'Metaphor' How Sebastian Gunawan Translates Life In Kiasan

Sebastian Gunawan's 'Metaphor' collection which was exhibited at the Grand Ballroom Hotel Mulia, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The country's best fashion designer, Sebastian Gunawan, launched his latest collection of 'Metaphor', as his way of translating life in a metaphor.

The man who is familiarly called Seba has turned into a living situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has inspired him, in 91 collections of works rich in color, shape, and motifs.

"Metaphor" is a metaphor, starting from what we experienced in life after the pandemic, that's why in this collection there are box motifs, waves, straight, round, and also flowers," Seba said at the launch of the 'Metaphor' at Grand Ballroom, Hotel Mulia, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, citing Antara.

"That in that life we have to go through uncertain circumstances," he added.

The fashion show started with a collection of simple party dresses but still stood out, with straightforward pieces CALLed boxes. Followed by a wave-shaped to round dress with soft but bright colors and eccentric, Seba-style.

The invited guests, who were wearing their best all-black suits, couldn't stop looking at the entire collection that was exhibited that night, as if their eyes were tied to the characters attached to each dress.

In collaboration with his wife, Cristina Panarese, the man who was appointed as Asian Couturier Extraordinaire by the Asian Couture Federation, prepared a Metaphor within six months.

"In a collection, we must go through difficult times, have to redesign, or make constructions that are more different from each other," he added.

Although the collections that were shown one by one reached almost 100 pieces, they were not bored and continued to want to observe further.

From colorful collections, fashion shows turned darker by showing off a number of all-black suits, and ending with a collection of floral motifs.

Seba also did not forget to present three collections of spectacular wedding dresses with magnificent volumes.

These diverse forms, if combined, will be softer, and in the end, the beauty will flower by itself, "added the man who graduated from Institico, Dell Abbigliamento Maragoni, Milan, Italy.

The 'Metaphor' is a complete combination of mini-to-long dresses with a fit body silhouette and expands on the bottom like a bell, to a hybrid suit and trousers made in a bikini-motivated skirt.

The top of the average halter dress features the beauty of the shoulder, but there is also a closed shoulder cut with a long coat, cape, jacket, or arm side with a romantic puff silhouette.