Ok. I know I am so behind the times. But I just knew about this when I began flipping thru my new copy of OK! Mag. So I decided to share it — in the hope that someone out there willappreciate this tidbit.
At last month’s Golden Globe Nomination Announcement this picture was taken:
Nothing exactly wrong with the picture. It is more of what is worn by one of them. Not by cute Fantastic Four, Ryan Reynolds, or the Heroes cheerleader, Hayden Panattiere. But what Quentin Tarantino is wearing which is called a “barong tagalog“. I hear a question… a what? you say…
Barong Tagalog.
It is a formal garment worn by Filipinos during formal occassions. Have not seen it being worn by anyone in Hollywood so it came as a pleasant shock.
He might have gotten his own when he visited the Philippines the previous year as a special guest for the CineManila International Film Festival.
For more info check here (Asian Journal) or here (transcript of the 12/15/07 article in Philippine Star in Symbianize).