00:00When yung ukay-ukay story is more than just economics. May social yan, may cultural behavior yan, may sustainability issues.
00:09So we cannot answer that like ngayon. Actually, those are the central pieces of the discussions this afternoon.
00:15It will revolve on the whole concept of why ukay-ukay has really emerged in later years.
00:23Na fo-foster siya technically. But ang tanong is, how can we help out believers?
00:29I think I indicated to you a while ago that the filmy textiles cannot really compete
00:35pag ang pag-uusapan mo ay mas, super mas. And I'm referring to your covenant, your polyester.
00:40The fact that we incorporate our natural fibers is the start of the conversation where we own up,
00:45we own the textiles that we produce. So when we own them, it means that we have signatures literally and figuratively
00:51in those textiles or yarns. Ito yung pwede magamit ng ating hand-to-feber.
00:56Such that it technically bears the insignia or the signature of the Philippines as far as those are concerned.
01:01What we want to do is that, i-mamanage mo ang scale, but not to the extent na i-masyado siyang mas,
01:08na babagsak na babagsak yung presyo. Otherwise, as I said in my speech a while ago,
01:12if you pulled up the conversation to conversation of cost, talo ka na agad yan.
01:17So we have to contain it to a certain level where the narrative, the story, the culture,
01:23really is part of the value. Otherwise, kung pure material cost dyan, medyo tangilid talaga tayo.
01:30So I think that's the interface that we have with the weavers. They have the story, they have their techniques,
01:36they have their narratives, and then we blend that with properly and economically and even commercially viable materials
01:46as a medium of their creative expression. Such that in that way, we can keep the Philippine textile,
01:52especially the handling of our products as a certain age and a certain scale. Not too restrictive as far as cost,
02:00but not too oppressive naman that the weavers basically mamapatay na because ang mura-mura ng tela.
02:06So it's a balancing act. It's not like, as I said earlier, hindi siya one-size-fits-all.
02:12Ibang community would require different approaches as well, kasi sa abaka, iba naman yung kwento.
02:17Pagdating sa self, iba ang kwento. So we have to engage with them individually, every community,
02:23and thus I take the way to do it.
02:53Thank you so much for watching.
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