&#;When you buy piña now, it’s expensive. But when you buy piña, it is with the thought that this will go to your daughter’s daughter.
&#;Do not get buried in piña. Filipinos traditionally get baptized in pineapple, married in pineapple, and die in pineapple — never mind the dying — it has to go to museums and the next generation. I want to encourage young designers now not to give up, and not to forget that embroidery is part of our culture. So if you buy it, you are keeping our tradition alive.&#;
— Patis Tesoro, &#;Filipiniana is Forever&#; event speech excerpt
Patis Tesoro, affectionately hailed as the Grand Dame of Philippine Fashion, has played a transformative role in reviving the delicate art of piña weaving—a craft once on the brink of extinction.
She ventured to the Visayas in There, she discovered that the once-thriving piña fabric industry had nearly vanished, with only a handful of part-time weavers—mostly resilient women in their late 80s—keeping the art alive. Realizing that without immediate action, the craft might disappear along with these artisans, she observed the meticulous process firsthand. “Piña weaving is far more intricate
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Maria Beatriz “Patis” Pamintuan Tesoro is a Filipina artist, fashion designer, social activist, heritage conservationist, serial entrepreneur and lifestyle icon. Known as the Grand Dame of Philippine Fashion, Tesoro got her start learning from her mother, a dressmaker, while growing up in Iloilo. She learned how to embroider in high school, and, after marrying into the Tesoro family (a family well-known as purveyors of fine Filipino handicrafts), she learned the business of making indigenous and traditional art sustainable from her mother-in-law.
Tesoro devoted over thirty years of her life to preserving ethnic Filipino clothing, reviving the piña fabric industry and ensuring its longevity and bringing Filipino craftsmanship and fashion to the world stage.
Tesoro is known for making the baro’t saya part of modern day life. She did this by using the finest traditional fabrics, beading and embroidery and breathing new life into the design of the baro’t saya. This and her promotion of the garment made filipiñiana clothing common fare.
After noticing that piña fabric production was on the decline with an aging workforce in the ’s, Tesoro also successfully lobbied local
Maria Beatriz Patis Pamintuan Tasoro is a Filipino artist, a fashion designer, social activist, heritage conservationist, and serial entrepreneur.
She is also a lifestyle icon.
She is also known as the Grand Dame of the Philippine fashion.
She is known for making the Barrot Saya part of modern life through the use of traditional fabrics and hand embroidery.
She also accompanied her own design.
And now, Audrey, her book, Patis Tasoro, is about to be released.
Filipiniana is forever.
And to know more details about this book, we will be joined by Ma'am Patis Tasoro.
Good morning and welcome to Rise and Shine Philippines, Ma'am.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Ma'am, can you give us a glimpse of what you will see or read in your book, Filipiniana is Forever?
I made this book.
It is a research book of what I have done for five decades in my life.
I decided to publish pages of my work and my achievements in life to be a research book for Filipinos here and abroad,
and also for all the other countries to see how we live in our everyday life, in costume.
Well, I shouldn't say costume, in our clothes.
We are known for embellishment.
And that embellishmen
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