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Hannie Hananto-Indonesia
Points From
The Black & White Queen
Meet Hannie Hananto, one of the strongest modest
fashion designers of Indonesia. She graduated in
Architechture and infused this architectural angle
into her designs. Check out these 7 facts to learn
more about the original Black & White Queen!
Written by: Franka Soeria photos by: Hannie Hananto
I started designing modestwear when I participated
1. in joining a fashion design competition by Noor
Magazine, back in 2003. I was the runner-up at that
time. After that I havent stopped designing!
I design for modern muslim women, the dynamic
2. working mother and wife who needs simple, modern
and elegant looks for the age ranging 20-50 years.
I can say that I have achieved most of my goals,
3. one of the biggest was doing a collaboration with a
big brand – The Executive for 3 years in a row. What I
haven’t achieved is to unite all modest fashion designers
and brands to fight the copy-cat and to limit the
importation of clothes from abroad.
Mostly my designs come in 2 colours; Black and
4. White. Black with its mystery and masculinity.
White with its purity and femininity. These colors
complete each other like lines and shapes do in
architecture.
The trend of modest fashion in Indonesia is created
5. automatically by its nature, Dian Pelangi with her
tye dye, Ria Miranda with shabby chic style. Society loves
these trends and many copy them. Indonesia has never
run out of innovations.
With co-founders, we created Hijabers Mom
6. Community. The community is a sisterhood, not a
market. By supporting each other, we’ve become strong.
We’ve grown from 300 members in 2011 to 16.000
members today and counting. We are a big sisterhood of
Indonesian women!
Indonesian modestwear is representative of the
7. Indonesian Muslim. We are a friendly nation even
though we come from a really diverse background.
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