REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sapta Nirwandar expressed optimism that Indonesia would soon become a trendsetter in Islamic fashion as its designers showed their creating unique and creative works of fashion.
"I am optimistic that Indonesia will be the world's Muslim fashion trendsetter by 2020," Nirwandar said on Thursday.
He affirmed the possibility of Indonesia becoming a Muslim fashion trendsetter by 2020 as its designs were in demand among the fashion communities around the world. Nirwandar cited the name of one of the Indonesian designers, Dian Pelangi, who was lately successful in holding a fashion show themed, "Washington Haute and Modesty" in DC Fashion Week, Washington DC, the United States.
"Fashion is a soft power to introduce Indonesia through the creative industry," Nirwandar stated, adding that fashion was one of the 19 leading sub-sectors of the country's creative industry.
In 2013, the fashion industry contributed 181.57 trillion IDR, or about 1.4 billion USD. This amount was 28.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product of the creative economy, which amounted to 641.8 trillion USD, or about 5.3 billion USD. The fashion industry in Indonesia provides jobs to 3.8 million people or 32.3 percent of the total workforce employed in the creative economy sector, which is 11.8 million.
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