VANESSA CARO Childhood Pictures Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Iloilo Province

Look! VANESSA CARO at 7 years old. Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Iloilo Province. 

Vanessa once wrote " I moved to the Philippines from Hawaii with my parents at eight years old. At the time, it was a big adjustment for a kid who left everything she knew. After 50 years of hard work, my father was ready to retire and return to his true home - Iloilo." 

SEVEN YEARS OLD Vanessa, a year after she moved to Iloilo, her dad's hometown in the Philippines, where she stayed for 16 years and went back again in 2022. 

The first time Vanessa's surfing experience in Hawaii 

Vanessa's mother Patricia, a dance artist in Polynesian genre 

Vanessa as Miss Camp in 2007. She was 14 years old. 

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LET THE YOUNG BE IN HABLON

by PJ Arañador 

Hablon is the indigenous handloom textile of Iloilo since the Spanish period in the Philippines for over 300 years. It is now much alive today.

In the beginning, “ hablon” was handwoven to make thick blankets. Ilonggo folks in the past interchanged the word “ habol” for blanket or the act of weaving itself. “ Hablon ” is the finished product. Its root word is “ habol”. 

The patterns are traditionally done manually on paper which is  tedious while today with computer aided design I create the patterns of  design with digital technology. This speeds up the process while  it relates to the Gen Z and the millenials. However, weaving is still handloom using the traditional footpedal  called the "teral" or " tedal" which preserves the charm of the old world craft.

Hablon is similar to Abel of Ilocos region.  Hablon usually uses a blend of polyester and cotton  today unlike the abel that remained using all cotton until today.  Perhaps with its promixity to the source of Chinese cotton  yarn or thread in northern Luzon. Although Iloilo still weaves blends including the luxurious and expensive "jusi" which is mixing silk and piña or pineapple fiber.

Habol  which means in Ilonggo to weave was all cotton in 1700's until the British  built the international port of Iloilo called Muelle Loney, named after the British investor who built it when England had its presence in Iloilo at the turn of the century,  who bought milled cotton to Iloilo and the industry declined drastically. 

The high profit in sugarcane business for Ilonggos, who were the first to export sugar to Australia, and the rest of the world, shifted the economy from textiles to sugar. At that time Iloilo was the textile capital of the Philippines which was from 1700's to 1900's.

Hablon is also refered as " Binisaya" or " Visayan" handloom textile using foot pedal unlike in Mindanao most of them uses the backstrap loom. My aunts in Badiagan Iloilo used to gift us with hablon and it was made of thick wool when the American missionaries in Iloilo bought wool yarn. We used them only as blanket. They were colorful.

Hablon can be refered to both "patadyong"  ( checkered print)  and "hablon" ( inserted pattern) or " turn of the century Filipino archetype Damian Domingo  stripes).  Patadyong was for everyday use in tube dresses while hablon for special occasion garments like terno or barong. 

While in the Cordilleras the inserts are usually after nature like rice, plants, mountains or animals, hablon has the more European prints that include fine suiting type pattern of pin stripes or bold nautical like prints. I made highly engineered pattern for my past collections now in my archive. 

 The one unique  charcteristics of hablon is that it is a chameleon fabric which means it changes its color ar different angles. 

PHOTO Textile design for hablon by PJ Aranador in indigenous geometric patterns  over red or  black base for an international runway virtual  show at Tenun Fashion Week for ASEAN countries.  

VIRTUAL SHOW DETAILS 

 Iloilo handloom textiles  hablon at the Tenun Fashion Week for ASEAN countries. Virtual World Premiere Oct. 16, 2021 7 to 9 pm GMT +8 in YouTube Channel: TENUN Fashion Week

https://www.youtube.com/.../UC.../channels

b) Facebook live on our Facebook page: TENUN Fashion Week

Designer Apparel and Accessories PJ Aranador

Artisans Salngan Multipurpose Coop Oton Iloilo Province Elsie Balidiong 

Marketing Arm Panublix Noreen Marian Bautista 

Photo Algie Casuela Panaguiton Jr. 

HMUA Benny Che 

Model Elmar Banate 

Thanks to Permanent Ambassador of the Philippines to the ASEAN Amb Noel Servigon 

Iloilo Provincial Office for Culture, Arts and Tourism Bombette Golez Marin  #hablon #tenun ,

 HABLON of ILOILO. Diversity in fashion. Least we forget. 

*Wovens that tell stories of far distant places. 

*Textiles that transgress various culture and beliefs.  

*Crafts that unites people.

 Iloilo handloom textiles  hablon at the Tenun Fashion Week for ASEAN countries. Virtual World Premiere Oct. 16, 2021 7 to 9 pm GMT +8 in YouTube Channel: TENUN Fashion Week

https://www.youtube.com/.../UC.../channels

b) Facebook live on our Facebook page: TENUN Fashion Week

Designer PJ Aranador

Artisans Salngan Multipurpose Coop Oton Iloilo Province

Marketing Arm Panublix Noreen Marian Bautista 

Photo Algie Casuela Panaguiton Jr. 

HMUA Benny Che 

Models Jared Las Elisha Ackerman Rochell Geron Elmar Banate Elijah Villarina 

Salngan Elsie Balidiong 

Thanks to Permanent Ambassador of the Philippines to the ASEAN Amb Noel Servigon 

Iloilo Provincial Office for Culture, Arts and Tourism Bombette Golez Marin #hablon #tenun ,

UPCYCLED REPURPOSED KATSA FLOUR SACK APPAREL by Nautilus PJ Aranador Boracay and Iloilo

CIRCULAR FASHION FROM ILOILO CITY BOUND FOR NEW YORK CITY.

BOUND FOR NEW YORK CITY. Selling Iloilo internationally at this time of pandemic takes a toll of innovative thinking. I never imagined our repurposed katsa and pandan bags of Guimaras will be received well abroad. The collection is sold for New York's summer season 2021. Each piece is individually handpainted with Iloilo's advocacy for farming and cultural identity. The accessories revives the bayong and tampipi, oversized for the roomy flair. All done by our community of marginalized artisans. Available in Iloilo. We deliver to your doorstep. AS FEATURED BY PHILIPPINE INQUIRER https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/.../upcycling.../amp/... #circulareconomy #sustainablefashion PHOTOS Bella Dim HMUA Benny Che LOCATION The Avenue Smallville Iloilo City

SUSTAINABLE FASHION ILOILO

 ILONGGA NGA MUNGA. Ilongga hen.

If there is a fierce ILONGGO NGA SULOG, Ilonggo rooster, there is a soft spoken ILONGGA NGA MUNGA, behind him.

With CARGADOR "purontong" / calzoncillos shorts.

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Model Sharon Idone Miss Iloilo Dinagyang Tourism 2019 and Miss Millennial Iloilo 2019 HMUA Benny Che Photo Bella Dim

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REPURPOSED KATSA upcycled flour sacks into garments

 STAY HOME STYLE. Do you remember when our garments including our underwear was crafted in katsa in the past? We bring back this look out of modern Ilonggo sensibilities for reason of frugality, responsibility, circularity and sustainability.

The Katsa shirt and purontong shorts and handloom pandan with leather bayong bags

COLOR SWATCHES Spring Summer 2016 / 17

SPRING SUMMER Color 2016 2017 as compiled by PJ Aranador