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Runway Report: Indonesia Fashion Forward 2015

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One of the highlights of Jakarta Fashion Week in recent years has been the Indonesia Fashion Forward program. This fashion catalyst — one of the more prominent initiatives by the JFW committee — has been done in conjunction with The British Council, producing some of the biggest names in the contemporary style scene. It was thanks to this program that Major Minor was catapulted into the consciousness of the London style set when they were asked to commission a special collection for high-end department store Harvey Nichols.

So JFW continues to be an integral part of the Indonesian creative economy scene, helping drive an entire industry that provides countless jobs and creative opportunities to practitioners at all levels: from designers to tailors, visual merchandisers to fashion journalists, this is a program that we look forward to and are proud to support every year.

To cement the commitment to the horizontal growth of the industry, the Buyer’s Room at JFW this week was opened to the public: this gave designers direct access to new pockets of the market who want to support the local fashion industry. Let’s hope the evolution of the Indonesian fashion business continue to grow from strength to strength. Here are a few of my favorites from the Indonesia Fashion Forward show on opening day:

NurZahra

nz 1This year’s IFF program was split into four different shows, with one of the shows dedicated towards Muslim fashion (read more about that show in Annisa’s article). NurZahra’s designer, Windri Widiesta Dhari, continues to hit it out of the ballpark this year with a collection that meshes inspiration from ancient Babylonia to Russia.

Peggy Hartanto

phPeggy Hartanto was applauded for finding her field of expertise, but a lot of people worried about that comfort zone being a crutch, leaving her coming off as a one-trick pony. But she proved everyone wrong with the S/S 2015 collection — called Gem — which featured a refreshing color palette of whites, azure, electric blue, and a pale lemon yellow in silhouettes that still maintain that distinct Peggy Hartanto precision while being distinct from her work in previous seasons.

Tertia

te 1Bravo, Tertia Enda, bravo! The woman behind ready-to-wear line Capital T has hit it out of the ballpark with a more upmarket line, called Tertia. We saw glimpses of the earth-toned collection unleashed earlier this year, and the Dreamcatcher collection we saw at JFW was distinctly more flow-y while retaining a certain feeling of practicality and grounding.

To see more of the action that went down in the Fashion Tent that night, check out the little video we compiled below. Enjoy!

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