Laufey is on the Cover of Vogue Philippines’ May 2026 Issue on Creative Expression and Identity

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – April 30, 2025 – Icelandic sensation Laufey is on the cover of Vogue Philippines May 2026 ahead of her three day concert in May in the country. The 27-year-old Grammy winner has mesmerized audiences all over the world with her musical style that combines jazz pop and classical, among other genres.

“People are going through so much. And my audience members are there, they’re quite a lot of teenagers, young people going through so much continuous change. And I know everyone has something going on in their lives. So to be able to come in and forget that for a moment is all I want to do. I want to create that feeling,” she says of her concert. In her Vogue Philippines
shoot, she is photographed by Daniel Jack Lyons and styled by Leith Clark, and wears Jude Macasinag, Prada, and Gucci.

More pioneering, resilient women fill the pages of the May edition. Model, memoirist, advocate, and now director Geena Rocero reflects on her path from pageants to fashion to being one of the leading voices in trans rights. “I learn by doing. Call it self-belief, call it holding on to that
unapologetic vision and letting it speak for itself. I’ve always been a self starter,” she says. The 43-year-old is shot by Sam Spence in New York and styled by Filipino-American Dominick Barcelona.

Julia Saubier has also worn different hats and walked different paths. But family has given her a more evolved perspective. “Being a mother has deepened my craft and my appreciation for life and humanity,” she says, “and I think it’s just really strengthened my work as an actor and also my character as a person.” Filipino-Canadian artist Marigold Santos was also similarly inspired by motherhood. “I became a mother four years ago,” she says. “So that added another layer to
the work where I’m thinking about not just ancestry, but I’m thinking about descendants, really focusing on descendants.” She reconstructs her identity through painting, sculpture, tattoo, and
the myth of the manananggal.

Plus: An artful gaze on Roy Gonzales, the first Filipino chief designer at a French couture house; Jude Macasinag explores punk historicism through couture and deliberate decay; Jon Cuyson and Mara Gladstone turn to the sea as a living archive of Filipino migration, labor, and
love; a survey of exhibitions in Venice, Phuket, Riyadh, and Manila.

“Our world, at this moment, seems turned upside down, to state it mildly,” writes editor-in-chief Bea Valdes. “But, perhaps, we move forward only when the past stands clearly in front of us. If we look closely, we can find that the clock that runs backward, may tell time more accurately
and equitably. If we listen, we will hear that minor keys can turn into major harmonies. Perhaps the fires we light remind us of the freedoms we fight for, and the things we dismantle and destroy can be reborn even more beautifully because it has survived.”