00:00Hi, I'm Olga and I am partner at Brash Agency and I'm also a designer for House of Olga.
00:08How do I manage to juggle both?
00:11It's quite difficult.
00:12It's tough most of the time but it's a matter of adding time to my day every day so every
00:20day I would a lot time for early in the morning or late at night for House of Olga and then
00:26of course during working hours until I need to work I'd actually give that to Brash.
00:32Premier collection for House of Olga, the community of weavers that I am working with are the weavers
00:40of Cordillera.
00:42It's way up north in Manila, in Luzon and the reason why I work with them is because they
00:49have these very beautiful patterns that could actually stand out and they resonate.
00:55It's very unique and I thought of like playing with the patterns and they're very, very,
01:04the women are very accommodating, they're very helpful and I just want to champion what they
01:09do as a living.
01:11House of Olga is all about championing the Filipino weavers, championing what we actually have
01:18as women weavers from the Philippines.
01:20So as I mentioned the weavers from the Philippines, there are so many of them from all over the
01:27Philippines.
01:28Right now the very first collection are from the Cordillera weavers from Isabella and the
01:34reason why I want to do that is because number one, I think the Philippine textiles should be championed because they're really, really beautiful.
01:45They're one of a kind and having hand-woven fabrics takes a lot of time, love and art and I would
01:52want to showcase that to the whole world.
01:55Okay, in New York I'm coming, I'm actually attending as an emerging designer, a Filipino designer and I'm very excited to showcase our Cordillera hand-woven.
02:07So everything is hand-woven and it's a mix of me as a designer as being edgy and at the same time still interjecting the traditional hand-woven materials of the Philippines and just adding
02:22so much flair and being fierce because these are the qualities that I have as a designer.
02:28So it's very Filipino but it's very fierce and it's very Olga.
02:33It would be very, very exciting if I could bring it here in the UAE.
02:39There are different runway fashion shows here in the UAE and I have managed to find a marriage between my two homes, the Philippines and the UAE.
02:49And right now are ready to wear shirts are actually made from the Philippines, the hand-woven fabrics and then the shirts are actually made here in the UAE.
02:57So if you would even see the label, it shows made in the Philippines and UAE.
03:02So I would, it would be great if I could actually join some of the runways here and I'm actually, I think I would be able to do that very, very soon after the New York Fashion Week.
03:16The challenges I face as a very, like a first time designer is a lot because I have to wear so many hats.
03:24So in my line of work, my employment, I already do that.
03:29And then in my own house of fashion, I also do that because I have to do the design myself.
03:36I have to coordinate with my hand, with the weavers from the Philippines of like what patterns I want.
03:43I have to do coordination with the artisans.
03:47I have to do website, social media.
03:49I basically wear everything and I even do all my content.
03:54Right now, I think what I'm just trying to say, it is difficult, but you can do it.
03:59Anyone can do it as long as there's so much passion in you.
04:02And so if you actually have this dream of becoming a designer someday, as long as you have that creativity in you and that love for fashion, all you need to do is put the work and everything else will follow.
04:20Okay, so for this one, this is one of my favorites.
04:23My premier collection are all named by women that inspired me.
04:28And this is Kay.
04:30This is, the inspiration here is Girl Boss.
04:35And what's nice with this one is you could actually wear it both sides.
04:40So you could either wear what's inside right now and then just showcase these patterns or just do this, wear it as is.
04:49You could wear it as a dress or you could wear it as a suit.
04:52So this one is Kai, pants suit.
04:57This is paired with the same pants, same pattern.
05:00Lovely combination of green and yellows, which you could wear as is or you could wear, you could actually wear like boots or heels with it.
05:13So this one is Mayel jacket.
05:16As you can see, it's uneven because what you could pair it with is a long tulle dress from this side.
05:25And then this side is long.
05:27Again, this is hand-woven fabric.
05:29You could dress it down.
05:30You could dress it up.
05:31You could wear it in different occasions.
05:34We also have ready to wear.
05:37So I'm very, very happy with our shirts.
05:41We call this everyday edit.
05:43So this one is the marriage between my two homes, the Philippines and the UAE.
05:49We made the shirts here in the UAE and the patterns, the stripes are from the Philippines.
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