Bringing back the terno

Most Filipinos often get confused about what to call the Philippine national dress. Is it a Filipiniana dress or a Maria Clara dress? Should we call it a baro’t saya, a balintawak or a traje de mestiza? Or perhaps, simply a terno?

In a way, all these terms are correct. However, it should be pointed out that these terms refer to the different versions of the Philippine dress throughout history. They are all predecessors of the terno that we all know today.