Meet Angga and Moriska, students from the Fashion Design and Lifestyle Product study program at the Faculty of Creative Industries, University of Surabaya (Ubaya). The two of them, along with dozens of other up-and-coming designers from Ubaya, held a runway show at Tunjungan Plaza on Saturday, November 8, 2025. On their runway, the students showcased their final project, a fashion collection themed around the spring/summer 2025 trend forecast, “Restorative Nature,” with over 125 items on display. Restorative Nature encourages fashion enthusiasts to recognize that the increasingly dynamic, stressful, and fast-paced world requires spaces for healing.
Angga was concerned by how this increasingly dynamic world will require something for physical and mental recovery. In the restorative realm that Angga drew inspiration from, one such healing effort is aromatherapy. In the restorative realms trend, which focuses on nature and healing, material selection is crucial due to the principle of sustainability. Angga takes a more environmentally friendly approach to the production process, which is why she uses sustainable materials, such as fabrics from Pable.
Her first encounter with Pable was serendipitous. While interning at a design house, Angga conducted research to find companies that accommodate textile waste around Surabaya, and ultimately discovered Pable. Inspired by collections from global fashion brands like Oscar de la Renta and Rolf Ekroth, Angga created a total of fourteen clothing items using Pable fabrics, including Suri and Sekir. Angga drew inspiration from aromatherapy sources with calming and soothing nuances, such as lavender, lemon, and coffee. The collection also reflected these elements, with warm colors like red, brown, and beige.
Meanwhile, Moriska drew inspiration from the film The Secret Garden (2020). Still on the theme of restorative nature, Moriska explored how human connectivity with nature can be a key to restoration. What’s interesting is how Moriska then connected the human-nature connectivity with fashion identity, ultimately resulting in a collection that is comfortable to wear as city-wear.
Moriska met Pable during a competition in which Pable was a partner, and seeing the alignment of Pable’s principles with her final project concept, Moriska ultimately used Pable fabric in her work. Of the thirteen items she created, 11 used Pable fabric: Sekir, Dobby, and Suri. From the film “The Secret Garden” (2020) –also adapted from the novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett– Moriska extracted values such as empathy, hope, and healing from emotional wounds. Furthermore, she was visually inspired by the film, as evidenced by Moriska’s use of natural colors like green, pink, and brown in her work.
Every stage, from conceptualization to design to production, was handled by Angga and Moriska respectively. Angga and Moriska admitted that the most challenging part was dyeing the fabric —as Pable’s limited color availability due to the lack of a dyeing process, and the product colors were derived entirely from available textile waste— which required repeated trial-and-error.
Pable believes that goodness is contagious. With the future of the nation like Angga, Moriska, and their friends paying attention to environmental issues like textile waste, Pable hopes that this lonely path will become crowded and bustling. Starting small, the impact will grow.
