Lifestyle Asia

The greatest luxury in the world is being able to do what your heart sets out to do, to pursue your passions unbridled, free from constraints of obligation. Indeed you feel the richest when you are able to march to the beat of your own drum and live life on your own terms. Lifestyle Asia highlights these inspiring, powerful and relevant beacons of the Philippine Society who live life exactly how they envisioned it to be, enriching their lives, the life of others, and through their own accord the world we live in.

Lifestyle Asia

FROM ROME, WITH JOY • Sophisticated and versatile, the new Fiorever jewellery collection by BVLGARI is a joyous floral icon inspired by Rome’s eternal romance

CULINARY CONVENIENCE • SOFITEL MANILA launches EasyPeasy, its first cloud kitchen concept

THE SUSTAINABILITY ACT

ARCHITECTURE AS ART • Some designers think outside the box, while others rethink the box itself. Foster + Partners, through THE ESTATE MAKATI, challenge what today’s luxury residential high-rise should be

ECO WARRIOR • As a broadcast journalist and a lawmaker, House Deputy Speaker LOREN LEGARDA has continued to focus her platform and office on issues that plague Mother Earth

SAVING SAND AND SEA • Maremegmeg Beach Club managing director DIEGO ALVAREZ on the challenge of keeping a sustainable, eco-friendly business afloat in the middle of a global health crisis

RENEWED PURPOSE • Following her viral social media experience, CAT ARAMBULO-ANTONIO’s healing process is a moving journey fueled by the dedication to help those in need

SILVER SYMPHONY • MIKE & CHARMAINE LAGMAN went to Amanpulo with their kids to mark their 25th wedding anniversary, an event made even more special by sweet songs and delightful surprises

COZY CASUALS • Alessandra Facchinetti emphasizes versatility and work-from-home comfort in HARLAN + HOLDEN’s new capsule collection

COOL PAIRINGS • Sneaker collaborations are still all the rage, and these eight team ups this year are something to obsess over

OLD CODE NEW VALUES • In Louis Vuitton’s pre-fall 2021 men’s collection, artistic director Virgil Abloh continues to transform the elitist to the inclusive as he explores what conforming means in a post-2020 society

OPEN AIR FARE • Margarita Forés’ version of new normal dining is THE LOGGIA, her all-day dining restaurant that serves Italian and Spanish cuisine within the Palacio de Memoria in Parañaque

BOTTLE SHARING • Highland Park serves up the TRISKELION, a whisky created by three masters with over 100 years of experience

BACK ON THE FAST TRACK

PAINTERLY PARALLELS • For Fundacion Sansó’s first exhibit of the year, the works of Juvenal Sansó find kinship with those of Kenneth Montegrande.

FRENCH FLAIR • Once One Of The Most Feared Food Critics In The World, FRANÇOIS SIMON Now Waxes Poetry About Provence in his new Assouline tome

CENTURY GRAPHIC • GUCCI turns 100, and celebrates with an immersive multimedia show in its Florence garden—and on Roblox

ISLAND EATS • As we all dream of the day when travel can be done at leisure and without worry, here are some of our favorite Boracay dining spots that you should include in your next trip there—whenever that may be

DESTINATION NEXT • Where will you go when things go back to normal? We asked some of our favorite travelers the first places they’ll head for post-pandemic, where they will eat and stay, and what will be on their itineraries

LA VIE EN LOCK DOWN • A Filipino living in Paris gives a street level view of how COVID is being handled at the French capital

HOME AND AWAY • CRISTALLE BELO PITT talks about the decision to temporarily move to Adelaide over the pandemic, and what it means for her family and work life

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