What do workers from the live entertainment industry do when they are jobless? They party! As live entertainment and tourism are some of the hardest-hit businesses in this pandemic, entrepreneur
Fashion designer Lito Perez’s fascination with history and culture has always fueled his creativity. His latest Barong Tagalog designs combine the grand styles of the Philippine colonial period and contemporary silhouettes and fabrications to offer a refreshing take on the national costume.
For this special shoot that pays tribute to Kasuotang Pilipino, Lito Perez, president of the 30-year-old Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines, brings back the high-style luxury of Barong Tagalog as worn by the elite ilustrado class in the Spanish era.
Choosing our costumes proved to be a giddy exercise. There were giggles as the ladies changed into baro’t saya and the gentlemen into period barong, meaning 19th century. And then
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