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)