Theatrical Fashion Shows
The latest and hottest technique on Indonesian catwalks today is theatricality, which brings more energy to local fashion shows.
The fashion show used to involve beautiful models strutting down the runway, posing for four seconds for the photographers and then returning up the runway. Today, fashion shows are turning into a combination of performance art, dance, stage production, multimedia and special lighting. Today's shows involve more performers, dancers, gymnastics, ballerinas, singers, actors and models. For the past year, there were three of such shows from various designers and fashion institutions. There was LaSalle College International's graduation sci-fi show Finding Azurlight with energetic movements and video; Musa Widyatmodjo's show adapted from the novel Dara; and Elga Naldy's mini opera Eastern Empress, with grand music, dance, acting and modeling.
Mall Culture
Jakarta has turned into a jungle of plazas and malls where everything can be found. Offering their best concept, these plazas and malls compete with one another to attract visitors. Aside from modern malls, old shopping centers continue to have their attraction for shoppers, especially if the goods they offer are unique.
This slider called Atmostfear is nested inside the fX Lifestyle X’nter in the Central Business District, Jakarta, Indonesia.
The slider is quite an adrenaline challenge for those wanting to put their courage to the test. It is about seven stories tall totaling 28,25 meter in height and 72 meter in length. It will only take twelve seconds for a person to complete the ride on this stainless steel and transparent polycarbonate tube. This slider sometimes referred as the giant slider being the world’s highest and longest slider
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Eco Chic
Eco-friendly is the new buzzword in fashion now that consumers are starting to care about what they wear.
Although eco-fashion is a relatively new concept here -- compared to, say, the BYOB (bring your own bag) movement -- some of the country's best designers have already begun to use organic materials in their designs.
Waste fabric, vintage batik, used microchips, beer cans, pandanus leaves, corn husks and shoelaces were among the materials utilized by the Eco Chic designers.
Ika (fashion designer) said Eco Chic was only the beginning of the eco-fashion revolution in Indonesia."Designers will remember this event. Eco-friendly ideas will be at the heart of their future collections."
"In the end, when there is high demand and awareness, we hope more organic textiles will be produced," Ika said.
Source Jakarta Post 2008
