Five Indonesian designers from the Indonesia Fashion Forward program, a
capacity-building program facilitated by Jakarta Fashion Week, the
Center for Fashion Enterprise UK, and supported by the Indonesian
Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, will be showcasing their
latest collection at the prestigious Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter
2014. Major Minor, Tex Saverio, Toton, Vinora, and Yosafat Dwi Kurniawan
are primed to prove that Indonesian designers are ready to compete with
fashion designers worldwide.
For Paris Fashion Week, Major
Minor will be presenting its collection inspired by Phillippe Cognee's
painting technique combined with the abstract and asymmetrical aspects
of our daily lives. The end result is a collection dominated by
monochromatic and pastel colored, asymmetrical pieces. Designer Toton
will be carrying his collection using the "Sengkang" tenun from an area
called Legosi in Southern Sulawesi without forgetting to finish his
collection with his signature floral embroidery detailing. Yosafat Dwi
Kurniawan on the other hand is inspired by the motives of the "Mega
Mendung" batik which is a distinction that is originated from Cirebon,
West Java.
Aside from the five Indonesia Fashion Forward
designers that will be showcasing at Paris Fashion Week, Moslem-fashion
brand NurZahra along with Major Minor will be appearing in Asia's
anticipated fashion event, the Tokyo Fashion Week 2014/15 A/W. Major
Minor and NurZahra will be starring in a fashion show on the 19th of
March 2014 in Shibuya Hikarie. Designer Windri Widiesta Dhari from
Moslemwear label NurZahra said she is presenting a collection with a
theme called "Layers of Fidelity" emphasizing what she termed as "a
strong sense of ethnicity". Windri also said that she would keep using
the Japanese Shibori coloring method, which now has become a distinctive
characteristic of her brand. She added that she is especially keen for
buyers from Dubai and London to see her jackets and scarves, the
mainstay of her collection.
The coming Bangkok International
Fashion Fair & Bangkok International Leather Fair, which will be
held on the 16th - 22nd of March 2014, will also be the perfect occasion
to prove Indonesia's competence through two Indonesia Fashion Forward
designers, Jenahara and Monday to Sunday, who will be appearing in
ASEAN's largest trade fair that will be attended by Asia's and Europe's
notable fashion buyers.
The global reach of these 8 designers is a
result of the Indonesia Fashion Forward program, which provides
capacity-building and mentorship for promising local fashion brands.
Designers are prepped with comprehensive teaching to prepare them to
compete in both the local and global fashion market. Not only are they
trained to solidify their sense of creativity, the fashion experts from
the Center for Fashion Enterprise UK also empowered the designers to
master critical aspects of running a fashion business such as planning,
financing, legality, costing and pricing, sales & marketing
strategy, as well as public relations.
"The participation of the
Indonesia Fashion Forward designers at Tokyo Fashion Week is one of our
key programs this year. Aside from Tokyo, we are also supporting the
participation of six of the other Indonesia Fashion Forward designers at
Paris Fashion Week and Bangkok International Fashion Fair & Bangkok
International Leather Fair. This is one of our ways in pushing local
designers to have a global mindset," said Lenni Tedja, director of
Jakarta Fashion Week.
Please read more about Indonesian Fashion at -- Jakarta Fashion Week - www.jakartafashionweek.co.id (ECNNewswire)
Friday, February 28, 2014
Indonesian Designers to showcase at the Paris Fashion Week 2014
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