Biyan oh Biyan
May 26, 2006 by dryxanne
Biyan…is one of Indonesia’s high class designers…i dont really know his works, but i fell in love deeply with his kebaya designs…all of them! None of his kebayas is not elegant, not oh-so-damn-pretty, and not expensive!!
i repeat, none of his kebayas is not expensive…
well perhaps to you people out there who earn few thousand dollars USD per month, or even perday (be it your own sweat n blood effort money, or your damn rich parents pour thru ur platinum credit cards and 9 digits deposits in ur bank accounts), a piece of Biyan’s kebaya is nothing much, although its price can actually support a small family with 3 kids…
to me, Biyan’s kebaya is like an ultimate piece of cloth i wish i could buy without thinking that my saving will decrease 1 digit after that poor debit card swiped on that blue piece of machine that would happily be swiped for another thousand times, just like a cat longs for strokes…
yeah i wish…
all Biyan’s designs i ever saw in Metro, Sogo, elsewhere (havent made it to his boutique, think i wont dare…what if i fainted over there???), are all beauuuttiiiffullllll….the colors (always soft n feminine), the fabrics (soft…), n the models (classy, classy, classy…). And they all come with high prices! Few days ago i walked by a Biyan’s outlet in Metro, saw discounts marks everywhere, but still the price is 7 digits…
few months ago, i even thought of saving a bit every month, so by 5-6 months i could afford for 1 piece of Biyan’s kebaya…i never did the saving til now. I figured (like most people would) when i get higher salary, i could directly buy one without needing to save bit by bit. I have higher salary now. But i never had the guts to march to any Biyan’s outlet and buy 1 piece of kebaya. Everytime i think of it, the vision of bank account balance reducing 1 digit appears. And the vision is more scary then gaining weight.
so now, Biyan’s kebaya is like a…i dont know what to call it. Its like something i long to have, but if i have it, im afraid it will lose its magic…but i stil want it anyway…Biyan’s kebaya is way too tempting to resist, n i dont know how i could’ve survived not to buy it til now without ever failed…
should i wait til next important milestone? say, get a raise (hey, i can wish for it right? eventhough im stil in probation period, man…a lil optimistic wont hurt anyone, right?), or yearly bonus (hey, remember, optimistic..), or…nah, i dont have any other income source other than those two…
til then, Biyan’s kebaya will remain an ivory tower. (am i using the right words here, ivory tower?)
