TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Filipiniana Dresses to Show Filipino Pride

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Filipiniana Dresses to Show Filipino Pride

Filipiniana dress

I like to wear Filipina dresses when I'm at book events, and people seem to appreciate them. Here are pictures taken at the Porto Alegre Book Fair and at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Many people ask about the dress; material, embroidery, history. I enjoy talking about our classic Filipina dresses because the delicate and time-consuming craftsmanship of Pina or callado are impressive.

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.