Bali to host the second Fashion Week in May<\/p>\n
DENPASAR, Bali (JP): Bali will host the second Fashion Week in
\nSanur next May to attract fashion designers and buyers to the
\nisland.<\/p>\n
Mardiana Ika, the organizer of the event, said during a
\nmeeting with Bali Vice Governor I Gusti Bagus Alit Putra that the
\nevent was a follow-up to the first Bali Fashion Week last year.<\/p>\n
\"We suffered significant financial losses during the first
\nFashion Week last year, but Bali's fashion industry got wide
\ncoverage from both the local and international media,\" said Ika,
\nherself a fashion designer.<\/p>\n
Ika said last year's event, which was attended by garment
\nproducers, designers, cargo companies and other companies related
\nto the fashion industry, was a good start.<\/p>\n
\"A lot of garment factories moved their businesses from
\nJakarta to Bali,\" she said, adding that the event resulted in the
\ncreation of numerous job opportunities for locals.<\/p>\n
Bali Fashion Week, she added, was aimed at providing a forum
\nfor those involved in the local fashion industry and buyers to
\nmeet and establish long-term business relationships, and was not
\nmerely a fashion show.<\/p>\n
She also said the event was aimed at mapping out the future
\ndevelopment of fashion designs and the fashion industry, and
\nestablishing new trends.<\/p>",
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