LOOK: Someone Wore Custom Pokémon Barong at a Wedding

Pokémon at weddings? Sure, we’ve seen a lot of Pokémon-themed weddings already. But custom Pokémon barongs? Well, that’s new!

Custom Pokémon barong featuring Johto Legends Ho-oh & Lugia ☀️🌊 for my sister’s wedding pic.twitter.com/vxgeNpWcc3

— Wartortoise (@paoloumpa) December 10, 2021

Paolo “Wartortoise” Umpa’s tweet went viral over the weekend as he flaunted his custom-made Pokémon barong that featured Johto’s legendary bird duo, Ho-oh & Lugia, for his sister’s wedding.

“I’ve always been a Pokémon fan, and the Johto generation were the first games I played so Ho-oh & Lugia were sorts of special to me. And my sister was getting married which is a very special family occasion so I thought of having a custom Pokémon barong made,” Wartortoise revealed.

He also stated that he found the design through Google and asked the original artist’s permission to use the said design.

“I actually found the original design on Google, and I tracked down the designer, @mamathzilla, to ask permission to use the design.”

It then took more than three weeks to make the custom barong as the designer made some alterations.

“When I got clearance [to use the design], I shared it to the barong designer (@randolfclothing on Instagram) then [it took] a week of back & forths [because] he did some tweaks. [Tapos] 2-3 weeks of production (Then 2-3 weeks of production).”

As of the time of this article’s writing, Wartortoise’s tweet garnered 2,910 retweets, 639 quote tweets, and 17.5K likes on Twitter.

Paolo “Wartortoise” Umpa is a corporate marketer by day and a streamer at night. He grew up playing Pokemon, Ragnarok, and MMORPGs but is currently invested in League of Legends, Valorant, and other competitive games. You can find him on Twitch, Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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