Manila Fabulous: Red Carpet at the SONA

Rightly or wrongly, the State of the Nation Address has become as much about fashion as it is about the President making his report to the nation and laying out his legislative agenda for the year.

As protesters and police tussle kilometers away from Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City, the country’s elite show up in outfits that highlight either their fashion sense or, in some cases, their advocacies. Photographer Tammy David shares these photos from the rarified air of the Batasan Pambansa before the President gave his SONA.

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