It has been a year since I had chit chat together
with Dimas, my old friend, at Starbucks FX. At that time, we talked a lot about everything; love-life, our
activities, and fashion thingy (this is actually the topic that he is
interested in). He was really good at making me laugh even when we disscussed
about serious thing. Hahaha. Other
people at this coffee shop might think we were a couple since we looked enjoy
the conversation very much. How could we not enjoy it after we hadn't seen each other for a long time?
What
I still remember is his happy face when he told me about his job (he was a
junior journalist in one of local fashion magazines in Jakarta). He said that
he really loved the job because he often had a chance to meet awesome
people.
The most interesting part of our conversation
was once Dimas told me about eco fashion issue. Since It was a new thing for me
at that time, I was so curious to listen every little thing he said about the
issue.
At
first, he told me what the eco fashion movement is. According to
him, new era of eco fashion has been
rising lately. He described how everyone seemed
to be going green in fashion, from famous celebrities to ordinary people (Yeah I agree with him as I can see many fashion magazines
talking about why we should be 'green'). He also said more and more consumers taking into account the enviroment
when buying fashion products. They start considering not only about free
chemical usage in fabric, but also the welfare of labors who produce what they
wear. So, he told me that eco fashion is now defined more widely, not limited
to enviroment problems.
Moreover, Dimas said many world designers, including the ones in
Indonesia, also began to take a stand for eco fashion. They support eco fashion
movement through the use of organic and sustainable fabrics. Also, they put
more concern on fair trade practices. Dimas mentioned Giorgi Armani and Gucci,
the renowned brands, who have promoted the movement.Then,
Dimas excitedly talked about Auguste Soesastro,
an Indonesian designer who supports eco fashion, at Jakarta fashion week
2012. He said that Auguste soesastro should be an inspiration to other
Indonesian designers. He told me a lot how he liked Auguste's works.
Our afternoon conversation suddenly ended by Dimas recieving call from
someone which asked him to go back to his office. He looked a bit sad as he
still wanted to say more about his interest in fashion.
Sadly, this year I haven't had a chance to meet him because he now stays
in Italy to continue his study :(
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