maomao Linen Blouses From Indonesia

I had a pleasure of meeting lovely Peggy. Peggy is a cofounder of Maomao, a linen fashion brand originated in Jakarta, Indonesia. She flew from Jakarta, Indonesia to Mumbai, India for her work. Peggy told me that her husband, Herman, who started Lima Watch (beautiful watches) found my blog and told her that she would like my blog. She checked out my blog and told me that she did like it. I found this story very sweet.

It’s such an honor to be followed by two talented Indonesian artists/entrepreneurs like Peggy and Herman. I also love hearing how people found my blog because my blog does not have a huge following. The interesting thing, though, is that Indonesia sends the most traffic to my blog even a year and a half after I had moved away. I am very flattered! Thank you, readers in Indonesia!!

One day Peggy emailed me and told me that she recently started her lovely fashion line with linen textiles called maomao. She offered me to have some of her clothes and gently asked if I would be interested in writing about them. Since she was coming to Mumbai for her work, she asked me if we could meet up so that she could give me some clothes. I thought she might bring one item, but she gave me so many! I could not believe how generous she was! She also gave me a beautiful mug created by Ayu Larasati. Ayu Larasati seems to be fast growing in popularity in Indonesia.

Life is interesting, isn’t it? I met Peggy for the first time at Suzette in Mumbai, but it felt like I met an old friend from Jakarta. It was so nice to meet with someone who came from the city that I was very familiar with and called home for the past 3 years prior to our move to Mumbai. The world of blog and social media seems to have changed the form of friendship.

My blog that I started 5 years ago, a Chuzai Living Facebook page, and Instagram have brought some lovely friendship. I would have not met Peggy from Jakarta in Mumbai without them.

So, here’s my little contribution to Peggy who brought lovely clothes all the way from Jakarta, Indonesia to give me. By the way, Jakarta seems to be booming in the field of design and I am always drooling over the photos taken in Jakarta, Indonesia that I find on instagram. I still have more items of maomao that Peggy gave me to write about, but I’ll keep them for the future post! I especially fell in love this white “Shima” blouse. It is so comfortable, light, beautiful and perfect for the hot weather.

I enjoyed styling for the three blouses. You could also see how maomao styles their blouses and find out about other shirts through maomao’s instagram photo gallery. Enjoy!

Three blouses by maomao in this post were gifted by Peggy of maomao and the rest of the outfit and accessories are my own.