(detail) Black linen long shirt by DKNY, c.1990s. Personalized organza appliqué patch shows a young woman wearing baró’t saya, Luzon, Philippines c.1910.Found clothing is a holding space for latent energy incubating in stillness.
orobaro is marked by a feeling for (un)common textiles, comfortable silhouettes, and the thoughtful and at times unintended details that come with age and wear. Selections accumulate through a practice of noticing - by sight as by touch - refined texture and quality construction, as well as things like the rough edge of a shirt button made from mother-of-pearl, a hole mended with gently mismatched string, or the friction-faded burnish of satin lining.
Fabric weight, drape, and movement are equally considered. Found clothing is a holding space for latent energy incubating in stillness -- by inhabiting that space once again, our bodies invoke its kinetic potential and, in the right conditions, symbiotically bring each other into being.
Fabric weight, drape, and movement are equally considered. Found clothing is a holding space for latent energy incubating in stillness -- by inhabiting that space once again, our bodies invoke its kinetic potential and, in the right conditions, symbiotically bring each other into being.
The adorned aspect of orobaro shows up as silk and canvas patch appliqué on specific garments. This material addition is intended to reflect the pre-colonial Filipino tradition of carrying antinganting, or talismans, close to the body as a form of strength and protection.
orobaro is an archipelagic edit of found and adorned vintage shirting.
orobaro is an archipelagic edit of found and adorned vintage shirting.