Industrial Project 2 - Heaven to Shore

Lying at the eastern end of the beautiful Indonesian archipelago, Sumba is an extraordinary island blasted with rugged undulating savannah hills and valleys, breathtaking waterfalls, and coastlines that's truly heaven-sent. Thick with their wealth of fascinating local heritage and traditions that define its cultural identity. Sumba is treasured for their stunning traditional handwoven Ikat textile, an intricate technique involving dying threads multiple times and intricately weaving them to form complex patterns. This Womenswear collection is honoring the allure of East Sumba island and its culture by highlighting the Ikat Lau Pahikung Textile. Colors that reflect their Heaven-sent dusk coastlines as their place of worship and source of life, black, navy blue, sand beige, and mahogany. Designs with layered furoshiki style silhouettes inspired by how the Sumbanese women would wear their Lau Pahikung elevated with hand embroidery decoration inspired by the textile pattern, beading from natural materials, geometric inverse applique, and fabric origami modular construction as this collection special features. Targeted towards modern, sophisticated, and fashion-forward market in their twenties or thirties.