Derieza – the comfort of repetition I used to loathe this design. I never quite understood why it was so popular. But it was easy to make—much less complicated than Laloce, though it carried almost the same silhouette. I remember people especially liking the midrib design. I liked that part too, I feel like there’s […]

Laloce – where it began This was the top I brought to my Larab booth event almost ten years ago. It didn’t sell that night. But one of the organizers—who happens to be my—friend called dibs. And somehow that felt louder than a sale. It was the piece that made girls in Northern Samar stop […]