What is up, y'all?
It's your girl Empy, or whatever, and I'm happy to say that the website is for the most part...updated 🤭
I wanted to update the photos of all the products, but it may be a few weeks. I hate seeing myself as the only person on my page 😂 Makes me feel a little vain even though, well, it's my business 💀 We've got some exciting updates about new items and a new line so buckle up!
New Products!!!
One thing y'all have been asking for: socks and hats!
Our Smiley Araw Socks and Smiley Araw Dad Caps have just dropped! The festivals saw them first, but are now available on the website!
Both are leaning towards that vintage aesthetic. The socks are white with a cherry colored smiley araw, the dad cap being a stone wash black with the smiley araw in a shiny golden thread.
Aishwarya Rai Miss World Tee, SRK King Khan Tee,
and Rani Mukerji (normal)😂 Tee
We are also officially launching our Hearthrob Series 💕, which will go into the Niche tab, and in their respective categories if applicable (ex. Bollywood icons will go into the Pakistani tab. Yes, they may be Indian, but I know them through my Pakistani side, and therefore....😅😭). As of right now, I've only done my favorite Bollywood stars, but there will probably be others.
Introducing the new Sustainability Series! 🌏
Everyone knows I've been attempting to make sustainable fashion for a while, but the projects I was working on are all things I have to sew, which is just downright hard and time consuming. 😵💫
Instead, I have been working with different 3rd parties to purchase gently used (sometimes even new!) clothing that would have otherwise ended up in our landfills. This method not only produces unique, one of a kind pieces, but will also give me the opportunity to offer them at a lower price WHILE reducing the damage the textile industry has on the Earth! 🥳
“Roughly 85 percent of discarded clothing becomes landfill waste,”
-Eileen Fisher, Designer
Although I was hesitant about the reception, they've done well at this year's various Filipino festivals, and honestly, I would have had such a hard time finding a lime green halter top (which I LOVE) for the brand if it wasn't for this method. Yes, they're one of a kind pieces, but art was never meant to last. Maybe not even to be mass produced, heheh. That just makes them more special. I've put a "Sustainability Series🌏" tab for you to browse, but I can't seem to get it to display all the products, so rule of thumb, if it looks like it's not your standard tee, it is most likely from the sustainability line. Also, if you wonder if you are looking at one of them, please read the description, as it will be stated.
Some of my favorites from our Sustainability Series:
Smiley Araw Halter in Calamansi (that's the only color I have rn lol), Tagay Tayo San Miguel Cropped Pocket Tee, Smiley Araw Cami in Ube (it's not as pink in real life, try to read the visionnn), and our Jeepney Racing Club on a black hoodie!
There are more pieces to upload, but for now, I'm already hyped!
Coming Up:
In addition, our "Niche" tab will have other projects of mine, such as this graphic for The Blue Moon Inn I did..yes, the pub in Varrock.
It's not necessarily finished, as I am not exactly happy with the font,
but you get the idea 😅
For the desis in the house, it's been 2 years coming, but our desi princess design is pretty much finalized. Enjoy this preview~
It's honestly so much cuter IRL.
I've also changed the text on this one, so don't take it as the final 😆
Don't get it twisted, her nose is skinny from the front, but TAWL from the side💕
Last, but not least, last year I had made a new design for the Feels Good to be Filipino series, inspired by the Lisa Frank rainbow scratch-aways:
Probably going to only be one black and white tees
And as always
All orders made during this month will also receive a Maligayang Pasko (Merry Christmas in Tagalog/Filipino) sticker✨ Happy holidays to those celebrating!