Manifest Magazine (or ManifestMagazine.com) began as a goal, a manifestation post-pandemic of a group of dreamers from different parts of the world – the Philippines, India, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. In 2021, while in Manila, Philippines, founder Czarina Denise Flores conceptualized Manifest Magazine along with her Filipino friends who are based in different countries.
It was in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when most people in the world had to stay home to stop the disease from spreading. For these friends, the experience also became a reflection on life and on what they want to do in their lives. With a shared passion for writing, content creation, sharing ideas and discussions, and design, together they formed a vision for Manifest Magazine, while fueling their hope and personal mission to leave a mark in the industry.
With no funding from investors, and no background of being from an existing big company, nor personal deep pockets, the founder started Manifest Magazine as a digital magazine with a website and presence in social media platforms Instagram and Facebook. Its domain then started as TheManifestMag.com (and is now ManifestMagazine.com).
The Core Theme of Fashion and Depth
With the founder’s interest in fashion, the core theme of Manifest Magazine became fashion along with other categories. Manifest Magazine was then described as an online magazine on life’s important themes: people’s happiness, interests, and dreams that they manifest; expressions of individuality through fashion, beauty, style, and lifestyle; understanding, learning of, and interests in travel, art, and culture; and discussions of wellness, career, education, and business.
At the beginning these topics formed a long list, which made it difficult to describe Manifest Magazine with a short phrase. Also, the varied themes made it difficult for Manifest to have a visual aesthetic that unifies the mixture its themes.
“We are the FIRST magazine with the name MANIFEST, with focus on the themes of Fashion, Beauty, Lifestyle, Happiness, and Manifestations.”
– MANIFEST Magazine (ManifestMagazine.com)
Eventually, Manifest Magazine simplified its themes with a new direction. It also formed a new visual branding that resonated with its renewed vision and mission.
MANIFEST Magazine is a globally-minded editorial publication exploring fashion, beauty, art, culture, and meaningful living, capturing not only style and creativity, but also the deeper dimensions of life across the Philippines and global landscapes. Designed with an elegant keepsake book, MANIFESTS preserves memorable stories and visual narratives that shape the contemporary spirit of the Philippines, while celebrating Filipino creativity and identity.
MANIFEST was established in 2021 by founder Czarina Denise Flores, whose lineage in journalism and legacy of championing the Filipino voice trace back through generations of journalists, including her grandfather, Filipino-American founder, publisher, editor-in-chief of The Filipino Press, Ernesto “Ernie” Flores Jr., known as the “Dean of Filipino-American Journalists in San Diego, California, USA,” whose legacy deeply influenced her writing journey.
We chose the name “MANIFEST” not because of the skyrocketing popularity of this word – not because of the rise of manifestation on TikTok beginning 2018 whereby the word has brought about new interpretations and resulted into different evolving modern cultures. Manifestation in this New Age has been re-interpreted as…
MANIFEST Magazine is a digital editorial archive of exploring Philippine fashion, beauty, arts and culture, human experiences, and the journey of becoming.
