Specialties
Narda's handwoven ethno fashion using elements from traditional cultures clothing and accessories translating them into products suitable for life in the street, a global fashion without barriers or class distinction. Bask in the splendor of natural textures, easy and timeless wearables that can be used for decor when not on your shoulders.
History
Established in 1972.
Narda's started in 1972 in La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines weaving blankets from recycled acrylic yarns. Narda Capuyan, a family planning nurse, whose hand knitting hobby attracted the mothers, encouraged them to weave to keep them busy from making more babies. Narda's revived the Cordillera IKAT tradition designing and dying threads in vibrant colors to suit contemporary taste. Ikat is a very old tradition of tying and dyeing segments of threads before actual weaving.
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Narda Capuyan, a family planning nurse whose hand-knitting hobby attracted the mothers, encouraged the women to weave as a way to empower them and let them practice natural family planning. Weaving is a traditional skill and our indigenous women have now become productive weavers.
Trough series of experimentation, Narda revived the Cordilleran Ikat Tradition of designing and dyeing segments of threads before the actual weaving. Narda's new style of ikat in placements, shawls, and bags become a hit for foreign buyers.
The highly innovative direction that the work has taken garnered for Narda's numerous awards for entrepreneurial excellence and reviving a dying indigenous art. Leonarda O. Capuyan was named the Ernst & Young Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year in October 2013 under the auspices of EY Global and SGV Foundation.
To this day, Narda's continue to provide livelihood to women weavers in the Cordilleras.
