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[1] [3] Crispa's garment and textile products were marketed as "Redmanized", "shrunk-to-fit". [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Crispa would discontinue its manufacturing and retail businesses, as well as disband its basketball team, following the decline of the Floro business enterprises by the late-1980s.
Location of the Philippines. The Philippines is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit.
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Originating in Luzon, this clothing is made of pineapple fiber and is translucent, and an undershirt has to be worn together with dark pants. The "coat" or "suit", locally known as the "Amerikana" or Americana (literally "American") was a type of clothing introduced to the Philippines by the Americans. Worn with a tie, it is used for formal ...
Tagalog maginoo (nobility) wearing baro in the Boxer Codex (c.1590). Baro't saya evolved from two pieces of clothing worn by both men and women in the pre-colonial period of the Philippines: the baro (also barú or bayú in other Philippine languages), a simple collar-less shirt or jacket with close-fitting long sleeves; [5] and the tapis (also called patadyong in the Visayas and Sulu ...
Embroidery stitch – one or more stitches forming a figure of recognizable appearance; Hemstitch (Hemming stitch) – decorative technique for embellishing the hem of clothing or household linens; Ladder stitch or mattress stitch – for invisibly closing seams from the outside, i.e. to close a pillow after being stuffed
A patadyong from the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. The patadyong (pronounced pa-tad-jóng, also called patadyung, patadjong, habol, or habul), is an indigenous Philippine rectangular or tube-like wraparound skirt worn by both men and women of the Visayas islands and the Sulu Archipelago, similar to the Malong, or Sarong.
Another option is called a rocking stitch, where the quilter has one hand, usually with a finger wearing a thimble, on top of the quilt, while the other hand is located beneath the piece to push the needle back up. [39] A third option is called "loading the needle" and involves doing four or more stitches before pulling the needle through the ...