Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — On its sixth year, the Philippine Fashion Ball looked to the future.

Conceived as a celebration of the achievements of local fashion industry professionals, the annual fashion event, held last Saturday at the basement of Bench Tower in Bonifacio Global City, took a decidedly youthful turn this year, choosing to highlight the work of four designers identified with youth culture — Basic Movement by Esme Palaganas, Randolf Clothing by RJ Santos, Proudrace by Rik Rasos and Pat Mosby, and Bea Samson.

The four designers were the focal point of this year’s program, with their work presented in tableaus that highlighted their unique aesthetics. In the past, the Philippine Fashion Ball highlighted the work of veteran designers like Rajo Laurel, Dennis Lustico, and Joey Samson.

Every year, the Fashion Ball presents Industry Awards to industry professionals who have made considerable contributions to the local scene. These awards cover every facet of the industry, celebrating the designers who makes the clothes, the models who wear them, the journalists who write about them, and the photographers, makeup artists, and stylists who work on the images that present them.

This year, the Industry Awards went to editors Liza Ilarde and Isha Andaya-Valles, makeup artists Robbie Piñera and Omar Ermita, models Jodilly Pendre and Miko Raval, and photographer Paolo Pineda.

CNN Philippines Life sent art photographer Czar Kristoff to the Philippine Fashion Ball without agenda or a shot list, and told him to shoot whatever interested him. A self-taught photographer based in Laguna, Kristoff's usually monochromatic images have been published in international publications like Esquire Russia and T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and exhibited in Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, London, and Manila.