'I saw a fashion pundit on Instagram talking about how women designers are relegated to making practical clothing. And that was an insult to me," says Mangosing.

Since launching her first fashion business, Vinta Gallery, in 2013, Caroline Mangosing has always told a personal story through her work. The Manila-born, Toronto-based entrepreneur is the founder and former executive director of the Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture, an endeavour that spoke to her schooling in fine art photography. After opening the community hub in Toronto’s Kensington Market, Mangosing says she would receive calls about where to find well-made Filipino clothing such as barongs, which are elegant, embroidered long-sleeved shirts.

“Do you have clothing? Do you have baptismal outfits?”, she remember

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