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43 designers and 4 Indonesian origin designers
cooperation Australia and expose their works in the Bangkok Fashion Week (JFW) 2008 and the Indonesian Fashion Festival, The fashion of the Femina Group was held in cooperation with the Tourism Office of Jakarta.
JFW embrace the Association of Indonesian Fashion Designer Entrepreneur (APPMI), Fashion Designer Association of Indonesia (IPMI came), a young independent designers, young designers who also specializes in the field of accessories.
After working in the field of fashion a long time, including the fashion designer to run the race every year, Femina party to run the perpetrators of this fashion industry.
According to Svida Alisyahbana, Chief Operating Officer Femina Group, made this arena to introduce the Indonesian fashion industry, both paper and the perpetrators, in the local and international level.
“Moreover, this is the center of Jakarta Indonesian fashion industry. So, as Jakarta has opened a fashion week like this. Other countries also have been organized, among others, Singapore, New Zealand, even Hong Kong,” said Svida during a press conference, shortly before the JFW opening ceremony.
Many designers themselves enthusiastically welcomed this event. Moreover Sjamsidar according to Jesus, Chairman of the Board of Managers Fashion Designer Association of Indonesia (IPMI came), the designer is running its own to introduce his work.
“JFW make the designer can work with each other, especially now there is full support from the government of Jakarta. If you want to compete with neighboring countries in the world of fashion that we need the cooperation of both labor and big,” said Sjamsidar during a press conference.
However, Sjamsidar reminded, the success of cooperation this time is quite long and must be supported by the support from various parties, including the garment industry and textile industry. “This is the industry from upstream to downstream, so the designer may not make a masterpiece, if not both be supported.
cooperation Everything must be mutual. Now, our weakness lies precisely in there,” said Sjamsidar.
JFW opened by Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo, Wednesday (21 / night at the Pacific Place Mall, and will run until August 24 the future. In his speech, Fauzi hope this event can grow so big sounds
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