MANILA, Philippines — Fashion designer Avel Bacudio collaborated with the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) in a fundraising fashion show ...

PHILIPPINE tropical fabrics — abaca, bandala, piña, banana, kawayarn and other textiles — were showcased in a 100-piece collection designed by the Davao Fashion and Design Council Foundation Inc.

As part of the celebration of Philippine Tropical Fabrics Month — with the theme "Weaving Circularity" — the DOST-PTRI recently launched the 10th Filipino Footwear Design Competition (FFDC), which ...

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The DOST-Philippine Textile Research Institute is tasked under Proclamation No. 313 series of 2012, to promote the judicious use of indigenous textiles in the country with the use of abaca, banana, ...

In 2004, Congress approved Republic Act No. 9242, also known as the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Law, prescribing the use of natural fibers produced, spun, woven or knitted and finished in the ...

Fabric design company Harlequin has also gone down the tropical trail with its Amazilia spring collection, while Sanderson has followed suit with its Manila print.