What is your personal fashion style?

What is your personal fashion style?

Clothes make the man, and the woman, and we often start to
make our own choices about what we want to wear when we reach our
teens. A group of Jakarta mall-goers told us about what they like
to pull out of the closet in the morning.

Anisa, 17, North Jakarta: I'm more into feminine style. I like
wearing casual and sporty clothes, too, but it still has to have
a feminine touch.

As with trends, well, it depends on the style. If it suits me,
then I go with it. I'll also follow the trend if many people are
into it. I'm just not confident if only a few people go with the
trend. I have to check first at the mall. If there are people who
wear it, I'll wear it too.

Sexy clothes? Nah ... I'm too skinny. If I wear sexy or too
tight tops, I cover them with a jacket.

Susanto, 18, West Jakarta: I like to wear something tight.
Like what I'm wearing now -- tight pants, tight shirt, tight
sweater. You know, junkie style. I just find it cool and
comfortable. For shoes, definitely sneakers.

Frankly, I just follow my friends' style. I don't really read
magazines to find out the latest trends or watch TV. I just
discuss it with my friends.

I regularly shop for clothes in the Blok M area (South
Jakarta). The prices are relatively cheap and there is a wide
variety of styles. If there's something cool, I buy it.

Irma, 16, South Jakarta: I don't really pay attention to
fashion. My daily attire beside the school uniform is just jeans,
T-shirt and sneakers. But that doesn't mean I'm old-fashioned. I
keep up with the latest trends from magazines and also TV, just
to know that, "Oh, so this is what the latest trend is" ...

Indra, 21, South Jakarta: I'm pretty trendy when it comes to
fashion. Right now, I go with the Japanese street style. It's
great. It's cool and funky. I regularly buy Japanese fashion
magazines like Nonno, and then I copy the style.

There's this shop in Blok M area which provides this Japanese
style. Other than that, I shop at the mall, small shops in
Bandung or ask my relatives to buy it when they go abroad.

Dalia, 15, a student at Australian International School,
Jakarta: I'd say that my style is casual. Normally I'd wear bell-
bottom jeans with a tank top, today I have to take a picture for
my school, that's why I'm wearing a buttoned shirt. I also always
wear Adidas shoes. I love Adidas shoes! I would never wear high
heels or those girly sandals -- the closest thing to sandals that
I'd wear are hotel slippers!

For accessories, aside from the multiple earrings I wear on my
left ear, I also like lots of bracelets and I love bright-colored
watches, like Swatch. I also have a tongue and belly-button
piercing.

When I go out at night I usually like to wear similar things,
but maybe more revealing. I really like midriff-baring tank tops
and also glow in the dark stuff. I'm into the whole rainbow raver
look. I love color. My favorite colors are red, orange, blue and
yellow.

I like to shop at surf shops, like for this bag that I'm
using. I got it at a surf shop for girls called Surfer Girl.

-- Hera Diani/Monique Natalia