Vogue editor Diana Vreeland once declared “Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes.” From the corset to the kimono and even the revival of the barong tagalog amongst young Filipinos in the diaspora, the shift in garments reflects the way society views its people, particularly its women. In the Philippines, such is the case of Filipiniana gowns, worn by women beginning in the Spanish…