A few weeks ago, we were invited to a press conference by Cita Tenun Indonesia in which they informed us of their participation in the United Nations’ Fashion 4 Development initiative by way of a programme-opening showcase in New York, wherein tenun would take centre stage. Another press conference was held last week to let us know  that the showcase was a success, resulting in plenty of admiration and department stores approaching them for partnerships.

Audi Fashion Nation turned out to be quite a spectacle in more ways than one! While it does a great job of showcasing the offerings that brands housed in Senayan City have to offer, I think what I most enjoyed about Fashion Nation is how it asserts itself as a vehicle of exposure for Indonesian labels. I especially enjoyed Audi Runway Hits, a show that designers have traditionally used as a springboard to show off their newest ready-to-wear collections. Aptly titled Pret-A-Porter, the Runway Hits show that took place on April 19 featured collections by four fantastic Indonesian designers. Read on to find out who strutted their stuff!

Major Minor. Designer Ari Saputra launched this line after a partnership with his wife Sari and Esmod Jakarta graduates Inneke Margharethe and Ambar Pratiwi. You would think a collaboration between four individuals with different artistic visiouns would result in chaos and schizophrenia, but Major Minor has been making waves since the arrival of their modern and minimalist separates and dresses on the scene in 2011. The young label is keen to take on the world with their philosophy of Major quality, quantity, and design at minor prices, and with their new collection of asymmetrical lines and muted tones, maybe they just will.

To celebrate Diane Kruger’s announcement as the next face of the Chanel beauty campaign, we thought it would be great to showcase some of the best looks from Kruger in Chanel outfit. She’s not new to the brand, in fact she’s the new darling of the brand. She has already appeared in several of Chanel advertisements namely the Chanel Allure women’s fragrance and Paris-Biarritz bag campaign, and on top of that both campaign’s photographs were taken by the one and only Karl Lagerfeld – the designer of the brand.

We can’t wait until later this year – no date confirmation yet – to finally see the pretty Miss. Kruger sporting the latest must have item from Chanel. What we can’t wait even more is the arrival of Chanel beauty on our shore. Rumour has it, it’s going to be sometime next year *crossing our fingers*.

One of her recent looks where it exudes the Parisian girls’ chicness and it’s very young looking and fun. Far from the red carpet glamorous look that you’ve often seen her with. But the belle of the ball is the cross body little black bag that is so now!

Indonesian designer Denny Wirawan has hit it out of the ballpark once more with his latest collection of bridal finery that walked down the runway at the Grand Hyatt Wedding Fair 2013. With the theme Un Amore, Denny and his team succeeded in putting together an exhibition that felt more like storytelling than just another catwalk show. Obviously the dresses were the main attraction, but the carefully-curated audiovisual aid and mood lighting gave it more of a real-life fairytale feel. Here’s a blow-by-blow just for you!

I knew I was in for a very interesting time when a rendition of Charles Trenet’s La Mer played over the speakers – anyone who starts a wedding show with chanson instead of sappy strings knows what he’s doing. Then the dresses came down the line: I noted that of the first five to appear, none of the dresses were white nor full-length, two characteristics of the “classic” wedding gown by today’s standards. I think these first few dresses were geared more towards the bridal party, but I’d still like to think that Denny Wirawan did not create this collection for the conventional bride – I’d like to think that he completely broke the mould and sent down Valentino -inspired reds, coral reef turquoise, and a gorgeous skintight cream number that looked nothing like the cake-topper dresses you’d imagine on a modern bridesmaid. And those were just the first five!