THIS COLLECTION STARTED WITH HEAVY RESEARCH ON PRE VS POST COLONIAL TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DRESS. INFLUENCING SILHOUETTE WITH A LOT OF REFERENCES TO EARLY PATTERN MAKING IN THE AREA MY FAMILY ORIGINATED. AS I PROGRESSED WITH THE TEXTILE HEAVY COLLECTION THE EXPERIENCE OF MY CULTURE THROUGH MY FAMILY AND THEIR STORIES BECAME THE FOCAL POINT. THE WAY I DESIGN IS WONDERFULLY EMOTION HEAVY, FLOWING AND ORGANIC; IT IS OFTEN INFLUENCED BY HUMAN CONNECTION AND SO I TRY TO COMMUNICATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND SHARED EXPERIENCE SO THAT THE WEARER CAN FEEL MY SAME EXCITEMENT AND JOY AND PASSION.