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Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 10.15: 19th Century French Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
The illustration here is titled Métis de la haute classe en promenade [Mestizos of the upper class promenading], 1846, from the Jean Mallat book . . .
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 10.9: 19th Century French Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy was a French navigator, explorer and adventurer that traveled around the world and visited the Philippines twice. He wrote about his...
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 10.7: 19th Century French Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
Paul Proust de la Gironière was a French doctor and traveler that lived in the Philippines for many years. After practicing medicine in Manila, he developed...
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 10.7: 19th Century French Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
Grégoire Louis Domeny de Rienzi was a French geographer that published the images of the travels of other explorers and discoverers in his series called . . .
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Addendum Part 10.6: 19th Century French Artist Illustrations of Life in the Philippines
François-Edmond Pâris was a French naval officer that circumnavigated the world multiple times and documented what he saw in his travels. He was also an . . .
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Spanish Colonial Philippines Part 11: 18th / 19th Century Working Class & Commoners
During the 18th and 19th centuries in the Philippines, the majority, working class people and commoners, dressed less extravagantly than the upper classes we . . .
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Spanish Colonial Philippines Part 10: Late 18th Century Men’s Fashion Changes
Our previous two installments featured ilustrado and principalia class (in the middle to upper class) men’s fashion from around the mid-18th century. By the late 18th ...
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Spanish Colonial Philippines Part 7: the Barong Mahaba
Barong mahaba, or long barongs, have quite a history in the Philippines. The Boxer Codex, circa 1590, shows a Pintado (tattooed indigenous Cebuano or Waray) man (see attached pic) and a Visayan
Journey of the Barong Tagalog, Spanish Colonial Philippines Part 3: Piña and the Start of the Textile Industry
Piña is woven fabric made of fibers from pineapple leaves. It is the quintessential component of fine Tagalog clothing, and it is the most formal fabric used for the...