Spotting The Red

On the first week of the year, I spotted a lot of red. Red was the holiday color from Christmas to New Year’s Eve and a lucky color for the superstitious Asians. This color does bring joy, carries fortune, and is an eye-catcher.

Dress up in Flour Sacks

Fashion designer vision to make flour sacks to kimono style clothing A coffee conversation with the talented fashion designer, Hazel Roldan. Flour sacks sewed as clothing is nothing new but […]

Aklan Piña: From Humble Leaf to UNESCO Treasure

Imagine the delicate touch of skilled artisans extracting fibers from pineapple (piña) leaves turned into living history.