Month: October 2011

We’ve started mentoring the finalists for FDCP’s “Weaving the Future” fashion and design competition, and their design entries are all inspired by the fabrics & materials found in any one of our 7,107 islands.  Finals of the competition will be in November, so watch out for that because it’s sure to be super exciting! Without preempting any of their work, I’ve put together my personal inspiration album of many of the amazing sights–and sites–that Ito and I have been lucky enough to have seen while traveling around the Philippines (though there are many more places that we’re looking forward to seeing thanks to the new video just released by the DOT.  View it here 🙂  Pilipinas, Tara Na!).  Sometimes it’s okay to be a foreigner in your own country, if it allows you to see it with new eyes 😉 Thatched roofs, feathery brooms and freshly grilled food in the night market Sutokil in Mactan, Cebu Frothy lace, intricate embroidery and handmade headpieces at the Santacruzan fiesta in Cebu Wrought-iron chandeliers, mother-of-pearl accents, modern colonial Philippine design in Cebu Original art deco buildings and a lovely, well-preserved vintage calesa with brass trim in Malate, Manila Pale, delicate ruffles of handmade, hand rolled dumplings in Chinatown, Binondo, Manila Tomato-red and yellow-gold Chinese lanterns against a centuries old Catholic church in Binondo, Manila Mirror-smooth lagoons, multi-hued skies & nature in full...