kurawa - batik boho pop

Story

Once upon a time Pandu Dewanata, Kuru Kingdom's heir, sent three goddess to his brother named Dretarastra. One of them would be his wife. Dretarastra could not see them because he was blind. Then he decided to marry Gandari, the heaviest one, after he lifted them up one by one. He thought Gandari would have a lot of children... Gandari was offended to be chosen by a blind man. She swore that her children would be the enemy of Pandu’s children.

After many years of married, Gandari was very envious to Pandu’s wife who already had sons called Pandawa. So, she went to Byasa, a powerful ascetic. He granted Gandari’s desire to have children. After two years of long pregnancy, Gandari gave birth a lifeless flesh. Byasa cut the flesh into a hundred pieces and put them in the jars, then buried into ground. One year later, the jars was opened. Amazingly, one hundred babies came out from the jar. They were known as Kurawa...

Kurawa as a Brand

Kurawa is inherited from wayang story Barathayuda found inside Mahabharata Ancient Book. The story is about Five Pandawa versus Kurawa and the Gank. Representing the force of evil, bad, and cruel, Kurawa still has unsolved mysteries and good sides that are not yet published.

Inspired by the story, we are proud to present "Kurawa" as a clothing line. Yes, Kurawa keeps breaking the rules... but at this time, Kurawa would love to break the rules of Batik Indonesia. Most people consider Batik is old fashioned and wear them only as a mandatory, but Kurawa is gonna bring you to the boho pop style when fun meets Batik and other traditional patterns as an Indonesia heritage.

Kurawa with its own style will make you notice how can you not fall in love after you get to know “Kurawa” more and more...

WHO'S BEHIND KURAWA?

Venezia Lowis

Creative Director and Fashion Designer of Kurawa

Venezia was born in Cilacap, Central Java, whose parents originated from Aceh and Palembang. She has spent her babyhood in Indramayu, West Java. Starting kindergarten, she moved to a village in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, there she became the only different ethnic family living in harmony without racism.

Young Venezia grew up without complacent of any fairytales, she just found her interest when her father told how he kept a baby crocodile in Jambi, how terrifying the forest he worked, and how tigers slept around where he stayed.

Starting elementary school, Venezia lived with 2 fighting cocks and various kinds of 9 birds in Tangerang, Banten. Four years later, Venezia moved to suburb, West Jakarta until now. But sometimes, Venezia takes a walk along the chili, tomato, and mustard fields which are not far from her father’s small forest in Puncak.

Nature, wildlife, and animals have important place in Venezia’s heart. She even has daydreams to sketch batik collection in a wooden house in the middle of forest accompanying by the sound of singing birds. Why batik? Because for her, simple natural life is just like a floral motif on cotton batik cloth...

(read Venezia's full experiences here)

Hallo, Any Enquiries?

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EMAIL

kurawa@my.com

ADDRESS

Peta Barat No 80-82D, Jakarta, Indonesia
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VENEZIA LOWIS

In 2007, Venezia became a jewelry and bag designer for Hilarious, a designer label that she established together with her colleague. At the same time, she was a co-founder and a creative director of an environmental youth organization named JADUL (The Youth Care). The organization cooperated with UNICEF Indonesia and Indonesian Child Welfare Foundation. She made recycled products, which were marketed at Gran Melia hotel.

In June 2008, soon after Venezia resigned from her internship as a stylist at Dresscode Magazine, she was offered a position as a fashion contributor for Gogirl! Magazine. In the same year, Venezia came out as a winner in a make up contest held by Mustika Puteri.

In late 2009, she designed recycled shopping bags made of rice sacks with nature-patterned fabrics, which were presented for free to visitors who won in "Indonesia Quiz" during the event Climate Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Danish Countess Alexandra, Princess of Denmark, is known to possess one of the shopping bags.

In October 2010, Venezia with her partners as a team became the finalist of Senayan Fabulous Beauty Showcase - Fashion Design Competition.

In July 2011, Venezia showed her first couture collection titled Legacy of Ancient Beauty for Mascarade Mystique Fashion Show at Balai Sarbini, Plaza Semanggi. Venezia Lowis earned fashion design diploma at Lasalle College International. Soon after graduating, she was working as a fashion design assistant for Sally Koeswanto.

Since the beginning of 2012, Venezia was working on made-to-measure couture gowns or formalwear exclusively ordered by her clients. Now, in the end of 2014, she is focusing to run her very first ready to wear brand titled Kurawa - Batik Boho Pop.