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Friday, September 29, 2017

Vans will be opening its stores again in Indonesia, the foot apparel company recently announced on its Vans Indonesia Instagram account.

Vans is commonly related with the skateboard community, which led to the collaboration with Trasher, a magazine which specifically covers the issue. Established in 1981, Trasher's signature logo, which consists of a drawing of flames, is applied on the collaboration collection, ranging from shoes, jackets, hoodies and hats. 

For fans of the sneaker brand who cannot wait for the reopening of its official store, Vans products are available through partner stores as well as online as Jenna Kosasih, the fashion category director of Lazada Indonesia confirmed.

Source: Jakarta Post

Monday, September 11, 2017

Customized shoes, made for you — the ultimate luxury at non-luxury prices. In conjuction with the launch of 30 new collections, M I U M O S A will soon unleashed Shoe Fashion PhotoShot & story Behind the Scene of Filmmaking, later on Early October 2017. 

Tom Ford said It is hard not to be sexy in a pair of High Heels. In case the shoe fits your heart, buy it in every color.   

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

The 2017 Korea Festival is set to return on Sept. 21- 24 at Lotte Shopping Avenue in South Jakarta.

Organized by Korea Tourism Organization Jakarta (KTO Jakarta) in collaboration with the Korean Association in Indonesia, the annual event will feature various activities, including K-pop cover dance competition, taekwondo performance by Indonesian delegation team, Korean percussion music Samulnori, as well as performances by Korean non-verbal acts The Painters: Hero and School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA).

In addition to the aforementioned performances, the festival, which open with the making of giant bibimbap (Korean mixed rice), would also feature South Korean traditional attire hanbok fashion show, K-food cooking demo, K-beauty demo and Korean food products exhibition.

Source: The Jakarta Post, Kompas.com

Monday, August 7, 2017

In Indonesia, Tumpeng is a cone-shaped serving of yellow rice accompanied by assorted side dishes usually synonymous with joyful celebrations. Usually, it served with seven assorted dishes, presenting different elements of foods, such as vegetables, sea and land animals. These dishes also offer various flavors, including sweet, sour and bitter, illustrating the different situations of life.

Despite the current popular ritual of cutting the top of the tumpeng and giving it to the honored guest in the room, Murdjati Gardjito, a researcher at food and nutrition center at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta said that one should start eating tumpeng from the bottom. Since tumpeng represents the relationship between humans and God, slicing the top of tumpeng means cutting the relationship with the Almighty.

Now, you can do no wrong to cut Tumpeng proper, okay?

Source: Five interesting facts about ‘tumpeng’

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Having a large population of more than 250 million people (with the tendency to increase in the next decade), it is arguably becoming more challenging for people to seek for employment opportunities.

But if one does not work, one will not survive. And instead of being unemployed, some Indonesians developed creativity by creating their own work opportunities to earn money and to survive.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Before blogs, before street style, and before Fashion Week became a three-ring circus that only matters for those who have the most attention-grabbing clothing, young women dressed for themselves, their lifestyle, and what looked good on them.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Indonesian accessories designer Rinaldy A. Yunardi keeps making headlines with his fabulous work. In February, American singer Katy Perry was seen wearing his shoes in her video "Chained to the Rhythm," while in April, American singer-songwriter Nicky Minaj also wore Rinaldy's gilded mask in her newest video "No Frauds."

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The presence of non-Muslim countries in the competition of halal tourism is indeed a uniqueness. Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya expressed his concerns with competitors from non-Muslim countries. Call it Japan to Sweden and New Zealand.