Peter Sie was one of the pioneers of fashion design in Indonesia.

Sie learned sewing when he was five years old. He later travelled to Vakschool Voor Kleermaker & Coupeuse in Holland to learn tailoring between 1947–1953. His clientele was the government and the Sukarno

Sukarno

Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo was the first President of Indonesia.Sukarno was the leader of his country's struggle for independence from the Netherlands and was Indonesia's first President from 1945 to 1967...

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Private Life

Peter Sie was once had his fashion show held at the Imperial house in the Soekarno era. Went trough crisis in the 1974, he was the first and the most detailed Haute Couture

Haute couture

Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...

 designer in that time in Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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Peter was the youngest child from 7 siblings Sie Tjeng Hay, owner of a food company in Bogor

Bogor

Bogor is a city on the island of Java in the West Java province of Indonesia. The city is located in the center of the Bogor Regency , 60 kilometers south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta...