Ilongga fashion designer Patis Tesoro named National Artist, ‘Grand Dame of Philippine Fashion’ cited for reviving traditional textiles

ILOILO City – From learning needlework as a five-year-old girl in Iloilo to helping rescue the centuries-old piña-weaving tradition from extinction, Maria Beatriz “Patis” Pamintuan-Tesoro has woven her Ilonggo roots into a lifetime of preserving Filipino culture — a legacy now crowned with the country’s highest artistic honor. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. conferred on Tesoro […]

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