LGBTQ identity. He remained closeted in his early years out of respect for his family. He often accompany his mother to the seamstress. He set up a small atelier in 1998, marking the start of his fashion design career.

Encantadia In 2016, Libiran designed costumes for GMA's TV series Encatadia, where he did extensive research to come up with the designs. According to Libiran, his team brainstormed together with Encantadias production team and watched old clips of Encantadia in YouTube to conceptualize the characters' fashion sense. The gowns of the sang'gres and Ynang Reyna is more edgy and fashionable compared to the ruggedness/cocky-themed costumes in 2005. He further stated, "A normal gown usually takes us two months to create but since we had to consider the time, we assigned a dedicated team of craftsmen to produce the outfits in just 15 days." The cast first appeared in costumes during "ToyCon 2016 Poplife Fan Xperience" at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay on June 10, 2016. quote box "The process is the same as when we make our signature gowns for clients here and abroad. Since the designs I've made still include my signature details, it was not that hard for me and my team to create the costumes. The only difference is that we had to consider how these gowns would appear against chroma optical filters used in television as Encantadia is a telefantasia which requires chroma." — Libiran, on how Encantadia costumes were made. They had a wedding ceremony in Boracay in 2017. They have two adopted sons. They were planning to formalize their union in the United States by 2018.