DFDCFI, is the region’s most active and engaged creative industry professional organization.  It underwent phases of transition, since a little less than 2 decades ago, before it it was registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission as a foundation in 2016 and as a CSO grantee of the City of Davao in 2019.   To date, DFDCFI maintains a curated designer membership, composed of Davao City’s most achieving, participating and contributing designers, whose common goal is to professionalize the practice of fashion and design in the region. Members are required to establish identifiable commercial presence; operate legitimate, ethical and professional business enterprise; show consistent market performance and patronage; and exhibit improved design portfolio and updated lifelong learning engagements.   The portfolio of the members spans across winnings in regional, national and international fashion competitions; representation and participation in prestigious fashion weeks here and abroad; and community leadership in the academe, local creative economy and regional culture, heritage and identity movements. It’s inclusive thrust and advocacy are geared towards design education, promotion and collaboration.

DFDCFI has always believed in government-industry-academe partnership and sustainable working relationship. DFDCFI has, through the past 16 years, actively promoted and worked in establishing the niche of Davao Design, which has always surfaced from the diversity and rich cultural heritage of our ethno-linguistic groups and the migrant settlers of Davao.

DFDCFI maintains a curated designer membership, composed of Davao City’s most achieving, participating and contributing designers, whose common goal is to professionalize the practice of fashion and design in the region.