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Fashion finds at Habi Fiesta

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May 19, 2025

WHILE HABI FIESTA, a gathering of local weaving businesses supported by the J. Amado Araneta Foundation through the Gateway Gallery, ended on May 18 after a run in the Gateway Mall’s activity center, interested parties can still contact these vendors and order from them (we asked; we took our measurements in anticipation).

Fashion finds at Habi Fiesta

Namarabar Ethnic Crafts & Antiques from Abra makes jackets that have since become our new favorite, copying the lines of certain French cardigans but executing them in pinilian, a sort of cotton brocade woven locally.

Raised threads in the design create patterns, such as one showing a figure of a fisherman, executed in blue. Contact them at 0995-214-0675, or at malibradadonato351@gmail.com.

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