In 2012 he founded his label, Toton, with his business partner, Haryo Balitar, after cutting his teeth at The New School in New York City. The designer went on to win the 2016 International Woolmark Prize, the first year an Indonesian talent was selected, and presented his spring-summer 2020 collection at a showroom in Paris.
How did you first realise you wanted to work in fashion?
I think ever since I was a little boy, I’ve always had this fascination with fashion, although maybe I didn’t understand it at that time. My mum was a seamstress for some time and a fashion enthusiast. I got most of my early knowledge of fashion through her, but it was only after she passed away in 2008 that I decided to pursue fashion as a career.