Nusantara Textile Parade 2025, Celebrating the Beauty and Pride of Indonesia's Cultural Heritage

Kapanlagi.com - Fimela.com successfully held the Nusantara Textile Parade 2025 on August 8-10, 2025, at Kota Kasablanka, Jakarta. Carrying the theme 'The Elegance of Textiles in Everyday Wear', this event featured three full days of cultural heritage celebration through a series of inspiring events including a fashion show, creative competitions, educational talk shows, and stunning musical performances.

1. Harmonizing Textiles: Blending Trends and Culture

The Harmonizing Textiles segment showcased works by national designers Wignyo Rahardi and Deden Siswanto, who transformed traditional fabrics from local artisans into ready-to-wear garments with a modern character. This collection combines batik, woven fabrics, and songket with contemporary design touches relevant to the younger generation.

No less interesting, the Textile Design Competition presented five finalists of young designers competing in creativity to design garments with a strong cultural identity. Their works were judged directly by a panel consisting of senior designers and fashion industry practitioners.

2. Nusantara Textile Award 2025

Wilsen Willim Receives the Nusantara Textile Award (credit: Fimela.com)

As a form of appreciation, the Nusantara Textile Parade 2025 presents the Nusantara Textile Award to five individuals and institutions that have made significant contributions to preserving and advancing traditional Indonesian fabrics:

1. Nusantara Textile Activist - Cita Tenun Indonesia
2. Nusantara Textile Artisan - Iwan Tirta Private Collection
3. Nusantara Textile Icon - Annisa Larasati Pohan Yudhoyono
4. Nusantara Batik Icon - Wilsen Willim
5. Nusantara Weaving Icon - Tangan Prive

3. Series of Activities: From MSME Booths to Textile Stories

Sister Tumbas (Cadbury Lemonade) & Roman Nuansa Share Their Stories of Their Fabrics (credit: Fimela.com)

The Nusantara Textile Parade 2025 is also enlivened by a series of activities such as the Textile Booth filled with MSMEs, inspirational talkshows on Textile Stories with figures from the textile craft industry, local government, and content creators who love textiles, namely Cadbury Lemonade and Roman Nuansa. The presence of hundreds of textile lovers, fashion enthusiasts, and cultural figures makes this event one of the largest textile celebrations in Indonesia this year.

With the spirit of #ProudToWearTextiles, this year's Nusantara Textile Parade aims to show that traditional Indonesian fabrics can look cool, modern, and relevant in any situation. No longer is there an old notion that textiles are merely a fashion statement, and everyone can wear them in their own style.

"This event is not just about fashion, but also about identity and pride. We want to invite the community to #ProudToWearTextiles, especially the youth, to see textiles as something relevant that can be part of their lifestyle," said Ellyana Mae, Editor in Chief of Fimela.com.

4. Harmony of Fabrics: Collaboration of Music and Culture

(credit: Fimela.com)

The Harmony of Fabrics stage combines traditional art performances with modern music. The first day opened with a performance of Reog Ponorogo, the second day featured the melodious voice of Christie, and the highlight was closed by the music group Geisha performing hit songs while wearing modern batik.

5. Support and Collaboration

(credit: Fimela.com)

The Nusantara Fabric Parade 2025 is not just a traditional fashion event, but also an important stage in celebrating identity, creativity, and the integration of Nusantara culture with the spirit of the present. Thanks to the designers, MSME actors, sponsors, and the community who contributed to the success of this event. The Nusantara Fabric Parade 2025 is made possible by the support of sponsors such as PT Pertamina Persero, BRI, Permodalan Nasional Madani, the South Kalimantan Provincial Government through the Communication and Information Office, the Tarakan City Government, and PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero).

This event is even more festive thanks to collaborations with leading media partners, namely Liputan6.com, Kapanlagi.com, Merdeka.com, Bola.com, Bola.net, Brilio.net, Youniverse, SCTV, Indosiar, Vidio, Rans Entertainment, Female Daily, Bundlifetainment, Gadget Diva, Future Women, Female Radio, Popmama, Popbela, Prambors Radio, Herstory, Woman Blitz, Delta FM, Kis FM, Femina, HerWorld Indonesia, Overheard Beauty, and iSwara Jakarta

Not only that, this event also received support from Pomelotel Patra Kuningan Jakarta as the hotel partner and Kota Kasablanka Jakarta as the venue partner.

The Nusantara Fabric Parade 2025 proves that traditional Indonesian fabrics are not just a heritage of the past, but also a source of inspiration for the future. By combining fashion, music, education, and public interaction, this event successfully brings together different generations on one cultural stage.

#NusantaraFabricParade #ProudToWearFabrics

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