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Ivan Gunawan romanticizes nostalgia for Idul Fitri
In his Idul Fitri collection, designer Ivan Gunawan reminisces on his trips to Europe and pays tribute to Chanel’s late creative director Karl Lagerfeld.
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Homage: In the collection, Ivan paid tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld through the use of tweed and decor. (Muara Bagdja Team/-)
T
he fashion industry’s obsession with seasonal cycles feels like a relic with the advent of fast fashion, especially in perpetually humid Indonesia.
With fast fashion’s cheap offerings popping up everywhere, one would understandably long for the days where clothing was built to last, standing strong against the ravages of time and trend.
Designer Ivan Gunawan knows this well, but he is tackling another sense of nostalgia for a hip Idul Fitri collection.
Simply titled “Nostalgia”, Ivan’s latest collection covers two of his diffusion lines – the Mandjha Hijab and menswear brand Khalif – in a colossal presentation featuring 120 looks all in.
“’Nostalgia' comes from my recent travels to Europe, where I visited London, Paris and Turkey. I’m a self-taught designer and my creations are derived from what I feel and see, and ‘Nostalgia’ was born from my experience,” Ivan said.
For him, the best season to travel in is spring, when the winds of winter still linger amid the colors in bloom – hence layering is chosen as a focal point of the collection.
Yet, walking into the show’s venue felt like strolling down a park in autumn, bathed in browns from fallen leaves interspersed with the naked branches of dried out trees.
