Four top designers display wedding gowns

Four top designers display wedding gowns

Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

What happens if four renowned Asian designers stage a joint
fashion show? Serious glamour, that's what.

Some of Hong Kong and Indonesia's top threads went on show on
Wednesday at the Mulia Hotel's Grand Ballroom when Hong Kong
designer Barney Cheng and three Indonesians, Sebastian Gunawan,
Didi Budiardjo and Adrian Gan, displayed their evening and
wedding gowns at the Designer Party 2005.

Cheng is an acclaimed designer who has dressed royalty;
Princess Alexandra of Denmark; and stars like Michelle Yeoh,
Maggie Cheung, Gong Li, Sandra Bernhard and Liza Minelli.

Sebastian, Didi and Adrian, meanwhile, are among the most
popular fashion designers here.

While the show was mostly about classy evening wear, it took
place in the afternoon.

Sebastian, the first designer to be shown on the 15-meter
catwalk, featured black and white wedding gowns with few
ornaments. The models wore small sparkling tiaras.

Sebastian's evening gowns were also in black and white,
designed with simplicity in mind.

The catwalk encircled the guests' tables, allowing them to get
a close look at the gowns.

Adrian's work was next. With a Mexican theme, models presented
mostly earthy colored gowns, making full use of feathers, folds
and luminous spheres.

A model in a white gown designed by Adrian captivated the
audience with her cap, decorated with a six-meter long cape that
flowed behind her.

Didi showed white gowns with impressive folds, a red Chinese-
inspired outfit, and light-colored gowns combined with feathers.

The guest designer, Cheng, meanwhile, opened his show with
classicly simple evening wear. He combined light-green shades
with incandescent accessories.

Time flies when you're having fun the show was as over as
quickly as it had begun.

While many in the audience were busy deciding which designs
would best suit them, the master of ceremonies called the show's
guest entertainer, American R&B singer Peabo Bryson, on stage.
Bryson performed a full show at the same venue later that
evening.

The two-time Grammy Award winner sang three songs to conclude
the Designer Party 2005; the first By the Time this Night is Over
then If Ever You're in My Arms Again and Tonight I Celebrate My
Love For You.

The event was well-organized and the visitors were made to
feel special from beginning to end. Greeted with a fruit juice
and snacks upon their arrival, they could also enjoy a live
performance of a traditional stringed instrument, the kecapi.

The lobby was lavishly decorated with red lanterns while the
walls were covered in red cloth. Exquisite floral arrangements by
Blossoms, the Mulia Hotel florist, adorned both the lobby and
ballroom.