Shaving the side of her head was her idea. The elusive 90s It Girl Mai Mai Cojuangco returns to the Philippines for a visit, and sits down with Esquire magazine to talk about her new pursuits. In the 90s, Mai Mai was “the image of poise, class and elegance, impervious to wayward fashion trends and always maintaining a polite distance like only the truly stylish ever manage. She was that being who is all but forgotten today: an It Girl who never hankered or claimed the title, in a decade when it was all hers for the taking,” writes Editor-in-Chief Erwin Romulo.

Also in the issue, an oral history from the children who lived with the deposed president Marcos and his first lady Imelda during their exile in Hawaii. Nearly three decades after the revolution that drove them away, the kids who were uprooted from their unpoliticized lives in the Philippines to move to Hawaii tell the stories of learning about life beyond Imelda’s tenets of truth, goodness and beauty. Exclusive interviews with Rita, Philip, Cathy and Anthony Nazareno; Marv Nazareno-Miranda; Georgina “Chiquita” Ramos; and Toni Baltazar, wherein they recall driving Imelda around Oahu, attending parties, and meeting international dignitaries and celebrities. It was a time they would look back to with great affection, their youth in Hawaii, isolated from information/disinformation/misinformation. This is a portrait of the Marcoses previously unseen. 

Plus, don’t miss Esquire’s beefed-up Style section this month, beginning with a primer of what-to-wear to wherever you want to go: from mountain climbing in Nepal, to strolling through Tokyo’s streets, to relaxing in the Bahamas. The Grooming section focuses on your crowning glory: Find out about the difference of salons versus your usual barbershop, a visual on the best-looking heads of hair from the runways; and a look at the new hip barbershop Felipe & Sons, where you can expect: a cut and a shave and polished shoes and a beer. All this and more in Esquire’s March issue.