Article from the JakartaGlobe April 1, 2011 (no April Fool's joke however)
Fashion world mourns the passing of pioneer Peter Sie. The man who introduced haute couture to Indonesia’s fashion scene, Peter Sie, passed away early on Friday.
Born Sie Tiam Le, Peter began working as a tailor in 1954 after graduating from the Vakschool Voor Kleermaker and Coupeuse in The Hague. As his business took off, Peter went from simply taking orders for garments to creating his own designs.
His loyal customers included the family members of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno.
Musa Widyatmodjo, a senior fashion designer and co-founder of the Indonesian Fashion Designers Association (APPMI), said Peter really cared about Indonesia’s young fashion designers and was always willing to share his vast knowledge with aspiring designers.
“Last year, I met him at the Jakarta Food and Fashion Festival at Kelapa Gading Mall,” Musa told the Jakarta Globe. “He told me he was very happy to see young Indonesian designers emerging in the fashion world. He was pleased to see that the Indonesian fashion world was becoming a huge industry these days. Peter Sie was a great figure in the fashion industry. We will miss him very much.”
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