A high-fashion Filipino lookbook that feels like "coming home"

Bay Area rap and the occasional Tagalog ballad blasted done the speakers astatine Projkt L.A. successful Monterey Park arsenic Stephanie Ramos, Miles Canares, P-Lo and Micah Mahinay — who goes by the DJ sanction Noodles — celebrated Filipino creatives and brands with a high-fashion lookbook, changeable connected movie by Brandon Kaipo Moningka.

Ramos, Canares, P-Lo and Noodles are among the co-founders of the Baryo HiFi festival, which is present successful its 2nd twelvemonth and taking spot this Saturday, May 3. For the event, Filipino American artists, performers and vendors instrumentality implicit a artifact of Beverly Boulevard, a joyous showcase that Ramos describes arsenic a reclamation of Historic Filipinotown.

Baryo HiFi co-founders Stephanie Ramos, left, and Miles Canares.

“As Filipinos, we’re often the ones moving down the scenes, whether that’s successful the amusement industry, fashion, healthcare, hospitality,” Ramos says. “We’re the backbone of truthful galore industries, but we’re seldom successful the spotlight. Our extremity was truly to radiance a airy and make a level for america to celebrate, beryllium seen and bash that connected our ain terms.”

With covering and bling from Filipino-owned brands Art Community, Ballads, Maaari, De La Gold, FAMILY by Coen Clemente, Mojave, Gara Sun and RIF.LA, stylist Christine Garcia wanted to absorption connected “Filipino hospitality and heartwarming generosity.” Taking inspiration from her ain household photos, Garcia instinctively paired oversized denim connected denim, stacked jade bangles connected golden bracelets and styled a FAMILY tee that reads, “There is quality successful our Moreno skin.”

“It felt similar coming location to family,” Garcia says of the styling process.

P-Lo wears Art Community Japanese way overgarment and Structured Triptych Japanese Denim pants, FAMILY by Coen Clemente Cross oversized tee, talent’s ain jewelry and boots.

Miles wears vintage Nike varsity overgarment from RIF.LA, Ballads Heritage jersey and Delano pants, FAMILY by Coen Clemente Moreno oversized tee, Vans sneakers from RIF.LA, Mojave Los Mantilis cap.

Stephanie wears FAMILY by Coen Clemente Made to Love zip-up, Maaari Pina button-up, Art Community Anorak overgarment and Japanese Triptych way pants, De La Gold necklace, stylist’s ain necktie and boots.

These aforesaid brands volition person booths astatine Baryo, arsenic portion of 2 marketplaces featuring Filipino designers — 1 curated by Sari-Sari Studio and Mayumi Market, and the different by Buttery Pat and Tried & True Co. Attendees tin store R.Chive Vintage streetwear and mahjong-inspired earrings from BRWNGRLZ.

Micah wears Art Community Reversible 7 Pocket Japanese Denim overgarment and Camo Japanese Twill pants, Maaari Lunar collar and ring, talent’s ain shoes and further jewelry.

The festival volition diagnostic “Working Overtime,” an grounds curated by Kristofferson San Pablo, showcasing 19 interdisciplinary artists meditating connected hoops arsenic a lens for themes of hustle, resilience and community. Baryo volition likewise person beloved L.A. nutrient vendors specified arsenic Dollar Hits and Lasita, on with unrecorded performances from icons similar 1970s disco set VST & Co.

“This lawsuit truly is from the heart. Everyone’s volunteering their time,” Canares says. “We privation you to bring your family, your kids, your parents, your grandparents, bask large music, person astonishing nutrient and store from a batch of these tiny businesses that are popping up.”

Miles wears FAMILY by Coen Clemente Moreno Oversized tee, Art Community Triptych Japanese Denim pants and Pilot Brim hat, Nike sneakers from RIF.LA.

Last year, the Baryo squad pulled disconnected the lawsuit successful conscionable 3 weeks, coming unneurotic similar what they’ve jokingly called the “Filipino Avengers.”

“ Some of america are calved and raised successful L.A. and immoderate of america person moved present and recovered our footing here, but we each recovered community,” Ramos says. “We’ve accomplished our extremity successful the archetypal twelvemonth to bring consciousness astir Historic Filipinotown. The adjacent measurement is to truly physique connected that and permission a lasting bequest successful the neighborhood.”

For the founders, Baryo is much than conscionable a nationalist solemnisation of style, nutrient and civilization — it’s a mode to connect, to span generations done Filipino pride.

P-Lo wears Ballads Diamond enactment jacket, FAMILY by Coen Clemente Kapamilya hoodie, Art Community Triptych Japanese Denim pants, Nike sneakers from RIF.LA.

“Out of each the things that I’ve done, this is the 1 that my household has yet recognized,” Canares says.

By taking up space, they’re helping the adjacent procreation of Filipino creatives to ideate doing the same. “We’re not those benignant of radical that similar the spotlight astatine all,” Ramos says, “but we cognize however important it is and however overmuch it does animate different young Filipino Americans that whitethorn not person grown up to spot radical that look similar us, that are successful these industries.”

Stephanie wears Art Community Washed Reversible 7 Pocket Japanese Denim overgarment and Washed Indigo Triptych Japanese pants, Ballads Bobby Glenn bandanna, Mojave Los Mantilis cap, De La Gold Mini Bubble Hoop earrings and necklaces, talent’s ain rings, stylist’s ain boots.

De La Gold necklaces, talent’s ain rings.

Micah wears Ballads Bobby Glenn bandanna, Maaari Piña button-up, Art Community Anorak jorts, vintage Fendi sunglasses from Gara Sun, De La Gold Mini Jade Bi Disc Necklace and Jade Bangles, Maaari Lunar ring, stylist’s ain loafers.