IDFES 2025 Encourages The Next Gen Fashion Era To Create A More Integrated Mode World

JAKARTA - The global world of fashion, including in Indonesia, continues to experience rapid developments. Currently entering the era of Fashion 5.0, with technology to be sustainable or sustainability increasingly influential in fashion developments.

Seeing this phenomenon, TBF Consultant, a consulting company focused on developing the fashion ecosystem to organize the 2025 Indonesia Fashion Ecosystem Summit (IDFES), with the big theme Next Gen Fashion: Innovate, Intergrate, Impact.

The theme is carried because the future of the Indonesian fashion world will be held by a new generation. IDFES 2025 is expected to be a forum for the development of fashion which is increasingly integrated in the future.

"The future of Indonesian fashion is in the hands of a new generation, a generation that is not only creative, but also empowered, ethical, and dares to break borders," said TBF Founder and Chairwoman TBF, Melinda Babyanna, when met in the TB Simatupang area, Jakarta, on Friday, September 26, 2025.

The theme Next Gen Fashion is born from the awareness that global fashion is entering the era of Fashion 5.0, where technology, circularity, sustainability, and human-centric values are integrated. Fashion is not just about clothing, but about empowering innovation, solid ecosystem integration, and real impacts on society and the environment," he explained.

Melinda Babyanna said that in today's digital era, technology is not the only one that helps fashion development. Fashion 5.0 demands adaptation, but must be based on social impacts as well.

Human resources (HR) are the most important thing to empower. Human resource development is needed that focuses on developing the fashion industry in the future.

We can't just rely on technology or AI, but we need humans. We need to understand the trinities of People, Planet, Profit, because everything is related. We need to develop human resources and protect their nature to get profit, both in the form of money and benefits," he said.

With all these demands, it is hoped that the implementation of IDFES 2025 will provide support for parties who work in the world of mode to be better integrated. This is expected to have an impact on empowerment for local fashion workers and others.

"We hope that there will be a lot of support from related parties so that this event can be even bigger in the future, not only by presenting speakers and exhibitions, but also inviting international buyers to come to Indonesia and empower local workers, have a wider economic impact," concluded Melinda Babyanna.