HERITAGE L/S Oversized Shirt - Ulap

LIMITED QUANTITY
Polyester Binakol textile handwoven in Abra, Philippines
Hand cut and hand placed textile applique
Oversized fit
bago silicone box logo
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100% premium cotton
15oz heavyweight jersey
Imported

HABI (WEAVE)
Binakol in kusikus pattern. Handwoven by the master weavers of Mang Abel Ti Abra.

LOCATION
Bulbulala, La Paz, Abra, Philippines

PARTNERS
bago operates in an ethical, slow fashion model. All of our garments are made in Los Angeles. We work with ANTHILL Fabrics to ethically source handwoven textiles directly from weaving communities in the Philippines. 

HISTORY
Binakol textile is indigenous to the Ilokanos and Itneg communities of Ilocos and the Cordillera region. The weavers keep track of the complex geometric patterns of squares and rectangles completely in their minds without a manual or guide.

Dating all the way back to the 1400s, the Binakol is traditionally a ceremonial cloth used for protection as the optical illusion of the pattern is said to create a dizzying effect that drives away evil spirits. This particular pattern is known as kusikus, designed to resemble swirling, circular whirlpool vortices in the ocean.

bago works with ANTHILL Fabrics to ethically source handwoven textiles directly from weaving communities in the Philippines. ANTHILL provides working compensation to their weavers 10x the national average to ensure fair wages. bago also donates a portion of its profits to non-profit organizations to support development of Filipino/a/x communities in the United States.

43% of our textile costs goes directly to the weavers

48% of our textile costs is reinvested by ANTHILL Fabrics into their Community Enterprise Development Program

bago donates a percentage of all profits to a Filipino American community organization in the US

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