Embroidery, the art of forming decorative designs ... Before the brassierre was introduced in Cebu, young ladies wore heavily embroidered underwear such as the camison (chemise); corpià...

CEBU, Philippines - The only way the model can watch her step or breathe is through the gaps of the pattern of the embroidery. Or else, she must strongly rely on her intuition. Albert Arriba takes ...

Rodriguez harked back to the Christianization of Cebu in 1521. His embellishments were references to ecclesiastical clothing, the metallic embroidery and crowns of religious icons. Aside from ...