The public supports Indonesia in holding the Paris Fashion Show. But, don't claim it as Paris Fashion Week too!
This is what is getting busy on social media where local Indonesian brands claim to appear at Paris Fashion Week which is considered to be fooling the public. In fact, the event is the 'Gekraf Paris Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week'.
As a result, Paris Fashion Week became a trending topic on Twitter. As we monitored, Tuesday (8/3/2022) there were 101 thousand tweets about this matter.
Before we get into netizen comments, let's look at the differences between the two again. Paris Fashion Week is an event organized by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM). Meanwhile, the Gekraf Paris Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week is an event organized by the National Creative Economy Movement (Gekraf).
Gekraf brought a number of local designers and brands to appear in Paris in early March 2022. However, there are local brands that claim to appear at Paris Fashion Week. A number of KOLs who were brought in also called it Paris Fashion Week in their social media posts.
Fait accompaniment is what became the beginning of a public protest, one of which is the owner of the Instagram account @mrluckycheng, because the claim is considered to be fooling the public. Not only him, netizens also feel that way.
From netizens' tweets, they support Indonesian works being promoted abroad. However, the public hopes that they do not also claim to appear in other events, even though this is not the case. Here are some of the netizens' tweets on Twitter:
"Maybe they think Paris Fashion Week is fashion week in Paris. Even though PFW is the name of the official event," said @manosa***.
"It's changed guys, this is just a Paris fashion show, not a Paris fashion week," said @yourqu***.
"The name is also ATM, observing imitating modifications, that's how it works. Paris fashion week," said @haikal ***.
"It's really funny Paris fashion week it's a fashion show in Paris LMAO and also the audience is paid Caucasians + Indonesian people too. It's okay to look wow, but don't lie to the public who don't understand," sarcastically @jagomain ***.
"🤦♀️ pls know the difference between Fashion Show in Paris and Paris Fashion Week," said @melon***.
"It's a shame to see a local brand that wants to be famous by claiming to join Paris Fashion Week," said @riuz***.
"Obviously proud because there are Indonesian products that can be international. But it's a shame they ride with the hashtag #ParisFashionWeek as if they were included in the event," said @kue***.