fashion and hairstyle of the filipina from pre-hispanic

Objectives:

• To know the evolution of the manner of fixing the hair and dressing of Filipina women

• To compare and contrast the physical appearance of Filipina before and the modern Filipina

• To know the factors affecting and surrounding the manner of dressing and fixing the hair of Filipina

Content

First Colonizations

2) Indonesians• More advanced

culture• Wore clothes and

tattoed their bodies

1) Pygmies or Negritos • Primitive culture• Clothing made from

leaves and barks• Ornaments that perished

easily such as flowers and leaves

3) Malaysians• dress of Malay women: (1) upper part, the baro or

camisa, a loose blouse that had sleeves, & (2) lower part, which the Tagalogs called saya and the Visayans called patadyong, was a loose-fitting skirt

• Tapis - a red white cloth wrapped around the waist.• Body tattooed with figures and designs representing

animals and nature to enhance their beauty and to serve as records of wars

• Women knotted their hair at the back of their heads for them to comfortably do their chores.

• gogo -a dried bark sliced into pieces.

American Colonization

1900s: Maria Clara• not very loose • skirt made of lace • popular mode of dressing until 1913 • on shoulders, a triangular pañuelo was placed

far from the neck and with its two ends knotted in front at the chest

Terno• had a cowl or draped neckline and butterfly sleeves called

babarahin• made of satin, velvet, crepe, lace, piña or jusiSaya • became very loose• had a tail called kola • tapis was on top of the sayaLater part of American colonization: • adopted the mode of dressing of Americans• Woskirts and high-heeled shoes, nylon stockings, artificial

eyelashes, make-up and perfumes. • curled their hair • dresses became shorter

Japanese Period

• Culture of survival emerged• bakya-wooden clogs, which became substitute of shoes because of shoe shortage -art applied in the carvings on the bakya• Japanese culture didn’t influence manner of

dressing

Post-war

• Early: terno• Later: Filipinos followed fashion fads of the

Westerners• Women started wearing pants and jeans,

shirts and blouses.

Present

• follow the Westerners’ fashion statements • wear tight-fitting clothes such as skinny jeans

and leggings and not-so-modest clothes which show off or flaunt their features

• heels, rubber shoes • make-up and hairstyling • shorter hairstyles

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