Glow by Lady E

  And a pair of barrettes It started quietly. With a few pairs of earrings. Nothing dramatic or loud. No grand declarations.  Nothing that felt like a turning point at the time. Just something I picked up during a visit to Museo Kordilyera in Baguio — handmade pieces, woven from stories I didn’t fully understand yet, but somehow felt. I wore them every now and then. Not out of intention. Just because they were there. But something had already shifted. Not in how I dressed— but in how I started to see what I was wearing. I became brand conscious.  Not how the world perceives that term. But I was becoming conscious that I was wearing too many brands.  Too much fast fashion. I never understood how a shirt with a heart with eyes on it could cost Php5,000 (about $82). (I’m not throwing shade at you if you like wearing expensive, branded things. You do you! 😊  This is my story.)  But as an artist and creator,  I do understand the hard work and creati...