With the theme “The Untold Story; Lasem Revealed”, this fashion show is the seventh participation of BNSD in the Jakarta Fashion Week. And as usual, BNSD consistently promotes local cultures in the biggest and most prestigious fashion event in Indonesia.
Held on Tuesday, 23 October 2018, at the Fashion Tent Jakarta Fashion Week 2019, twelve selected students got an opportunity to showcase their ready-to-wear fashion collections that were inspired by the batik motif from Lasem, Central Java.
Lasem, a district located in Rembang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, has a quite unique and different story compared to many regions in Java. Lasem is a town where the Chinese first arrived in Java, and thanks to the many Chinese settlements here since long ago, Lasem is known as “Little China”.
The assimilation and acculturation of many contrasting differences in Lasem have resulted in a new and unique cultural element, including the batik. Lasem’s batik took many inspirations from the Chinese culture, such as the dragon motif and Chinese flowers.
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