My hometown, Bandung, called Parijs Van Java, which means Paris town on Java Island, for many reasons. First, Bandung in the past has affected the youth trend, becoming centre of fashion trend and the best place to shop in Indonesia. A scheduled fashion show from the local designers was usually held in Braga that watched by both of tourists and fashion experts just like in Paris. Bandung’s shopping places are the best and its fashion stuffs became trend in Indonesia. The nice temperature and beautiful scenery with lots of artistic building also the reason why Bandung was called Parijs Van Java. Many foreign tourists loved to spend their holiday in Bandung long time ago. Over all, those similar conditions between Bandung and Paris made Bandung called Parijs Van Java.
Now, although Bandung has becoming an urban city that changes a lot from the period when it is famous by the name Parijs Van Java, it is still becoming one of the best places to shop in Indonesia. Every weekend, especially local foreigners come to visit Bandung to shop on famous shopping place in Bandung such as factory outlets, distro, or just on secondhand market. The factory outlet sells branded fashion with very cheap price because the stuffs are directly from its factory. Distro that the idea originally comes from Bandung has affected the youth fashion trend in Indonesia and become the next big thing in fashion industry as a place to channel the talent of young designers. Bandung also has a famous secondhand market called ‘cimol’ located on Gedebage market that sells secondhand fashion from overseas such as Korea, USA, and Japan with a very cheap price but the stuffs are worth to be on our collection.
Even though Bandung now not as famous as Bandung in the past, the given name Parijs Van Java still reflect Bandung the way it is.
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