I remember in one rainy day, when i was waiting in a bus stop, an old woman came and sat after me. She stared at me and i answered her curiousity by smiling until she asked...
“why do you cover your head?” ***** My Name is Wita Koto. I was born in a country full of diversity with its 240 million population, 5 official religions and hundreds of different ethnicity living peacefully called, Indonesia. I got triple majority status as a girl, a Muslim and an Indonesian which is literally beneficial. Muslim women are not supposed to face any problem to pursue any career in Indonesia. They can be a Teacher, Doctor, Police even a President with scarf on their head. The things that have never happened in the west even in the Muslim country which is still somehow taboo. Everyone has a dream, passion and hobby that fills their life with purpose. For me, it is design. I don’t remember when it’s started but i think i have loved designing all of my life. I started drawing when i was kid in kindergarten and dreamed i would become a professional painter. But i stopped drawing when i was 11 for some reasons. By the time i was growing up become a teenager, i knew that i still loved drawing, designing and stuff. Then, i decided to study Textile and Fashion Design. first step on looking for my path. I have once been underestimated by some people. They were wondering what a girl with veil on her head will understand about art, design and fashion. Yeah, I may looked conservative by the veil on my head. However, I don’t care. What i know is just keep doing. I am not only interesting in fashion generally but also interesting in the art process behind it. Dress making, Clothing making... They can not lie. Fashionists put so much effort in the process to make the best dress they have ever made, to make a master piece. This made me wonder, what can i do to put my faith as a Muslim woman into my master piece. Put faith into fashion sounds peculiar but this is what i want to do. I want to make a kind of dress that every time girls (especially Muslim girls) wear it, they still feel free and safe as a human being even they are covered. I want girls not only feel pretty when they wear my designed dress, but also believe that the more good looking they are, the more good character should they have. Fashion may cover the body but should not cover the identity. Fashion should underline, to clearly state that Fashion is not a tool meant to make an ugly thing beautiful, it is meant only to magnify the beauty that already exist. Believe that a girl itself is beauty. Girls, don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, you have to decide what you are. Don’t dress to impress instead express yourself. Girls should be their selves as best as they are. There is no need to be perfect to inspire people. Let yourself be yourself. Good Luck!
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Adam
11/15/2014 04:18:05 am
Nice post Wita. And totally agree with your arguments about fashion for girls, especially muslim girls/women.
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