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Painted textiles will be fashion trend in 2017: Carmanita
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Models display new styles during Carmanita's mini runway stage at the 2017 IPMI Trend Show at Senayan City in Jakarta on Friday. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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ndonesian fashion designer Carmanita presented her artwork via a Nusantara-themed collection at the 2017 IPMI Trend Show’s mini runway at Senayan City, South Jakarta, on Friday.
“Because this is the 30th year [of the IPMI Trend Show], I showcased every technique that I have used before,” she said after the fashion show.
The designer said she used around seven techniques to finish all the forty designs, including origami, arashi, shibori, air brush, painting and batik techniques.
“I did all the little details myself,” she claimed.
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Carmanita highlighted the mixture of painting and batik techniques used in some of the clothes.
“I brushed them using paint colors but the patterns were made using malam [liquid hot wax],” she said.
The designer explained that she finished the silk and woven cotton-based collection in three months.
As for the colors and patterns, Carmanita claimed she had never set an exact target.
“With batik fabric, it’s always a surprise,” she emphasized, noting that it would be hard to pinpoint an exact color result for the traditional Indonesian fabric.
Carmanita predicts that painted textiles will be one of the fabric trends in 2017. (asw)
