"...one of them covers this year's Jakarta Fashion Week..."
That was mainly the reason why she sent them to me :)
As I was flicking through 'Femina, Edisi Tahunan 2010', I found a page that has images from a runway show. I realised that the models are wearing batik; and I thought that they must be from Jakarta Fashion Week. However, it seems that the photos are different from the images I saw from the Fashion Week the year before; starting from the make up on the models, the catwalk, even the style of photography. So I looked more closely and saw the designers' names; and it turned out that one of them is Dries Van Noten!
This Belgian designer included - not only tints of batik - but the whole fabric as the actual garments.
A blouse with big 'parang' pattern
Smaller 'parang' pattern on a dress
I was really proud when I saw this :)
But one question came to my mind,
If anything, I don't see that his designs are more special than any Indonesian designers who have been recycling batik as ready-to-wear fashion for years now; then how come they don't get that much recognition?
