Three designers to go to Japan

Three designers to go to Japan

Three designers have been chosen by the first National
Fashion Contest as finalists to represent Indonesia at the Asian
Fashion Grand Prix Contest '94 in Osaka, Japan this October.

The three are Arifah Mas, Etty Bachetta and Thomas Yogi
Soegyono.

The nine-person jury, headed by designer Peter Sie, announced
at Hotel Indonesia yesterday that the three were chosen among the
19 semifinalists taking part in the contest.

The three were given Rp 1 million in "pocket money", said Pia
Alisjahbana, chairperson of the organizing committee.

In addition, they received trophies from the Indonesian
Fashion Designers Association (APPMI) and the Board of National
Export Development (BPEN), both sponsors of the contest. (18)