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Qipao, also known as cheongsam, is a body-hugging Chinese clothing that originated in Manchu. During the 1920s and 1930s, it was known as the Mandarin gown until Chinese socialites and upper-class women in Shanghai modified it. The qipao is a close-fitting, high-necked garment with the skirt slit halfway up the side. It can be seen … Read more

The word “rayadillo” is a Spanish word that means “striped material”. In the mid-nineteenth century, it was a blue and white fabric used to manufacture military uniforms for Spanish colonial soldiers. Veterans of the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War wore rayadillo uniforms the most in the Philippines. These outfits were designed by the artist … Read more

The umpak is a clothing used by the ethnolinguistic group Bagobo. It is a closed-front upper garment for men. Shell disks solidly cover the entire front as well as the cuffs. This type of clothing is among Bagobo’s textiles dyed using ikat. It is made from abaca, cotton threads, natural and synthetic dyes. Umpak ka … Read more

Suklang is a type of clothing used by Bontoc Igorot men. It is a basket-weave hat that is worn on the back of the head, kept in place by a cord, and is usually hidden by the front hair. It is made from rattan with red bamboo and yellow reeds as decorations. The form and … Read more

The Traje de Mestiza, commonly known as the Maria Clara gown, is an aristocratic version of baro’t saya. It is defined with a more voluminous bell-shaped sleeve with a fitted bodice and a more elaborated skirt with a short saya de cola. As Americans emerged as a new colonial power at the end of the … Read more