Moshi Moshi Shibori in Canberra

“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is.

And when you’ve got it, you want – oh you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!!!” – Mark Twain

Spring is definitely my favorite season of the year. It is the time when one sees the return of beautiful flora and fauna after the long winter season.

In Europe, the beauty of tulips during Keukenhof Festival in Holland and the Flower Tapestry in Belgium attracted millions of tourists from all corners of the globe. The blossoming Sakura during Spring in Japan successfully attracted millions of visitors annually. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Floriade festival is the most enchanting festival of Tulips and plants (http://www.floriadeaustralia.com).

Taking place in Canberra, Australia’s capital, the month-long Floriade festival offers not only beautiful flowers but also music and entertainment  activities. I have been a regular visitor to Floriade for three years in a row now and the festival never fails to amaze me. The bed of tulips, composed of ravishing red tulip, tempting fuschia tulip, snow white tulip and even the mystical violet tulip are impeccably arranged.

When JET travels, he makes sure to pack only his best wardrobe. What would be more befitting than wearing a monochromatic Indonesian Shibori and Batik against the backdrop of vivid-colored flowers? JJJ

Follow JET’s fashion adventure in Instagram (@JETANDJUNG) and Facebook Page (JET’s Fashion Diplomacy).

Ps. Catatan Kecil untuk Sahabat Desainers dan Rekans Fashionista,

Setelah melalui proses revitalisasi oleh beberapa perancang dan pengrajin kain Nusantara, Shibori kini menjadi the hottest fashion item di Indonesia. Tidak kalah dengan Shibori asal Jepang, Shibori buatan anak bangsa pun memiliki opsi warna dan motif yang tidak terbatas. Shibori dengan nuansa monokromatik adalah favorit saya, khususnya jika dikenakan untuk berkunjung pada festival kembang tulip yang berwarna warni. Jangan pernah lelah mempromosikan karya-karya unggul fashion Indonesia dalam setiap kesempatan. When you travel abroad, you have the golden opportunity to promote your country, including through our attire. C’mon friends, let’s be a stunner during our round-the-world trips by wearing the very best of Indonesian fashion.

Moshi moshi Shibori !!!

JET wears an Indonesian Shibori with hand-stamped Batik lining by Novita Villanueva for Envy Batik (IG: @envybatik).

Life is one big ferris wheel so make sure we always dressed up to the nines in it.

Red tulips always make a glamorous backdrop for monochrome Shibori.

Ravishing and tempting red tulips.

Gnome, gnome in the park…

Who’s the fairest of them all?

Perhaps the gentleman in Indonesian Shibori? J J J

Colorful Gnome is my kind of squad.

Children with different age groups colored most of these gnomes. Others are colored by members of charity groups or sponsor companies.

Fuschia fever !!!

Orange tulip is the new black, right guyz?!!!

Bed of tulips is what romance is made for.

But first, let’s head to the Café Sol.

The iconic Australia Fair grand organ serenaded the visitors of Floriade.

Epic tulips with scenic Lake Burley Griffin is a match made in heaven.

Snow white tulip is my favourite.

Don’t you think she is the fairest of them all?

“Look at her,

Amidst the dozens of red and white tulips,

This one stands tall and grand above the rest,

Not once that she conforms and surrenders to her surroundings,

She keeps growing no matter how hard it is,

And that is why she grew and admired as a dazzling beauty.

Similar to my darling friends,

Live a blooming life my loved ones” – JET (November 2016)

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