No national costumes here: These 6 local clothing brands reimagine Filipiniana for today's tastes

From cropped ternos to playful barongs – update your wardrobe with wearable takes on traditional Filipino fashion.

MANILA, Philippines – As a child of the ’90s, my first experience of Filipiniana was the stiff and scratchy Balintawak my mother dressed me in for our school’s Linggo ng Wika celebration.

The dress – a grey a-line terno with silver beading outlining pink flowers – was as vintage as vintage could get. It belonged to my, who was so slim that something she wore in her early adulthood fit her chubby pre-teen granddaughter like a glove decades later. Back then, I thought the dress looked ancient and outdated – just a costume to wear for a school occasion – but recently, I’ve found myself thinking of it every time I look through my closet to pick out my clothes for the day.

You see, like many people, I sold my soul to fast fashion years ago, and only recently woke up to the harrowing realization that at this point, my wardrobe is basically an H&M stockroom. My lola’s terno only reminds me of the elegance, whimsy, and originality that my current closet sorely lacks. In an effort to rectify my painfully basic fashion choices, I decided to seek inspiration from Filipiniana. Trawling through old black-and-white photos of my lola, Manila carnival queens, the

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