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ly, February 21-23, 2020. couture collection “PERFCT10N” and hopefully more Indonesian
Several countries participated in inspired by the traditional Amish designers can participate in the fu-
this championship including sev- community. Indonesian Ambassa- ture.
eral European countries such as dor Esti Andayani was also present
England, Spain, France, Germany, during this event. The Milan Emerging Talent perfor-
Russia and Italy, as well as Asian mance became the first and most
countries including Indonesia, In- The simple and convention- important event of Milan Fashion
dia, Thailand and Singapore. There al Amish community way of life Week (MFW), because starting
were, however, some Asian coun- challenged Hian Tjen to embody from Sunday, February 23, 2020,
tries including China, Japan and a unique and modern couture de- the Committee of Milan Fashion
Republic of Korea did not join the sign. Hian Tjen applied embroi- Weekpostponed the series of MFW
championship due to pandemic of dery, quilting, beading and lace activities due to increasing spread
corona virus. techniques to his couture dresses of the corona virus pandemic in
along with handmade illustrations Northern Italy in February 2020.
During the game on February 21- on special types of fabrics. Hian
22, 2020, Indonesian Ambassador Tjen’s collection also explored var-
Esti Andayani were also present ious elements and symbols of the
and gave her support to young In- Amish lifestyle such as lush planta-
donesian badminton players. She tion, rich agriculture land and ex-
mentioned “We really appreciate otic animals. Hian Tjen also used
PBSI’s decision to participate in a classic color palette which gen-
this tournament as this (tourna- erated the impression of modest
ment) will give great experiences yet feminine and elegant dresses.
for Indonesian junior badminton This collection carried an import-
players. I am also very proud of the ant meaning for Hian Tjen because
sportsmanship of our junior ath- each work is done with detailed ex-
letes.” pertise and complex techniques.

During the tournament, on 22 The organizer of “Emerging Tal-
February 2020, Indonesian team ents Milan” invited fashion de-
has achieved very good results to signers with strong national values
place all its players in semi-final, and cultural heritage to strength-
even some of them will play on All en relations between nations and
Indonesian finals on the following cultures. Selected design criteria
day. must have focus and essence on
elegance, beauty and originality.
Unfortunately, on 22 February “Emerging Talents Milan” had also
2020, the Italian Badminton As- a vision to preserve and promote
sociation announced the cancella- traditions, skills and craftmanship
tion of all “IC 2020” Semi-final and of products from generation to
Final matches due to the outbreak generation. Tariel Bisharyan, CEO
of the corona virus in Northern of “Emerging Talents Milan” stated
region of Italy, especially in the that the design of Hian Tjen was
regions of Lombardy, Veneto and beautifully crafted and it was also
Turino. Meanwhile Milan is the in line with the criteria required
capital of Lombardy region and is from a young international design-
located about 80 km from corona- er. The presence of Hian Tjen at
virus hotspot city of Codogno. Milan Fashion Week 2020 was ex-
Thank you all players for your good pected to encourage more Indone-
jobs and sportmanship... sian designers on the global scene.

Emerging Talent Milan : Mi- Hian Tjen presented 13 couture
lan Fashion Week Fall Winter collections “PERFCT10N” at Mi-
2020/2021 - Emerging Talents Mi- lan Fashion Week 2020/2021 along
lan. A famous Indonesian fashion with five other international de-
designer, Hian Tjen took part in signers namely Stefan Djokovich
the International Milan Fashion from Serbia, Diana Caramaci from
Show by presenting in the event of Romania, Urban Kimono from It-
Emerging Talents : Milan Fashion aly, and NYMF from Estonia. Hian
Week Fall Winter 2020/2021 held at Tjen was the first Indonesian de-
Palazzo Visconti, Milan, on Febru- signer to invited to the Milan Fash-
ary 22, 2020. Hian Tjen presented a ion Week - Emerging Talents event

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