Modern Filipino women are reclaiming their national identity in dazzling fashion

Modern Filipino women are reclaiming their national identity in dazzling fashion

The terno is back in fashion in the Philippines, and it could not have come any sooner. Last Sunday (Nov. 11), a well-dressed crowd gathered at the Cultural Center of the Philippines for “TernoCon,” a new campaign to revive the country’s traditional dress. The terno—a dress with distinctive, oversized sleeves—had fallen out of fashion in…