We then went straight to Oscars boutique where we were due to be interviewed by 2 newspapers, The Jakarta Post, Kompas and also a TV company who were keen to do a feature on our story as a news piece. Oscar very kindly lent me one of his silk jackets for the interview.
Oscar being interviewed for TV, he's much better at it than me
TV crew filming the shop
It all went very smoothly and everyone is very excited and positive about the project, unfortunately I will still be in Indonesia when the interview will be aired on the TV in a couple of days time, my worst nightmare!!! Will have to have a few cocktails before viewing that!! Also quite shocked when one of the reporters says she has been reading my blog, I thought it was only my mum.
We then went straight out to dinner with the guys from the British Council and the Feminina magazine group and also the editor of Dewi magazine, Indonesias answer to Vogue, who will be interviewing us for a feature tomorrow. The discussion at dinner was centred around the issue of how to sustain the Indonesian textile industry and make it more adaptable to the pace of the modern fashion industry. We all agreed that Indonesia does not lack creativity, I have seen some of the most amazingly technical textiles since I have been here but there needs to be a way in which this creativity can be channelled to work in a more commercial way. It was a really interesting discussion and we all agreed to continue it tomorrow when we all go to the British ambassadors party for the Queens birthday!
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