Avel Bacudio presents a take on Filipino resort wear built on lightness, movement, and material innovation.
Avel Bacudio recently presented Amihan, his Resort Luxe Wear 2027 collection built around a very specific idea of what Filipino resort dressing can be. “Amihan” refers to the cool northeast wind that moves through the Philippine archipelago during the dry season, and Bacudio uses that image to set the tone for a collection defined by lightness and ease of movement.
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Fabric At the Center Of Amihan
The fabric anchors everything. PiñAVEL, his proprietary textile, combines pineapple, banana, bamboo, and abaca fibers into a material that’s breathable and unusually light. In the collection, Bacudio uses it to build voluminous cover-ups and draped men’s shirts that hold structure without adding weight. The material has been years in development, and the collection makes clear why he kept at it. “Creating piñAVEL fabric involves a long and intricate process that takes months—even years—to complete,” Avel comments. “It’s not the work of just one person, but a collective effort of artisans who are deeply passionate about their craft. This fabric is important to our culture because it is truly our own.”
Wide-leg trousers and tailored shorts in neutral tones complete the wardrobe, woven from binakol, inabel, and trambia, traditional Philippine handwoven textiles that bring surface texture and craft history into otherwise clean silhouettes.
Styling Between Beach And City
The styling moves deliberately between registers. Women’s looks layer vibrant swimwear beneath sheer piñAVEL cover-ups, with white ankle-strap heels shifting the outfit from beach to evening. Men’s looks follow a similar logic, moving from relaxed to more polished with the finishing touch of brown loafers, these arrangements drawing from the urban ease that runs through Bacudio’s menswear.
Accessories carry the collection’s cultural references with the same directness. Mindanao silk scarves and twillies in vivid colorways—printed with Bacudio’s own illustrations of jeepneys, sampaguita, and the carabao—can be styled as headpieces and neck accents, or tied around bags. Altogether, Amihan presents a focused body of work from a designer who knows his materials and his references, and is getting more precise about both.
Photos courtesy of Avel Bacudio
Frequently Asked Questions
Amihan is a collection by Avel Bacudio that presents pieces focused on light, breathable resort dressing inspired by Filipino materials and movement.
The collection was presented at Discovery Primea in Makati City on April 15.
Amihan refers to the cool northeast wind that passes through the Philippines during the dry season, which inspired the collection’s sense of lightness and ease.
PiñAVEL is a fabric developed by Avel Bacudio that combines pineapple, banana, bamboo, and abaca fibers to create a material that is lightweight, breathable, and structured.
Besides PiñAVEL, the collection incorporates traditional textiles such as Binakol, Inabel, and Trambia, adding texture and cultural craftsmanship to modern resort silhouettes.
