At Citayam Fashion Week, Jakarta's budget fashionistas get their turn on the catwalk
At Citayam Fashion Week, Jakarta's budget fashionistas get their turn on the catwalk
Muhamad Rizqi's catwalk is a zebra crossing, with traffic lights instead of spotlights.
As he struts for the cameras in stilettos, a skin-tight polka-dot jumpsuit and trench coat, the applause of Jakarta's glitterati crowded on the footpaths is mixed with the sound of honking horns from passing cars.
Citayam Fashion Week — an organic fashion phenomenon based around a crosswalk near the Dukuh Atas station and park area in Central Jakarta — is the hot new thing in Indonesia's capital, and Muhamad is one of its stars.
"At first when I looked on social media, I thought, …
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