Bahaghari is a Filipino term for rainbow and is derived from two words: bahag, a loincloth used in the old days as men’s lower garment, and hari or king or chieftain. It literally would mean bahag ng hari or loincloth of the king. It is used to pertain to ‘rainbow’ because of the preponderance and interplay of colors in the cloth usually worn by village chieftains and actually what rainbows are. The Philippine Textile Research Institute uses the word bahaghari as a metaphor of textiles that are extraordinary, precious, royal, colorful, and most importantly, natural. This fitting attribute coined the term bahaghari to denote Philippine textiles with price and value often attributed to richness, position, rank or nobility. Bahaghari slowly identified itself to high end textiles that prove that the Philippines is capable of producing premium fabrics that are ecologically friendly starting from the fiber down to the dyes. Moreover, the term bahaghari would constantly remind the cultural anchor by which this term is strongly hinged - Philippine art and culture that endures time and space as it defines the course of Philippine textile art and fashion.