Lulu Lutfi Labibi, The Talented Designer from Yogyakarta Won LPM 2011

Lulu Lutfi Labibi, 29 years old, talented designer from Yogyakarta has won the Fashion Design Competition (Lomba Perancang Mode / LPM) events . With his collection “Local Glory” Lulu combines various traditional textile such as contemporary batik, Yogyakarta lurik, Klaten goyor and Jepara tie dye ikat. He created a collection adorned with draping technique that looks both gorgeous and modern.


Therefore Lulu won the first winner prizes which is US$ 4,000. His victory also won him a scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, USA.
The Fashion Design Competition (Lomba Perancang Mode / LPM) events. Initiated by Femina Group in 1979, LPM is the first competition of its kind that has consistently managed to filter promising talents and orbit the careers of Indonesia & rsquo;s top designers.

This year’s LPM themed “East and West Synergy” in which the contestants were challenged to combine local culture with modernity feel into their designs. Out of 296 applicants, only 10 finalists were chosen to debut their collection at Jakarta Fashion Week 2012.
The secondprize winner was awarded to Friederich Herman from Malang who presented a tailored Ready-To-Wear collection that featured statement jackets. The third prize winner went to Cynthia Tan from Jakarta whose collection was inspired by the komodo. She incorporated an ikat fabric called ayutopas across muted, pastel tones.
Some of the judges of 2011 LPM are LPM alumni themselves, they are Priyo Oktaviano and Musa Widyatmodjo. Beside them, there are also Syahmedi Dean pop culture observer, Ninuk M Pambudi Senior Journalist of Kompas daily, Atiqah Hasiholan the actress and Petty S Fatimah Chief Editor of Femina magazine. Together they judge the designs according to their creativity, wearability, marketability and price the designer set for the collection.