The heritage town of Taal is not just known with its balisong, the town is also the home of the bestest yet affordable wedding gowns and barong.

What is burdang Taal?

Burdang Taal refers to the long tradition of hand embroidery since the turn of the century executed on fabric, especially on jusi and pina, and more popularly sought for the Barong Tagalog worn by the Filipino gentleman. Burdang Taal is also done for ternos and gowns and has a wide range of clothing lines from infants to adults, for both the male and female customers. Other fabrics are also used like cotton, linen and ramie. It is also used to accent garment accessories and home décor items.
Meanwhile, Burdang Taal boasts of its highly collado ( a kind of filigree work wherein yarn in painstakingly pulled off from the cloth) with simple or intricate, well-embossed hand embroidered designs for special occasions. Simple or intricate machine embroidery or mixed hand and machine embroidery are also done for commercial or everyday use as office wear or uniform, home (curtains) or bedroom décor. (source:otopphilippines.gov.ph)

  Right now, there  are mushrooming stalls for the barong and gown rentals business in Taal. Most newly weds that I know had their gowns  and barongs bought or rented at Taal. like Trisha, a college friend.

“Maganda kasi at kayang-kaya ng budget. Wala na rin halos pinagkaiba sa nga designer wedding gowns. ” (It is beautiful and affordable. There seem to have a little difference with those designer wedding gowns.) says, Trisha Malabanan, a soon to be bride.

“I told our other classmates about this. I am pretty sure that they will never regret to have their burdang taal gowns on their wedding.” she concluded.