WHYNot, 2026 “Two Dermes: Textile as Skin on Bones”

An installation by Steffi Cua/Idyllic Summers for WHYNoT.


12-Circle Dress in piña silk ecoprinted by visual artist Geraldine Javier for Earthbound, and piña silk handloomed by La Herminia.

Two skins — one with nature’s imprint by a fine artist, one that bears the weaver’s hand in full.

Two skins — one with nature’s imprint by a fine artist, one that bears the weaver’s hand in full.



Skeleton bodices wrapped in piña silk and ecoprinted scraps from Earthbound, created by Steffi Cua, Marita Medina and Em Vallente.
Presented at  SKIN: A Sensory Perception (June 27 - July 06). A series of Conversations 
on Fashion & Material culture.
Piña silk and ecoprinted scraps.