Town & Country Philippines brings in a diverse flavor of fashion and arts to the local landscape with its April issue. On the cover, fashion designer and retailer Joanna Preysler Francisco talks about her inspiration and her thriving business, Carbon and Tint. “I’m a student of life. I learn from what I see, read and watch. I apply real life to what we design,” Francisco shares.

Editor-in-Chief Yvette Fernandez tells in her editor’s letter, “The April cover was a whole lot of fun. We shared candid life stories with Joanna and her husband Raul in between outfit and look changes.”

Town & Country also sits down with the leading lights of Philippine architecture, design and luxury retail. In the issue, Jorge Yulo, Mawen Ong, Yolanda Perez Johnson, Ricky Toledo and Chito Vijandre divulge their inspirations behind their masterpieces. In the multifaceted industry of the arts, architect Jorge Yulo emphasizes the need to always take a different approach and to look at things from a different pedestal.

While the heirs of two of America’s dynasties, David Lauren and Lauren Bush tell Town & Country about their marriage and their penchant for philanthropy. Proud father Ralph Lauren even shares, “They are a special couple and strong individuals deeply in love, but bound by an unselfish and generous spirit to make this world a better place.”

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