Pola TAR - Fashion...Is?

PolaTAR is a site-specific arts and fashion programme that reimagines Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jalan TAR) as a living cultural ecosystem within Kuala Lumpur’s creative economy.

Drawing inspiration from everyday fashion labour — measuring, stitching, repairing, selling, wearing — PolaTAR celebrates fashion not limited to style, but as living memory.

Through two key pillars, the programme connects people, place, and practice. The second pillar refers to Fashion...is?, a series of public talks and community gatherings that focus on asking curious, critical and sometimes convoluted questions that focus on fashion. The sessions put emphasis on making this knowledge accessible and powered by community.

This project is led by ArtxFashionmy (ax-f) Collective

Fashion...Is: Practice & Perspectives

Date: 10 May 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Description:
A conversations with local art & fashion practitioners, thinkers, makers and movers, reflecting on fashion as theory, practice, media, culture, in its many intersections.

Moderator:
- Fitri Baderulnizam (Operations Executive at KLOTH Circularity, Textile Enthusiast)

Speakers:
- Kel Wen (Creative director and founder of local fashion brand Berhati)
- Dhan Illiani Yusof (ArtxFashion collective lead and multi disciplinary artist)
- Anisha Khemlani (READING room, writer and cultural producer)
- Alia Soraya (Editor-in-Chief at Mulazine and Marketing director at Hotel ULU)

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Fashion...Is: Bersiap

Date: 10 May 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Description:
A live "getting ready" session where we look into the processes in layering expression and identity in different subcultures.

Featuring:
- Putra Aqmal (Artist - will be doing D.I.Y Liberty Spikes)
- Nusantara Goth (A small branch of Asian goths with emphasis on the macabre elements within our roots

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Fashion...Is: Everyday Labour

Date: 23 May 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Description:
A sharing session by the participants of Mapping Patterns on their journey, processes and experience.

Moderator:
- Haris Rashid (Multidisciplinary artist & Batik artist)

Speakers:
- Muel Yow (Costume designer)
- Faris Fair (Self taught fashion designer)
- Umi Aishah (Fashion designer & Pattern drafting instructor)
- Jedaiah Caballero (Fashion designer)

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ArtxFashion Community Gathering

ArtxFashion monthly community gathering is a session that looks to decentralise knowledge and offer fashion enthusiasts and students a space to organically build relationships in practice. These session activities range from screenings, presentations to collective crafting and more.

PolaTAR ialah aturcara fesyen dan seni khusu tapak yang membayangkan semula Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jalan TAR) sebagai ekosistem aktif dalam lingkungan ekonomi Kuala Lumpur.

Mengambil ilham daripada kerja-kerja fesyen harian seperti mengukur, menjahit, membaiki, menjual dan memakai pakaian, PolaTAR bukan sahaja meraikan hal-hal permukaan, sebaliknya mendalami fesyen sebagai ingatan. Melalui dua tunjang utama, aturcara ini menghubungkan manusia, tempat dan amalan.

Untuk bahagian kedua, Fashion… is? ialah siri ceramah awam dan perjumpaan komuniti yang menumpukan perhatian kepada persoalan-persoalan rumit, kritikal dan adakala bersifat ingin-tahu dalam dunia fesyen. Setiap sesi akan mengetengahkan cara untuk membolehkan pengetahuan bidang ini lebih mudah dicapai dan diperkasakan oleh komunitinya.

Projek ini diterajui oleh ArtxFashionmy (ax-f) Collective

Fashion...Is: Practice & Perspectives

Tarikh: 10 Mei 2026 (Ahad)
Masa: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Penerangan:
Satu sesi perbualan bersama pengamal seni dan fesyen tempatan—pemikir, pembuat dan penggerak—yang menelusuri fesyen sebagai teori, amalan, medium dan budaya, dalam pelbagai persilangannya.

Moderator: 
Fitri Baderulnizam (Eksekutif Operasi di KLOTH Circularity, peminat tekstil)

Penceramah: 
Kel Wen (Pengarah kreatif dan pengasas jenama fesyen tempatan Berhati)
Dhan Illiani Yusof (Ketua kolektif ArtxFashion dan artis multidisiplin)
Anisha Khemlani (READING room, penulis dan penerbit budaya)
Alia Soraya (Ketua Pengarang Mulazine dan Pengarah Pemasaran Hotel ULU)

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Fashion...Is: Bersiap

Tarikh: 10 Mei 2026 (Ahad)
Masa: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Penerangan:
Sesi langsung “bersiap” yang meninjau proses membina lapisan ekspresi dan identiti dalam pelbagai subkultur.

Menampilkan:
Putra Aqmal (Artis – demonstrasi D.I.Y Liberty Spikes)
Nusantara Goth (Cabang kecil komuniti goth Asia yang menekankan unsur-unsur makabre dalam akar budaya kita)

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Fashion...Is: Everyday Labour

Tarikh: 23 Mei 2026 (Sabtu)
Masa: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Penerangan:
Sesi perkongsian oleh para peserta Mapping Patterns mengenai perjalanan, proses dan pengalaman mereka.

Moderator:
Haris Rashid (Artis multidisiplin & artis batik)

Penceramah:
Muel Yow (Pereka kostum)
Faris Fair (Pereka fesyen autodidak)
Umi Aishah (Pereka fesyen & tenaga pengajar draf pola)
Jedaiah Caballero (Pereka fesyen)

Perjumpaan Komuniti ArtxFashion

Perjumpaan Komuniti ArtxFashion Bulanan ialah sesi sosial yang menyahpusatkan pengetahuan dan menawarkan ruang kepada pelajar dan peminat fesyen untuk menjalinkan perhubungan secara organik dalam bidang ini. Setiap sesi menawarkan aktiviti seperti tayangan, pembentangan, pertukangan dan lain-lain.