recently i have been trying to scout around for cheap suppliers of piña and piña silk cloths for my gown and the men's barongs for the wedding in december. i was initially depending on my brother, Rex, since he was nearer to iloilo and aklan and he could ask around for their prices. by the way, piña and other natural woven cloths come from and are manufactured in and come from, not from Lumban, Laguna. Lumban is where all the hand and machine embroideries hail from.
anyways, it has been the longest time and my brother still hasn't informed us of any possible suppliers. fortunately, the other night ago, i ran into an ad posted at Kasal Dot Com of a supplier who manufactured these cloths. La Herminia Piña Weaving Industry is a manufacturer/trader of hand woven piña cloth,piña-silk, abaca-cotton-silk, piña bastos-abaca-cotton and fine abaca cloth. so, without hesitancy, i immediately emailed them through their website.
their response was quite prompt. i received their reply the day after. Arlyne Tumbokon, their marketing manager, was the one answering all my queries. anyway, i found out that they sold pure piña cloth (30" width) for PhP 600/yard and piña silk cloth for PhP 280-300/yard (30" width) and Php 400/yard (36" width).
we found it quite reasonable since Veluz estimated piña to be sold at PhP 700/yard. a hundred bucks cheaper!!! they have an office here in manila, specifically in muntinlupa so that means we don't have to spend anymore for courier fees for us to get the cloths direct from their plant in Aklan.
i forwarded their email to me to Veluz so i can get her opinion on this. haven't heard from her yet though. we've also inquired from La Herminia the cost of their embroidered cloths as well, for the barongs.
i found out that there are two other big manufacturers of piña cloth in Aklan -- Heritage Arts and Crafts and Dela Cruz House of Piña. will contact them as well just to compare prices. i'm not sure though if they have an office in manila too like La Herminia does.
incidentally, my brother finally texted to me last night the telephone numbers of two suppliers in iloilo. again, just to canvass their prices, i called them up this afternoon.
it turns out that they only sell cut cloths with embroidery already so they sell them on a piece-rate basis. the first supplier i called told me that they got their cloths from manila pa! hahaha! they sold them at PhP 6000/piece. the second one sold them at around the same range, around PhP 5500 to 6000/piece. the old lady was quite rude ha. i was just asking my usual questions like how much it costed, if they sold pure piña lang with no embroidery and where they got their cloths from. she kept on saying "sus!" and didn't even say "Goodbye" when i bid farewell and even thanked her for answering my questions. the nerve! just to get even, i called her back and hung up on her too as soon as she said hello. hehehehe!!! sweet revenge! serves her right! i was so pissed eh. :-P
so i guess it's going to be La Herminia na. i just need to hear from Veluz and to compare their prices with the other two manufacturers.
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