Indonesian Fashion Spot!

To those who were impatiently waiting for the newest GO International designer collaboration with Target, especially those of you in the forum. Wait no more! Thakoon and Hayden-Harnett are available TODAY at Target. If you’re not in the States, get ready to custom purchase them through generous US-based FDers or maybe they would pop up anytime soon at FD’s Market Plaza. 

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Tags: Batik, Go International Target, Handbags, Hayden Harnett, Target, Thakoon

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Fresh! Inilah satu kata yang saya rasa paling tepat untuk menggambarkan 80 karya Edward Hutabarat dalam peragaan busana yang bertajuk “Batik The Upper Ground”, yang diselenggarakan pada hari Sabtu 24 Mei 2008 kemarin. Sayang sekali saya berhalangan untuk menghadiri undangan Preview Show yang diselenggarakan hari Rabu sebelumnya di Cilandak. Saya mewakili Fashionese Daily yang mendapat kehormatan untuk menghadiri event utama ini.

Bertepatan dengan semangat merayakan 100 tahun Kebangkitan Nasional, koleksi Edward Hutabarat kali ini seolah turut menjadi bagian dari bentuk Kebangkitan Nasional dengan mengangkat kembali pesona Batik. Kehadiran Ibu Wakil Presiden juga turut meramaikan peragaan busana Edward kali ini. Dengan desain panggung runway yang berada tepat di tengah kolam renang The Sultan Hotel (atau yang dulu dikenal dengan nama Hilton), para model berlenggak-lenggok ceria memeragakan hasil karya sang perancang spesialis busana Nasional yang malam itu sukses memukau para undangan dengan kemahirannya merancang pakaian siap pakai dalam balutan kain Batik.

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Since Batik has been gaining more exposure and its own audience among young Indonesians lately, we should not forget other traditional fabrics that our nation has, before some country proclaims its copyright again =) ! Indonesia has been blessed with a diversity of arts and crafts. Each of every island in our beloved archipelago has their own cultural characteristics, their own architectures, handicrafts, music, dialects, foods, and last but not least, their very own traditional textiles, like Songket, Ulos, Ikat, and many others that aren’t widely known yet.

Following the ethnic tribal trend / safari chic look, several designers are using Ikat print in their Spring collection. And I thought, such a good timing to value our own traditional textiles and expose ourself to Ikat. Contrary to our traditional Ikat which is usually made through weaving technique, either machine or hand woven (tenun Ikat), those designers in the West are mostly using Ikat as a print on their designs.

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Tags: Batik, Ethnic Fashion, Ikat

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