Didit Hediprasetyo is a Paris-based Indonesian fashion designer and socialite.
Background
The only son of 2014 Indonesian Presidential election candidate, Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo and Titiek Soeharto, the daughter of second son of Indonesian president, Soeharto. Hediprasetyo was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, the only son of Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, former commander of Kopassus and Kostrad of Indonesia, businessman and the candidate of Indonesian presidential election, 2014 from Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA and Titiek Soeharto, the daughter of Indonesia"s second president, Soeharto and Siti Hartinah.
Education
Parsons The New School for Design.
Career
He is the second designer after Karl Lagerfeld and the first Asian designer to design the interior and exterior of Bayerische Motoren Werke Individual Series 7 which produced only five units around the world. He rose to the international prominence after his first design show on Paris Couture Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010. From his father side, he is the grandson of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, a prominent economist, Minister of Industry and Trade (1950-1951) and Minister of Finance of Indonesia (1952-1953 and 1955-1956).
Since childhood, Hediprasetyo always wanted to learn many things until he got a difficult to choose what he really wants.
He wanted to be a painter, photographer, historian, theatre director and businessman. He then joined a Shakespeare theatre workshop at Harvard Extension School.
This is the beginning of his interest in fashion. He then became interesting to learn about fashion and take the fashion design major.
To enrich his knowledge, he also taking a painting, photography and art history course.
Hediprasetyo"s first fashion show at the Paris Couture Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2010 immediately caught the public"s attention of the Paris fashion society. The show was his debut as a world-class designer. He also founded his own label: Didiet Hediprasetyo which headquartered in Paris.
He believes that there is an opportunity to introduce and acceptance of Indonesian designer"s work in the center of fashion"s city.