You know how a person's taste change with time? Well, let's just say, I'm not into making gowns for the past few months. I may appreciate them but I'm not inspired to make them right now. I currently like the informal dresses or maybe the offbeat look.
This Saturday, PNN will have another doll met with Modern Filipiniana as the theme. Filipiniana dresses are usually associated with a certain level of formality, something I'm not keen on doing so I took it as a challenge to make a Filipiniana dress that is not just informal but is rebellious, crazy and wonderfully wazak. What better doll to model it than an equally quirky big headed Chichi.
From the back it looks like a Balintawak except that those dresses are usually in vibrant and lively colors. I decided to use black. But wait until you see the front. It's so...WAZAK!
This dress is no one-trick pony, which is a plus in my book. Even if it is informal, one can make it look decent with the right styling. It can be mixed and matched with a different skirt or pants.
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Wazak was derived from the Filipino word 'wasak'. Wasak means to destroy. Wasak can also mean other things colloquially.
