Career
The most prominent and high end fashion designer living in Indonesia. Private Born from Surya Wanaatmadja and Elizabeth Jonathan, Wanaatmadja spent his childhood and youth at Surabaya. He pursued his studies in fashion, earning himself degrees at Mueller & Sohn Privat Mode Schule in 1977 at Duesseldorf, Germany and then the London College of Fashion in 1982 at London, England.
In 1983, Biyan worked at Enrico Coveri di Firenze, Italia.
After living in Europe for more than 15 years, Biyan"s family asked him to come back to Indonesia and start his own private label. Working in a small atelier in Surabaya, Biyan produced and retailed his first clothing line.
A custom-made Biyan gown now retails from a price of United States dollar 4,500 to United States dollar 10,000.
