24 Indon fashion designers join expo here

ABOUT 24 Indonesian fashion designers and entrepreneurs are going to showcase their products at the 1st Indonesia Fashion Expo which will open tomorrow November 24 and will last until November 26 at Abreeza Ayala Malls.

According to Indonesian Consulate General in Davao City Berlian Napitupulu, the fashion expo is part of their office’s initiative of improving the bilateral trade relationship between Indonesia and the Philippines as it had been dormant for the past year.

“On the fashion expo, they will showcase different textiles, garments, bags, leather products, shoes, and accessories. During the expo, there will also be business matchings that we will be conducting,” Napitupulu said.

He added the fashion designers and entrepreneurs will mostly be coming from Java Island and Bali but have before invited participants from Sulawesi as well. Napitupulu said the fashion expo is expected to attract the Muslim fashion market as there are a lot of Muslim in Davao City as well.

“Our target is not only the walk-in visitor, not only retailers but we also hope that there will be contact between wholesale business owners. This is a good opportunity for them, not to go to Indonesia, spend their time, spend their money. We bring them here. Those who are going to exhibit are owners – they are business owners themselves,” he said.

Napitupulu said they are also willing to facilitate necessary arrangements on tours for the Indonesian participants. He cited a trip to banana plantations in Tagum City they have organized for the Indonesian participants on the sidelines of the 1st Indonesian Manufactured Products Expo in Davao City last July.

For this year, the Indonesia Consulate of Davao had already organized four delegations of businessmen to Indonesia. Napitupulu said this is still part of their mission of improving the bilateral trade relationship of the two countries.