The Filipino social entreprise will highlight the weaves of women of Julongan village in Kiangan, Ifugao for The Society Fashion Week in New York on September 7.
Kandama Collective founder Victor Baguilat Jr. shared in an Inquirer interview that their goal is to empower women through their looms and skills without harming the environment and the ones who patronize them. Kandama, after all, means "power" in the language of Ifugao, the Tuwali.
"We want to facilitate the empowerment of indigenous women and for those who wear us to feel their power within," said Baguilat who himself has Ifugao heritage.
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