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Kapampangan Tradition of beauty and fashion sense
The economic prosperity brought
about by the boom in sugar production
before World War II gave Kapampagans
enough time and resources for trivial
pursuits, like fashion and grooming.
The proliferation of fashion schools,
most notably the Salgado School of
Fashion in San Fernando and the Angeles
Fashion School either enhanced
the reputation of Kapampangans as
maporma, or merely reflected the trait
that they have always possessed. From
R.T Paras of Angeles and her descendants
Josefina Gonzales and Roy
Gonzales, to Florencia Salgado
Paloma and Gang Hizon Gomez (a.k.a.
Dom Martin de Jesus, OSB) of San
Fernando, Kapampangan couture leaders
have innovated and influenced Filipino
fashion. Today, the most respected
fashion expert and advocate
of indigenous materials and designs in
the Philippines is Patis Pamintuan
Tesoro, a native of Angeles.
The Old Fashion Schools
of Angeles and San Fernando
Graduates of the Salgado School of Fashion and their teachers whose credentials are
announced in streamers (“graduate in France,” “graduated from Hollywood and New
York”). Opposite page, the collections of Salgado fashion school owner, Florencia Salgado
Paloma, modelled by Salgado herself (Florencia Salgado Paloma)
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