Hi there lovelies,
Back on January 9th, 2015, two of my friends showcased their designs in a sophisticated fashion show. Their designs were captivating, and the audiences can't get their eyes off the bewitching models. As the title says "Vogue of Nusantara", Caca incorporate the traditional Indonesian fabrics such as Batik, Songket, Kain Tenun in her modern designs. On the other hand, Deandra modernised the traditional Balinese, Padang, and Kalimantan's attire (Baju Adat).
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| Alisa & Aisya |
Fortunately, I had the privilege to walk for Deandra. She entrusted me to walk proudly wearing one of her beautiful designs. In my previous blog post, I showed you what she did with the traditional Songket Padang. The backstage preparations was hectic I must say, we were rushing with all the makeup and hair, we had around 5 hours to prepare. However, we had to rush because all the models were told about a major blocking change just earlier during that day.
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| Alisa |
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| Alysha |
As I have said, their designs incorporate so many Indonesian traditional fabric. In my opinion, they managed to introduce fabrics that aren't too familiar yet in a very settled way.
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| Aisya |
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| Me |
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| Alfa |
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| Julianna |
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| Alisa |
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| Ihya |
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Adam
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Caca and Deandra are aspiring designers, they also happen to be my schoolmates. They have been attending the same school as I do since middle school. We also take the same art class this year, fashion. All three of us and a lot of our other fashion classmates are currently working on a clothing line. I will keep you posted on that.
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| The designers: Deandra (Left) and Caca (Right) |
I did an interview with them both and I'm going to get there in my future posts. Expect to write read an inspiring biography, from the two so-called indecisive adolescence who turns out to be amazingly talented.
Sadly, some Indonesians take the Indonesian Baju Adat as a tacky, cheap-looking fabric put together. They see the ones who proudly put on their sunting, or weds with dodotan are ignoring the change, that those who proudly wear Baju Adat refuse to modernise along with the developing country. But even though sequin gowns, floral cocktail dresses, suits and ties seem to be very flattering and elegant. Batik is a stubborn compass always pointing us towards home.*
"Batik" patterns are very versatile, it can be worn both casual and formal attire. Batik can also make everyone look more elegant." - Caca Norman
Until next time lovelies, cheers!
Audrey Avestina
*A quote by Denice Frohman from her poetry entitled "Accents" originally 'Her accent is a stubborn compass always pointing her towards home.'
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