Filipino American and Indian American friends try on each other’s cultural outfits: ‘the filipiniana top!!!’
Two friends are delighting TikTok by showing off what one another looks like dressed in their traditional cultural outfits — and the results are stunning.
On May 30, Jully (@just.jully), who is an Indian American beauty and travel creator based in Atlanta, Georgia, posted a video in collaboration with her friend, Jeanne Grey (@thegreylayers). Grey, who is Filipino American, swaps her Filipino cultural outfit with Jully’s Indian cultural outfit.
“We’ve never worn each other’s cultural outfits, so we’re gonna give it a try,” Jully says.
Jully holds a brown peshwai saree, an unstitched outer garment made of pure silk, while Grey holds a floral Filipiniana, an outfit consisting of a blouse with oversized sleeves and a coordinating skirt that was handmade by her mother.
A saree, which can also be referred to as a sari, is a long, unstitched garment that’s prominent in South Asian culture. Derived from Sanskrit, the word “sari” means “a strip of cloth.” With the average saree clocking in at about 3.5 to 9 yards in length, the garment is celebrated for its versatile, self-expressive nature, as wearers can choose to drape the fabric in ways that celebrate their bodies.
“I look at them as a 5.5-meter long canvas that I can use to create a piece of art that tells a story,” Ayush Kejriwal, a saree designer, told Teen Vogue. “Saris don’t discriminate; irrespective of your body shape or size, the size of the saree always remains the same.”
A Filipiniana, also known as the Maria Clara gown or terno, on the other hand, is a traditional style of dress in the Philippines that’s celebratory of a Filipino woman’s identity. The outfit is comprised of three key pieces: a baro or camisa, which is a plain blouse, a saya, which is a long skirt and a pañuelo, which is an intricately embroidered neck shawl. A Filipiniana is likely most identifiable by its flattened, pleated “butterfly sleeves.”
“The Filipino’s fascination with terno stemmed from the influence of the Spanish colonial period; an era that highlighted Christian ethics which demanded women be modest at all times,” journalist Jove Moya wrote for Tatle Asia. “The baro, for example, is a design that was heavily inspired by the costume of the Blessed Virgin’s statues.”
‘As a half Filipino/Indian, This hits all the rights spots’
TikTok users, especially those that are Filipino or Indian American, are especially thrilled by Jully’s video.
“As a Filipina, tbh I always wanted to try on a saree… lol they are absolutely gorgeous,” @zenmarieg wrote.
“the filipiniana top!!!” @manangellenglae replied.
“As a half Filipino/Indian, This hits all the rights spots,” @muzzly613 shared.
Other Gen Zers are celebrating their cultural outfits on TikTok.
Earlier this year, content creator and model @kirbyruruagain posted a video of herself trying on several qipaos, also known as cheongsams, which is a traditional Chinese dress made of embroidered silk.
In April, Houston-based clothing store owner Lilibeth (@irl.lili) did a try-on haul of traditional Mexican dresses, including a huipil, which is a colorful, sleeveless tunic typically embroidered with various elements of vegetation.
In June, Luzy (@joojean) shared footage of herself trying on a hanbok, a traditional Korean dress, while visiting Korea. Vibrant in color and geometric structure, hanboks are comprised of a chima, a wrap-around skirt, and a jeogori, a top.
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