>> The world is officially small when via an editor from Indonesia who I met in New York, I somehow receive some nuggets of the Indonesian fashion industry and in particular, make another connection to Nina Karina Nikicio who is one of the more prominent ones that has been carving out several strands to her ever-burgeoning brand. There's a femme and homme line, a nn:02 basics-based line and then there's her series of projects where she 're' juvenates, 're' vives or 're'configures a clothing concept. For her fourth 're' project, she looked at that old chestnut; the paper dress. Explored, flashed up in the 60s and then condemened to the sin bin since, save for the loose relations of paper pulp-based fabrics in organic clothing endeavours, the paper dress has never really had its proper outing. Perhaps it won't ever be a conceivable mainstream mode of attire. Even Nina's project here is as I said… a project and nothing more.
Still, I love that she has tried to use a more solid paper base to create these zippered shifts printed with works by five photographers from Indonesia and Singapore. The ones that arrived through the aforementioned roundabout way are the 'Re-sident' and 'Re-turn' dress, featuring a close-up knarly shot of a tree by Evelyn Pritt and a Phi Phi sunset shot by Noran Bakrie, both from Jakarta. Seeing as these fully-functional, fully-comfortable and fully-waterproof zippered shifts are in my possession, tempering them to have these paper dress get proper outings isn't too difficult. May just have to work in a scenario where should a rip-based accident happen whilst out and about, I would have to shed the layer to reveal another one which counts as an outfit change on the go…
(With cut-up vintage trench, old Topshop dress, black tights, Atalanta Weller wedges)
(With ASOS White coat, MiH jeans, Heavy Machine heels)
47 comments
Tiffanys Small World
2010-09-30 at 9:23 AMamazing dress!really love the first one
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PrettyGreenTea
2010-09-30 at 9:46 AMFab dress, really pretty!
Ann
2010-09-30 at 9:47 AMI love the wedges Suzie!!!BTW, I saw a feature about you in our local Magazine,=) I’ve taken some pictures of it and posted it here: http://numberslettersandfashion.blogspot.com/2010/09/philippine-tattler-march-2010.html
thestreetfashion5xpro
2010-09-30 at 9:54 AMI really like your style as always! Great post!
Sheray
2010-09-30 at 9:57 AMAmazing dresses! Love them both.
xoxo Sheray.
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Shebelle
2010-09-30 at 10:15 AMTrench coat is beautiful. Btw I’m checking Nikicio atm.
margief
2010-09-30 at 10:19 AMgreat wedges my eyes were immediately drawn to them! but the dresses are great also however i would be so worried that some part of it would get caught on something
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melissa
2010-09-30 at 11:11 AMlove the prints of these dress, amazing!
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pink
2010-09-30 at 11:27 AMwoww i love both prints
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2010-09-30 at 12:37 PMthis is really a cool post..im getting indulge with it..
Vikki
2010-09-30 at 12:55 PMLove that camel coat!!
Vikki
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cynthia
2010-09-30 at 12:59 PMbeautiful coat! i really love the 1st print dress
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Joy D.
2010-09-30 at 1:06 PMI like the sunset print. I recently learned that what we see visually as the sunset does not exist. It is actually our brains perceiving color. Isn’t that crazy?
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Cinz
2010-09-30 at 1:32 PMlove the print dress and your signature fringe look:) Great blog u got goin on btw. Stop by mine if you got time.
Cheers!
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vixen
2010-09-30 at 1:48 PMgreat outfit and inspiring blog 🙂
Laura
2010-09-30 at 1:52 PMReally cool concept. I love what you’ve worked them with.
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Doni Brown
2010-09-30 at 3:05 PMLove the Prints!
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2010-09-30 at 3:21 PMhttp://thefreakoffashion.blogspot.com
Cate
2010-09-30 at 5:59 PMLove those dresses so creative xoxo
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2010-09-30 at 7:06 PMWow…
Those dresses are wonderful.
I would like to buy them.
Claudia Brown
2010-09-30 at 7:42 PMLove the landscape prints. Have you seen Carven’s new line? Has some amazing photographic landscape prints:
http://www.patternpeople.com/spring-11-carven/
Lady Julianne
2010-09-30 at 8:01 PMThe dresses are beautiful, but omg those purple jeans! Arrow of lust straight to the heart! Stunning!
Christel
2010-09-30 at 9:42 PMI really love the print of the first dress, with these sorte of organic shapes, it’s beautiful, like made by the nature.
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2010-09-30 at 10:04 PMI feel like you would wear
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Stylista
2010-10-01 at 12:38 AMI really like her classic coat, and how she pairs it up with more unique pieces.
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2010-10-01 at 12:40 AMHippy and trendy, fit to the youth of today…
Gogochango
2010-10-01 at 2:40 AMWow Noran is a friend of mine and she did a wonderful job. I like Nikicio fit in you suzie..
Melissa Etheridge
2010-10-01 at 7:04 AMExcellent dress ..Trench coat is a extraordinary one to wear ..i dont know ,how come u alone giving such a attractive stuffs …My hearty wishes to u ..u definetly rock!!!http://www.facebook.com/pages/Viva-Magazine-Your-Premium-Womens-Natural-Health-Magazine/262734921452?ref=ts i go crazy for all ur posts …
masha
2010-10-01 at 7:58 AMwow!! dress in made in paper! is it comfortable?
I like so much the print on the first outfit! like asphalt or mud))
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SabinePsynopsis
2010-10-01 at 8:48 AMIt looks great, I just wonder… How does it wash?
desisuit
2010-10-01 at 9:21 AMI really love the print of the first dress
jordanaa
2010-10-01 at 1:26 PMlove love love that camel coat! it is so great on you 🙂
and i m really loving your shoes!!!
great post you look great!
CheapRidingBoots
2010-10-01 at 2:22 PMI love the style! She looks so cool in first photo. I definitely love her shoes!
Tiffany
2010-10-01 at 11:01 PMLove those purple pants!
XOXO,
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2010-10-02 at 8:17 AMLovely and superb post, really looking stunning.
Nickie Frye
2010-10-02 at 4:10 PMI’m seriously considering the sunset dress. I love how you paired it with the purple jeans. However, I’ve never worn a paper dress before & I’m wondering how it ‘sounds’. Do you know what I mean? I wouldn’t want to be conspicuously crinkling around.
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2010-10-04 at 5:59 PMThose purple pants are awesome.
lalnag
2010-10-07 at 4:13 AMi like it
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Swan
2010-10-16 at 9:56 PMwow. i have been missing out, off in my own world. that last outfit is also perfect. trim trench and endless deep purple flares? amazingness. you are looking rather posh these days.
Desisuit
2010-11-01 at 10:44 AMI love the style she looks a nice.
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2011-03-25 at 6:20 PMWell I love how you paired it with the purple jeans. However, I’ve never worn a paper dress before & I’m wondering how it ‘sounds’.
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