The Philippine flag and traditional attire of baro’t saya have inspired Nigerian-American model-director Wisdom Kaye to design a look for his high-fashion Olympics collection.
The 23-year-old fashion influencer took to social media to share his photos of the collection inspired by the flags of selected 30 nations that participated in the recently concluded Summer Olympics in Paris, including the Philippines.
In an August 20, 2024, thread he created on X, the touted “best-dressed guy on TikTok” posted a photo of him wearing an ensemble patterned after the Filipino colors.
He can be seen in the photo wearing a blue jacket, blue and white scarf, red and white balloon skirt, and a white clutch bag with a golden sun accessory similar to what is seen on the Philippine flag.
“This look takes inspiration from the color and design of the flag of the Philippines as well as the colors. It takes stylistic inspiration from the baro’t saya, which is a traditoinal [sic] ensemble worn by women in the Philippines,” the social media personality-turned-model explained in his caption.
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Following the tricolor of the Dutch flag, this look takes direct inspiration from traditional attire worn by sailors in the fishing village of Volendam in the 1900s, which featured wide legged trousers, designed to fill with air and provide buoyancy if one… pic.twitter.com/p2zUiANi0h— Wisdom Kaye (@modsiwW) August 19, 2024
As of this writing, His X post about the Philippine flag-inspired attire has earned more than 34K heart reactions and has been reposted more than 5.3K times.
Other countries Kaye took inspiration from are Morocco, Jamaica, USA, Mexico, France, Italy, Palestine, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Ireland, Japan, Great Britain, Romania, Turkiye, Nigeria, Ukraine, Pakistan, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Korea, Kenya, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Norway, and Egypt.
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Iconic symbols of the Philippines that have inspired fashion include:
- The World Flag website’s personified version of the Philippine flag and a Japanese anime character named Rizal as part of the promotion of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics;
- Celebrity fashion designer Francis Libiran’s design of the Barong Tagalog infused with the colors and elements of the Philippines flag as uniforms of the Filipino athletes for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony;
- Libiran created the “Sinag” Barong uniforms, also inspired by the Philippine flag, for Filipino athletes who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Team Philippines stood out among the best outfit uniforms during the first-ever Olympic fluvial Parade of Nations along the historic Seine River in the French capital.
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