About

Manila Designer is dedicated in providing you with carefully selected tools and materials that will help shape your creativity.

Our unique offerings include tried-and-tested experimental textiles, handwoven textiles and handmade dressforms that are locally-produced yet globally competitive. 

 

Making Philippine Textiles More Accessible

You’ve heard stories and may have seen samples of the beauty and capabilities of Philippine Textiles. Some textiles use home-grown, natural fibers that are considered eco-friendly while others, especially handwoven ones, possess captivating traditional designs as it also represent the stories of the makers’ unique culture.

Manila Designer aims to make Philippine textiles more accessible to local and international users. All products in our collection have been tried and tested by designers. We aim to provide you with relevant information of its source, composition, description and ample visual reference to help you decide whether this is the right material you are looking for. 

And the best part is, you can order it online and have it delivered right at your door step!

 

Finding the Right Tools to Shape Global Designs

Aside from textiles, we also aim to provide you with tools that will shape your dream designs. Like our textiles, we will only provide you with products that work and really help you accomplish your tasks giving you your money’s worth.

 

Promoting Sustainable Tradition

Ultimately, Manila Designer hopes to empower the next generation of designers and textile-makers to embrace and innovate on local traditions. The effort of making Philippine textiles and tools accessible is the first step in achieving this purpose. 

We firmly believe that with continuous and conscious practice traditions are sustained  and eventually evolve with the passage of time. But before we can innovate tradition, one must fully understand its roots, find its present purpose and value and prudently develop it to keep up with the times.

 

Sharing the Love For Philippine Textiles

Manila Designer is the brainchild of JADDSTUDIO, a fashion designer who fell in love with Philippine textiles but struggled to find the right material she can use for her experimental and everyday designs. Through this online store we do not only share with you items we found useful but also provide invaluable insights only a designer and researcher can learn by using and experiencing the material firsthand.

 

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