Tag: Front Row

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW: DAY 8 AT ANNE AVANTIE

Another one of my highlights from the whole Jakarta Fashion Week 2013. Indonesian famous actresses and couples, senior supermodels were joining the models to present Anne’s collection. Adding 3 famous Indonesian singers to sing in the show and traditional dances didn’t hurt either. I felt really entertained, in a fashionable blast from the past kind of way.

Themed “Puspawarni”, the whole show was presented by Molto, the famous fabric softener brand. Imagine, Anne’s fabrics were flying around the catwalk and the audiences felt the breeze of scents from different flowers. Anne was inspired by different roles of Indonesian women and decided to have 7 sequences in her show.

Her signature kebaya and batik fabrics (most of them adorned by crystals), mixed with different fabrics like tulle and velvet. She also injected a touch of modernity to her fabrics through digital print fabrics with traditional motifs to add to her total 50 collection last night. 

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW: DAY 7 AT DEWI FASHION KNIGHTS

It should’ve been the closing show for the whole fashion week, but due through unfriendly weather in Jakarta, there’ll be more shows until next Monday, November 12, 2012. 

I can say Dewi Fashion Knights is the most anticipated show at Jakarta Fashion Week every year, when local socialites, fashion people and celebrities flocked together in one tent. Themed “The Next Chapter” there were 5 designers chosen by Dewi Magazine: Oscar Lawalata, Deden Siswanto, Ghea Panggabean, Sapto Djojokartiko and Priyo Octaviano.

Deden came up with his own perception of Javanese culture, wayang kulit for his men and women collection. Priyo was in “Ultra Mod” mode with the deconstructive, edgy and modern design, also for men. Digital Print technology was used at Ghea’s collection. Oscar “My name is 20’s” theme did what it said, the 20’s style with flapper dresses in bright colors and silent movies for the backdrop. And Sapto, thank God he came up with more wearable collection (including the shoes) this year. Somehow Sapto’s headpieces worn by models, reminds me of Carrie Bradshaw’s lace headpiece from Trivial that she wore at Stanford’s (his gay best friend) wedding (remember?). 

Personally, I’m surprised to see quite a lot of men’s collection this year, but well, men has to be fashionable too, correct?

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW: DAY 6 AT LENNY AGUSTIN

As expressive and youthful as the designer herself.

Presented by The Body Shop, Lenny Agustin chose the theme “Paper Garden” for her ever colorful collection. She was inspired by the delicacy and complexity of origami from Japan, which she admitted was a challenge for her because of the reduction of patterns and motifs. Using materials like Batik from Pekalongan and Tenun from Makassar, her creations are unique and out of the box. 

And as color striking as her 37 collections, so did the makeup and hairdos. The Body Shop Indonesia’s team of makeup artists created double winged eyeliner, with fun and bold intense colors for all models’ eyelids to complement Lenny’s collection.

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW: DAY 6 AT BIN HOUSE 

Witty details, fabrics flown around, this show was one of my highlights from my fashionable journey at Jakarta Fashion Week 2013. 

Josephine Komara or we all know her as only Obin, a legendary designer of Indonesian traditional textile collaborated with Pesona Magazine Indonesia to present her “Time Traveler” collection through her house brand “Bin House”. Traveling around the business for 40 years this year, she needed one year to complete her 48 looks for the show. Described herself as “fabric artisan”, she told the medias that she was inspired by fabrics and women.

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW:
TOP 10 LOOKS LIE SANG BONG

Previously, I’ve post an introduction about Lie Sang Bong, the Korean fashion designer, here: http://shintarosvita.tumblr.com/post/32784031344/an-ode-to-jakarta-fashion-week-be-prepared-as

As eccentric as he is in person, he’s wearing black long cape, pink shirt and black tie with printed butterflies on it when I saw him during the press conference, same thing I can say about his design at the first show of Jakarta Fashion Week 2013. A big bang of colors, butterflies and houndstooth are gracing his runway. Can you tell that he’s known to mix eastern and western influences from this top 10 looks?

A VIEW FROM JAKARTA FASHION WEEK 2013 FRONT ROW:
TOP 10 LOOKS SEBASTIAN GUNAWAN 

Those patchwork’s like details are actually stones cut so into a 3 mm. So it really mimics a thick grey paper, but it is a vinyl stone usually used for furniture purpose. Sebastian Gunawan, one of the best Indonesian designer ever, called them Nano Stone. 

Inspired by women, beautiful like flowers and tough like stone, voila! Beautiful and gorgeous collection, with lots of pretty and well thought designs. See my pictures (taken with my lovely husband’s DSLR) and see if you agree with me.

A VIEW FROM THE FRONT ROW

Every year, Indonesian Fashion Designers Association, known as IPMI (in Indonesian language: Ikatan Perancang Mode Indonesia) held a trend show as a reference for the Indonesian fashion. 

Established since 1986, this annual event was held on October 9, 2012 at Soehana Hall, Energy Building, Jakarta, Indonesia. Eight designers showed their existences through each creativities and expressiveness. The theme of the year is “Energie”, which represent their energy to explore and innovate thus create a fashion masterpiece. 

From 8 designers, I watched four of them, Yongki Budisutisna, Adrianto Halim, Tuty Cholid and Barli Asmara. Yongki brought a lot of sexy backs (mostly in black) on the runway, which mostly reminds me of 1950’s vintage style with flared skirts. Tuty and her batik collection graced the runway with mix of crochet. I love how she wrapped batik as a top, paired with crochet flare skirt. Adrianto played with orange color and ruffles a lot, yet it made his collection the brightest color on the runway last night.

The highlight of the show was a performance by Dewi Sandra, famous Indonesian singer, wearing Barli Asmara. She flirted the audience with her group of dancers, singing Lady Marmalade. Just as the Moulin Rouge performance, she looked great with flapper dress style from the 1920’s. I love how she styled her hair, braids with Avatar kind of style. She’s also one of Barli’s muse, so no surprised when she introduced Barli’s collection for the night. Quite an interesting closing of the show when Barli’s models came out with huge silver cape covering their dresses beneath. Barli’s key look: sheer, bling, flower detail and folding fan. Very art deco, the whole Barli’s collection remind me of the movie “Midnight in Paris”. 

All of their ready to wear collection will be exclusively available at Metro Department Store on April 2013.