The 3 Symptoms of Killing Our Dream

by Paulo Coelho, on Feb 20, 2011

The first symptom of the process of our killing our dreams is the lack of time. The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the Good Fight.

Event - Road to Indonesia Fashion Week 2012

Interesting event! Unfortunately I ll be out of town so I could not come. But if you have time, you should! ^_^

Seminar & Talkshow Invitation

Road to Indonesia Fashion Week 2012

“Little Parts, Big Difference” by YKK Team

“How Do the UK Government Put London Back into Fashion Map” by Toby Meadows – UK

Date:               17 Nov 2011

Venue:            Ministry of Industry, 2^nd Floor, Garuda Room

Time:              09.30 – 17.00 

Toby Meadows is an UK Fashion expert, he is a director of the London based cult womenswear designer label Belle & Bunty ( a regular in the pages of the fashion press and loved by celebrities from Victoria Beckham to Lindsay Lohan. He is also a consultant of hundreds of small to medium size of fashion enterprises such as GAP, ZARA, TOPSHOP and also to high end designer labels such as GUCCI, DIOR, Alexander Mc Queen, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne Westwood

PAPILIO - A collection for LPM 2011

Take a look at my 12 sketches for LPM 2011, inspired by PAPILIO! It did not get through the semi-finalist selection. But I am pretty happy with it since I feel that I have progressed quite a lot from LPM 2009. Unfortunately I lost all the files I had for LPM 2009, thus I could not post the pictures here in my blog. 

Enjoy!

Inspiration for LPM 2011

You must have read the story of my failure for LPM 2011 in my previous post: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Now, I would like to share to you my original inspiration for this year's LPM.

I called the collection: PAPILIO, which actually means butterfly.

This inspiration draws from the people I have meet and seen in my life: the people who struggle to pursue and live up their dream. They are my friends and my muse. I can totally understand the struggle that people have to endure to live up their dream. And it is not easy. Never is. Sometimes, you are in the top, most of the time you are in the bottom, and you think of quitting. But you just move on.

I have once said, that it is not the end goal that actually matters. For me, the most important part is actually the journey, the process. I don't believe that there will be an absolute end point. Big designers like Marc Jacobs, Versace and etc... are renowned designers - but still every year, every season actually - they still have to beat their previous creations: next season's design have to be better or at least-as good as their previous ones. 

And I think - this what makes them turn into a beautiful butterfly. They transform. They learn. Become better. Become beautiful. 

And that is just the story behind my collection for LPM 2011. 

Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better - Samuel Becket

Finally, the announcement that I have been waiting for has arrived.... I assumed you know about Lomba Perancang Mode 2011. A few months ago, the registration was opened for participants who want to join this prestigious competition in Indonesia. And I participated. So for the last few weeks, I had been nervously waited for the announcement on the top 20 semi-finalists because the committee promised to contact the semi-finalists in the mid of September. I had high hopes this year.

But the call, or email, or text message did not arrive. And the next thing, I heard the committee announced that all semi-finalists have been contacted. Sadly for me, it means that I am not a semi-finalist. 

So I failed. 

Again.

Kisaran harga kain (Textile Price Range)

For those who wants to shop for textile in the market (Mayestik, Tanah Abang, Pasar Sunan Giri etc). Hopefully this info on prices of textile helps!

Tekstil	Harga (Rp)
Katun biasa (Polos, lebar kecil) Mis. Katun minyak, katun paris tipis	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Katun Jepang (Polos & Motif, lebar besar)	20.000 – 35.000 / meter
Katun Ima (Polos, lebar besar)	40.000 – 60.000 / meter
Shantung biasa  (Lebar besar)	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Shantung Jepang – lebih tipis (Lebar besar)	20.000 – 25.000 / meter
Taffeta biasa (Polos & Lebar besar)	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Taffeta dove (Polos)	20.000 – 25.000 / meter
Satin polos	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Satin velvet	20.000 – 30.000 / meter
Satin stretch	20.000 – 30.000 / meter
Chiffon biasa	9000 – 15.000 / meter
Chiffon double	8000 – 10.000 / meter
Chiffon nicon	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Satin duchess	30.000 -    ….. / meter
Satin silky	30.000 - …. / meter
Tile polos	10.000 – 15.000 / meter
Furing hero	8000 – 10.000 / meter
Furing rayon	15.000 / meter

Cheers,


AliceT

A simple dress for Alice

Idul Fitri Holiday. Everyone is excited. 

Holiday Holiday Holiday. It is often the only time when you get to really do the things that you like. Reading books. Sleep all day. Watching movies. Spend more time with family. Things that you usually could not do after work because you are too tired. 

What did I do during the holiday? I sew. Finally. 

I have been wanting to sew clothes (for myself) for quite some time. Enough of buying clothes, it is high time to wear my own clothes!!

So for this first Alice Project, I decided to make a simple-A-dress. I do not want a fitted dress simply because I am a very mobile person (who do not have a private car and run around with public vehicles), thus i come up with this sketch: