Once tailors, Filipino twins become successful fashion designers in UAE

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Dubai-based Filipino twins, once tailors, are now budding fashion designers.  Aaron Cadenas, 30, is an owner and creative director of his own fashion label while Aquiben, who was once a helper and tailor at a shop in Manila and Dubai, today runs his own shop and fashion label. In an interview with Gulf News, Aaron said he and his brother Aquiben are grateful for how far they have come.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3hRvuqB  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Dubai #Filipinos

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00:00Hi, my name is Aaron Escatrion Cadenas. I'm proud to say that I'm from the Philippines.

00:07My name is Akeben Cadenas and thank you so much for this privilege that we are here in

00:13Gulf News to tell our story.

00:18First of all, the story started behind, it was started how we are being, you know,

00:25close as being a twin. So by this, we use this relationship in order for us to grow

00:32by helping our family. So what happened was we started our journey. The moment that I step up

00:41to come here in Dubai, everything was started and I start just only a tailor. But then again,

00:47I have already a dream that I want to become a fashion designer. I didn't stop by that.

00:52So from that moment until now, I reached that I decide to put up my own brand,

01:00which is Aaronic Atelier. And now, finally, like, you know, I could not really imagine,

01:06but I'm so forever grateful by having this. We are same story with Aaron. So we're starting both

01:12as a tailor and as we are dreaming to become a fashion designer, it's not easy. But along

01:20with that, we are trying harder as we are, we want to reach our goal and our dream just

01:28to become a fashion designer, even though we are not, we did not go to school, but we are trying

01:34our best to, to go to reach for that goal to become a fashion designer.

01:41So Mrs Universe had finished just few days ago. So it's our privilege to be

01:46one of the glam team of Mrs. Pamela. So yeah, we have Roman and Aki here. So we are so proud that

01:57by having her and of course, by letting our talent to share with Pamela. So

02:07indeed, we get the, you know, we get the victory in it. So first and foremost, we go to the place

02:15wherein we have a friend that we supposed to dress up for the national costume. And suddenly,

02:22Pamela was approached us, if are we are a fashion designer or something like that. So we said like,

02:31oh, it's a good thing because you know what we normally handle for, you know, for a beauty queen.

02:37Some candidates for here in UAE.

02:40So at that time, I actually, I am the one who teach her how to do the catwalk or how to do the

02:48pasarela walk. So that just only, actually just a short time to teach her, but she's really,

02:57she's really eager to, you know, to learn how to walk with a, I mean, with a passion,

03:04with a passion of how to be a beauty queen. So yeah, it just only like, I think it's just like

03:10two, two to three hours. Yeah. Yeah. And that day where we in the ballroom, so we met Pamela,

03:16then she decided to, she wanted like a national costume. So immediately we tackled what the

03:22national costume, what she wanted. Then after that, Aeon ran to the market to bought the fabrics

03:29and he's the one to stitch. It's three hours. So yeah, it's just like, it's very, you know,

03:35it's very funny. It's very quick because I've done just only for a three hours for her national

03:41costume at the same time for her evening dress as well. So, but the evening dress it's already done

03:47just perfectly fitted on her. So that's really good. And once again, of course, thank you so much

03:53for having us here. Once again, our glam team for a Mrs. Universe that it's really, it's our

04:01privilege and honor and opportunity that we could let our, you know, our talent to be,

04:09you know, to be shown in the universe, in the whole world even.

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