ESMOD Bandung Fashion Trip

On April 20th, the 2nd year students of ESMOD Jakarta gone on a trip to Bandung as a part of Discovery Textile workshop. We were accompanied by the textile design instructors from ITB. We assembled at ESMOD at 5.30 and took off right at 6.00 by bus.

Our first destination is Gusto Sign. Gusto Sign is a company engaged in producing goods for company's promotional support, such as laser cutting and laser engraving service; including textile laser cut for fashion purposes.

In the lobby, there are many samples of product such as invitation letters, trophies, and engraved papers. The factory is located in the back of the building. The staff explained the difference between each machine and demonstrated on how the machine works. They even gave us free sample of acrylic and wood carving product!

Next, we headed to Neuclub, a textile printing company located inside Paskal Hyper Square. The staff introduced us tot he world of textile printing; the process, the machine and tools, the kind of fabric suitable and not suitable for textile printing, all while showing us various samples of printed fabrics. As the clock struck 12, we went to have lunch at Paskal Food Market.

At 13.00, we took off to our last destination, Cigondewah. Cigondewah is one of the biggest textile market located in South Bandung. Cigondewah is one of designer's choice to get a unique and limited textiles with low price. They provide many kind of textiles such as cotton, jersey, denim, silm, brocade, and many more. Supporting material and supplies such as thread, button, and zipper are also available! We were given about 2 hours to explore the market.

After 2 hours passed, we went back to the bus with tons of plastic bags in hand and headed back to Jakarta. We would like to say thank you to all of textile design instructors from ITB for assisting us the whole day! We're very happy to discovered and experienced many new things to help us with our future projects :)

Prambors Fun Running

Hi everyone! Hope you're well. So, have you heart about this event called 'Prambors Fun Running Hits  Without Violence'? Couple weeks ago this event is happening, and yes, we participated! This event took place at Plaza Selatan Senayan as starting point then touring to Semanggi and taking a turn back to the starting point. This event is pretty crowded tho, I believe more than 1000 people is participating in this event. It was fun! We started at 6.00 AM at Plaza Selatan Senayan, doing some warming up then, we jet to start running! There was this thing called holly powder at the gate when we first start out. Well, guess everyone is colorful after that. 

After the running is finished, we were entertained by some Indonesian local bands and singers. At last, we, ESMOD Jakarta was also participating on doing a fashion show! We were doing a fashion show, showing the sportswear collection from 2nd year casual workshop. Well, overall the event was fun, and umm healthy? Hope you guys enjoy and see you next time! x

Style Hunter Workshop

Are you passionately curious? Do you love fashion? Have you ever wondered what style suits you best from clothing to make up? For those who answers 'yes' to these questions, we bet they came to attend our Style Hunter workshop! The theme for this year is Style Hunter: Fashion All Over, as this is the perfect chance to explore the opportunity of creating your own unique style.

We held our workshop back on Saturday, March 9. At 9 in the morning, a lot of participants already gathered and took their seat in ESMOD multifunction room. The show was opened with speech from Mrs. Mayadewi; president of ESMOD Jakarta, and Patrice Desilles; academic program coordinator of ESMOD Jakarta.

After introducing the participants with brief history and education system in ESMOD, the show continued with Pattern Drafting workshop with Mr. Dynand Fariz, whom also in charge of teaching pattern drafting for OA and womenswear. Mr. Fariz with his fun, playful method of teaching, were showing us how to create a piece of garment by moulage (moulding). Within few minutes, relying on a pair of fabric scissors and needles, he showed us a beautiful creation.

And so, the participants were given an hour to experiment the same way Mr. Fariz did! They headed to their respective class on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building and started their work.

Pattern drafting workshop ended right at 12 and everyone was having their lunch break before continuing to the next workshop. During this time, they were free to roam around the college to get to know ESMOD better. Some of the participants asked questions to staff and senate about the life in college, while some others were looking at the collections from the 2nd year's casual workshop project; which is displayed in the back corner of multifunction room.

The show continued with Hair & Makeup Trends 2013 Demo by Puspita Martha Tilaar & PAC. The professional staff from Puspita Martha Tilaar and MAC were showing us many kind of makeup, from simple daily makeup to suitable makeup for party, even giving us a demo of airbrush makeup. The participants were showing high enthusiasm by asking many questions related to beauty and makeup.

The last workshop of the day was Fashion Design workshop, which objective was to create your own unique style by making a collage!

It's been 7 hours since the workshop started and now is the time to close the show with fashion show! The models themselves are the students of ESMOD Jakarta, with makeup by Martha Tilaar and PAC, were showing the collection from 2nd year's casual workshop project.

At the end, we announced the result of the workshop. The best participant for fashion design and pattern drafting workshop was awarded with a free course in ESMOD Jakarta. Congratulations! 

We would like to thank all of the participants for coming. We hope you went home with a new motivation and determination to become a more creative, unique, and better you! We also would like to thank all the party involved in contributing help to make this event go smoothly. Don't miss our workshop next year!