“(During his inauguration), we could see him proudly showing his Filipino-made clothing and shoes to a big crowd.” The barong’s evolution following Magsaysay’s presidency is also as ...

Other shoes were warped out of shape or badly stained. About 100 of Ferdinand Marcos’ barong shirts were squeezed tightly into another box, some still attached to plastic hangers. A white barong ...

It’s de rigueur at weddings and most formal occasions, and is traditionally paired with dark pants and black formal shoes. One designer whose name is synonymous with the barong is Barge Ramos.

he simply buys a well-fitting black dinner suit or intricately embroidered barong to be worn with crisply ironed black dress pants and polished black shoes. (FREEMAN) ...

and then dress him in a barong, trousers and polished shoes and — voila — you have a political figure! Magic! Some say it’s the stiffness of the fabric that forces a man to walk straight and ...

Duterte rounded up the look by wearing a pair of brown leather shoes, instead of black ones ... Asked about the barong and jeans ensemble, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abello said Duterte ...

The Barong is traditionally worn on top of an undershirt due to its sheer construction, with trousers and dress shoes. It’s characterised by elements such as buttons that travel half way down ...