Love of design brings luck for young Bandung student<\/p>\n
Kunang Helmi-Picard, Contributor, Paris<\/p>\n
The 20th Concours International des Jeunes Createurs de Mode
\n(Young Designers Fashion Contest) apparently brought great luck
\nto 21-year-old Anissa Kunthi Kusumawardhani.<\/p>\n
The student of the school of sociology at a university in
\nBandung -- who took a course at a school of design in her
\nhometown -- won the jackpot by taking the Grand Prize in Fashion
\nAccessory at the contest, which took place on Dec. 17, at the
\nCaroussel du Louvre, Paris.<\/p>\n
The excited Anissa, who attended the announcement, won an Air
\nFrance return ticket from Jakarta to Paris and 3,000 euros
\n(around US$3,000) plus her certificate and an additional 2,000
\neuros from the Art Profession Association.<\/p>\n
With the theme "Fashion and Love" for both garment and
\naccessory entries, Anissa managed to illustrate the possession of
\nlove in her scarf design, Possessive.<\/p>\n
Two stuffed gloves in fuchsia red tones encircle the lover's
\nneck from which the floral pink brocade scarf flows down. The
\njury, including world-class designer Pierre Cardin, fell for the
\nsimplicity and inventiveness of an accessory of a type now much
\nin use in wintry Europe.<\/p>\n
Anissa's victory is a follow-up of another Indonesian young
\ndesigner, Rusly Tjohnardi, who won the prize in 2000. In 1996,
\nAbineri Ang won the Grand Prize for fashion besides the other
\nIndonesian Accessory prize winner two years previously.<\/p>\n
"This is great and it's a wonderful incentive for Indonesian
\nfashion students. This victory will keep Indonesia on the map of
\nfashion creation," exclaimed Pia Alisjahbana of the Femina Group.<\/p>\n
Since 1983, Air France and the Syndical for French Fashion
\nhave sponsored this contest that has drawn young fashion students
\nfrom 18 countries in Asia, America and South America. Indonesia
\nhas so far participated 11 times.<\/p>\n
Dewi magazine organized the selection for the contest. This
\nyear, the magazine staged a similar contest on Oct. 31 at Hotel
\nMulia Senayan, Central Jakarta. The jury chose 10 finalists for
\nthe garment contest and five for the accessory contest.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Muthia Ratna Wijaya, of the Susan Budiarjo
\nFashion School in Jakarta, missed out on the main fashion prize
\n-- an Air France return ticket from Jakarta to Paris, a year's
\ntuition at the Syndical Fashion School and 3,000 euros -- as the
\naward went to Chinese Chin Chi, whose creation was a simple white
\nlong wedding dress with a shawl collar.<\/p>\n
But Muthia, who also attended the event, was awarded one of
\nthree Special Mention prizes of 450 euros.<\/p>\n
Muthia created an outfit named Memento. Material documenting
\nmemories, strips of tape recordings and celluloid film were woven
\ninto a patchworked miniskirt with strips dangling below. The top
\nwas held in place by a plaited cat collar of the same strands
\nfrom which strips fell loosely to join the waistline of the
\nminiskirt with a bare back. Silver strips were worked into the
\nelegant brown and black evening outfit.<\/p>",
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