For the cover, photographer Sharif Hamza shoots fellow New Yorker Chloe Magno in a spread that spanned across the country’s three major islands. 

The 28th edition of the world’s most respected name in fashion celebrates Filipino identify, craft, and diversity, and new mindsets, from its opening chapter on National artist for fashion, Salvacion Lim Higgins and modern iterations of the Terno to indigenous superfood and beauty ingredients to skater Margielyn Didal and the creative hub that grew in the sleepy surf town of La Union. 

More stories of creativity and innovation are featured over more than 400 pages of brilliant photography and compelling articles: On Carl Jan Cruz , Clarissa Delgado, Kenneth Cobonpue, Carina Dayondon, Anthony Alvarez, Rhuigi Villaseñor, Maria Ressa, Vianca Soleil, and the Augousti Family.