Painted Fashion

Painted textile will be fashion trend in 2017 : Carmanita


Indonesian fashion designer Carmanita presented her artwork via Nusantara themed collection at the 2017 IPMI Trend's show 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 . 


Carmanita highlights 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 { liqiud -hotwax}," she said .

The designer explained that she finished the silk and woven cotton based collection in three months .


As for the color and patterns , Carmanita claimed she had never set an exact target . 


"With batik fabric , its always a surprise," she emphasized , nothing that it would be hard to pinpoint an extract color result for the traditional Indonesian fabric . 


Carmanita predicts that painted textiles will be one of the fabric trends in 2017 .




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