I've moved allot - from city to city, country to country. I like moving. I like new. I like a fresh coat of paint.
In 1991, pregnant with my second son, my then husband, Eric and I decided to move back to the Philippines after 6 years in NYC and 2 years in Montreal. The envisioned the nanny for my son; not having to cook another meal for myself; someone to wash, and mind you, IRON my clothes, that was all to be had when I moved back to the Philippines. Eric was totally enamored with Philippine tribal art. He was ready for the moved too.
So... what do I do now? Immediately after graduating from Fashion Institute of Technology in 1989 with the Bernard Holtzman Design Award, Eric married me and whisked me off to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. That was the beginning and the end of my fashion designing career. After all those late nights sewing and unsewing garments, I realized that is not what I want to do. I wanted to do something creative but sewing and designing garments was not it.
With Eric's love of tribal art, it wasn't a difficult decision to start an export company that made tribally inspired fashion accessories. The Philippine Department of Labor had these classes on bag making. I learned how to make bag patterns and construction. We made tribally inspired bags, hats and fashion accessories out of indigenous materials. x-tribe enterprises was born.
In 1991, pregnant with my second son, my then husband, Eric and I decided to move back to the Philippines after 6 years in NYC and 2 years in Montreal. The envisioned the nanny for my son; not having to cook another meal for myself; someone to wash, and mind you, IRON my clothes, that was all to be had when I moved back to the Philippines. Eric was totally enamored with Philippine tribal art. He was ready for the moved too.
So... what do I do now? Immediately after graduating from Fashion Institute of Technology in 1989 with the Bernard Holtzman Design Award, Eric married me and whisked me off to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. That was the beginning and the end of my fashion designing career. After all those late nights sewing and unsewing garments, I realized that is not what I want to do. I wanted to do something creative but sewing and designing garments was not it.
With Eric's love of tribal art, it wasn't a difficult decision to start an export company that made tribally inspired fashion accessories. The Philippine Department of Labor had these classes on bag making. I learned how to make bag patterns and construction. We made tribally inspired bags, hats and fashion accessories out of indigenous materials. x-tribe enterprises was born.