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JFW 2014: Dewi Fashion Knights

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Jakarta Fashion Week 2014 (JFW) was a nesting ground of highly-anticipated shows, but the one show most revered among all others listed on the schedule was the Dewi Fashion Knights (DFK) show. Each year, Dewi magazine . This year, three members of the DFK old guard were selected to participate in the proceedings: Oscar Lawalata, Priyo Oktaviano, and Tex Saverio are joined by two new members who were “knighted” for this year’s show: Populo Batik and Toton.

Following selection, each label must adhere to a specific theme selected by DFK; this year’s theme just so happens to be Tale of the Goddess, and each designer was given the freedom to interpret that theme into the special collections they were presenting. We spoke to Dewi’s ultra chic Editor-in-Chief, Ni Luh Sekar, on how much creative freedom was granted to the designers, and for the reasoning behind the selection of Populo Batik and Toton into the fashion-elite fold. For further details on the interview and show highlights, check out the video below!

Oscar Lawalata

When you want the bar to be set high, you’d do well to kick things off with Oscar Lawalata. Going along with this year’s DFK theme, his personal interpretation of a goddess was a celestial being who quite literally descended from the stars. Titled My Name is Andromeda, this was a deceptively simple-looking collection, with the first sequence consisting of nothing but intricately-folded blacks and the second sequence a lot more varied in color (but less so in shape).

Through the mastery of geometric folding on meters and meters of black silk, he attempted to construct the beauty, personality, and intellect of Indonesian women in the absolute stunner that was the first sequence. The second set featured patchwork and a form of casting called moulage on tenun.

My Name is Andromeda was a very personal interpretation that celebrated the personification of the evolving perfection of Indonesian women as they hurtle towards the future without forgetting about the past. A profound message indeed, but the show was made even more memorable during the final looks walk at the very end, where it was revealed that the man himself had been hiding among his bevy of beauties while dressed in his own garb!

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