A ‘Black Swan’ bash
In keeping with its 25th-anniversary theme inspired by “The Black Swan,” Lifestyle Asia and its designer-collaborators led by London-based Filipino Latorre Cruz dressed up Shangri-La Makati’s huge Rizal ballroom with dramatic floor-to-ceiling black drapes, dangling “Icarus” lighting fixtures resembling swans’ wings, and a tree installation with enveloped seeds as fruits.