[INTERVIEW] Fashion, new window for ASEAN-Korea ties
(WorldNews South Korea)

Fashion festival on June 15 to feature 10 Southeast Asian designers By Yi Whan-woo Farhann Pura Lia Retnoningsih Paul Direk Fashion design is emerging as a new window for Korea to better understand Southeast Asian countries, after 30 years of relations with ASEAN. Three fashion designers - Farhanna Pura of Brunei, Lia Mustafa of Indonesia and Paul Direk of Thailand - say the past and present of Southeast Asians can be gleaned from fashion as much as from travel. The three say this is because rich cultures and traditions are meticulously crafted to serve contemporary and up-to-date lifestyles of the people of the region. Pura, Mustafa and Direk are among 10 Southeast Asian fashion designers...