Jerry Sibal. Image: INQUIRER.net/Armin P.
Adina Filipino floral designer Jerry Sibal has been based in New York for decades now, and some of the clients he has worked for are A-list celebrities Oprah Winfrey and Celine Dion , and Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group. “I’m very blessed. That’s why I said with that kind of blessings, I think God has sent me a message [that] ‘you’re not alone, the more you share, the more you get all the blessings,’” he told INQUIRER.
net on the sidelines of the launching for the first-ever Philippine International Flower Festival (PHILIFF) held in Makati City last month. He is mounting the first-of-its-kind festival in the Philippines with the support of government and private entities, and it will take place in One Ayala next month. “I’ve reached the age of 66 where I’ve gotten more comfortable, I don’t have to compete with anybody, and just competing with myself.
Because I wanna make sure that I deliver, and I keep on inspiring people. Part of that is learning from what you have, and you don’t have, too,” Sibal continued. He has had several works for Branson, the British billionaire who controls more than 400 companies in different fields.
Sibal designed for him when Virgin launched its first London-to-Chicago trip, and returned when the airline company launched its first-class seats for flights on the same route. “I love Richard Branson, he’s the most unaffected person in the world. You know, even [if] he’s .