Joanne Rico Head – Marketing and Sales, Bareen Cluster – NMC Healthcare   What do you do for a living? I work for NMC Healthcare, the largest private healthcare company in the UAE and third largest healthcare provider all over the world.  It is the first company from Abu Dhabi to list on the London Stock Exchange and is …

Before he became known as the ‘impalpable one’ who creates million peso dresses, Michael Cinco, one of the world’s foremost Filipino designers was already larger than life.  Take a look into his colorful past as we backtrack on our first cover shoot with him in 2007. ILLUSTRADO RETRO:  MICHAEL CINCO Story by Lalaine Chu-Benitez Photography:  …

Josie Conlu Community Champion Uniting the Filipino community’s many groups and managing them to function effectively together to execute the biggest community event in the history of the UAE is a huge undertaking for any leader – one that community champion Josie Conlu has undertaken with much aplomb. Born to lead, Josie is the Chairperson …

Oh to dream of innocence … Of fairy frills, the playful whisper of silk,  and the smell of charming pastels Oh to go back to sweet and glorious insouciance! PHOTOGRAPHY: EROS GOZE HAIR & MAKE-UP:  FRANKIE MELENDEZ MODELS:  MICHELLE SOPHIE PUDDA, RENEE TAYLOR VIRTUDAZO-HYDE AND IZABEL JOAN Z. ELLIOT FASHION:  JOEL VILLANUEVA, JULES QUIRANTE, HENRY …