The Ever-Moving Life: Jubil Angelu Tejome’s Journey from Sun to Structure

In her 2024 Autumn/Winter womenswear collection titled ‘The Ever-Moving Life’, designer Jubil Angelu Tejome captures a vibrant collision of worlds — from the warmth of her Filipino roots to the cool precision of her life in the UK. It’s a collection that shimmers with movement, emotion, and purpose — a love letter to identity, transition, and sustainability 

Born and raised in the Philippines for six years before moving to the UK, Jubil describes her experience as being “saturated by the sun, vibrant, transient Labang, Northern Samar to the metallic, static, UK structure.” It’s a powerful contrast — one that she translates into fabric, form, and feeling. “I now find comfort here while feeling out of place in what I used to call home,” she says. “Yet, I am still connected.”

And that connection runs through every stitch of her collection. The Ever-Moving Life is an exploration of cultural duality — sunlight and steel, tradition and transformation, movement and stillness — all woven together in sculptural silhouettes and tactile materials that reflect the rhythm of change.

Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome

From Seat Covers to Showpieces

Sustainability sits at the heart of Jubil’s design philosophy. When she discovered that Auto-Trims Systems (a local company producing car seat covers) had piles of off-cut fabrics destined for waste, she saw an opportunity to give these materials a second life. She repurposed off-cut fabrics that would have been discarded, transforming them into intricate womenswear pieces.

“All off-cut fabrics were provided by Auto-Trims Systems and used as the main source of fabric,” Jubil explains. “Due to the size of the seat cover patterns, not all materials are used up. As a sustainable solution, I suggested to the company that I take what is not used and turn it into fashion products. What I do not use may be donated for future designers or used to further this collection.”

Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome

It’s an ingenious approach — turning industrial remnants into wearable fashion. The result is a collection that fuses the unexpected: the resilience of automotive textiles softened through fluid draping, the sheen of metallic threads paired with organic shapes that nod to island landscapes. Sustainability isn’t an afterthought, rather the collection’s backbone.

Her manufacture process not only diverts waste but transforms utilitarian materials into poetic statements through concept, design, and precision. What once protected car interiors now forms garments that protect culture, memory, and identity. And in true community spirit, Jubil plans to donate unused materials for future student projects… ensuring the cycle of creativity continues.

Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome 

A Living, Breathing Collection

Visually, The Ever-Moving Life feels alive. The pieces sway, shimmer, and sculpt around the body as if in motion — embodying the tension of belonging everywhere and nowhere at once. Through the collection Jubil aims to design silhouettes that celebrate contrast: structured shoulders meet flowing hems, matte textures meet reflective surfaces, all pulsing with quiet power.

The collection’s palette mirrors her personal journey — deep sun-kissed oranges and sandy beiges juxtaposed with silvers, greys, and inky blues. Each look tells a story of adaptation and connection, of sunlight filtering through clouds, of memories stitched into modernity.

Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome

Rooted in Heritage — The Filipiniana Terno

Rooted in Heritage — The Filipiniana Terno is at the heart of Jubil’s research, for those that don’t know a ‘Terno’ is the iconic ensemble worn by women in the Philippines dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. Her design process bursts with energy: you can see through her hand-drawn sketches, sepia-toned historical photographs, and fabric studies that reveal a deep reverence for craftsmanship and identity. Notes scrawled across the page, “the four-part baro saya form, 1890–1900” and “embroidered organza sleeves” speak to an obsessive attention to historical detail.

Through this exploration, Jubil dissects the Terno’s evolution — from its Spanish colonial influences to its role as a symbol of Filipino femininity and resilience. She examines not only the structure [the butterfly sleeves, the baro blouse, the saya skirt] but also the emotional architecture of the garment: how it held space for pride, grace, and quiet strength amid political and cultural upheaval.

Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome

Celebrating the Journey

What makes Jubil’s work so exciting is not just her technical skill or her commitment to sustainability — it’s her ability to translate emotion and experience into design. Every garment feels like a conversation between cultures, a meditation on movement, and a celebration of where we come from and where we’re going.

The Ever-Moving Life isn’t just a fashion collection — it’s a journey, a reflection, and an act of creative renewal. Jubil Angelu reminds us that even when life shifts and places change, identity, like fabric, can be reimagined … but never lost.

 Images: Sketchbook pages by Jubil Angelu Tejome

Article written by Sophiya Amber for demontage.online