JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – In the last few days, a number of viral brand from Indonesia flocked to Paris, France, to take part in the most prestigious fashion week, Paris Fashion Week (PFW) 2022.
However, it turns out that a number of brand who came to Paris were not part of Paris Fashion Week 2022. Brand-brand it is not scheduled to appear on rundown PFW event. This was revealed by fashion observer and perfume designer, Lucky Heng in his Instagram account.
Lucky said, brand-brand the local has its own event, which is held in conjunction with the PFW schedule in Paris. He then called the organizers fooling the public.
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“Long story short, these are brands that show in Paris. On the schedule, which coincides with the official Paris Fashion Week dates. Just ‘A show in Paris.’BUT NOT on ‘Paris Fashion Week’,” said Lucky Heng, quoted by Kompas.com, Tuesday (8/3/2022).
The statement then went viral on social media. Criticism came from various circles to a number of people brand. On the Twitter network, netizens’ jokes regarding Geprek Bensu are still going on trending topic with regarding 38,700 tweets today, Tuesday (8/3/2022).
Geprek Bensu became the target of netizens because the younger brother of the owner of Geprek Bensu, Jordi Onsu, had made a story (story) on Instagram which stated that Geprek Bensu was the first Indonesian chicken product at Paris Fashion Week.
So, what did the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno say?
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Sandi said, this is an opportunity that has been successfully exploited by creative actors in the country, although there are many pros and cons. He said the government will continue to facilitate creative economy products that want to be global.
“So all the products of the creative economy of the nation’s children, we have the task and function to open up space and opportunities so that there will be more winners following this pandemic,” said Sandiaga in the Weekly Press Briefing.
According to Sandi, the creative economy contributed more than 20 million jobs and succeeded in triggering economic recovery and revival amid the pandemic.
Moreover, many Indonesian products are in great demand in Europe.
“This is part of the preparation for the new post-pandemic economy. So basically all Indonesian products must be supported, so that this will inspire us to recover quickly and open up our opportunities to become global players,” said Sandi.
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