Entrepreneur Arael Boo believes in the art of dressing well to make a good first impression
When a then 18-year-old Arael Boo turned up in a lecture theatre sporting a pair of snakeskin print jeans, his classmates teased him endlessly about his bold fashion choice. But now, looking back, the 34-year-old entrepreneur was merely ahead of his time. Snakeskin is all the rage now, as seen on the spring/summer and autumn/winter 2019 runways.
While Arael is still very much into fashion these days, he admits that his heavy workload and frequent travelling required for the bird’s nest processing and wholesale business he co-founded with his wife Inge Sari Restu, leaves him little time for himself. He prefers instead to spend time with his twin toddlers, Calista and Raphael.
So to stay ahead of the fashion curve, he depends on regular consultations he has with retail advisers at his favourite luxury brand boutiques such as Dolce & Gabbana and Dior Men. It was through one of these casual chats that he discovered the recent Dior Men collaboration with American contemporary artist Kaws. The iconic bee motif of the summer 2019 capsule collection caught his eye. In fact, he likes the collection so much that he owns almost everything from it, from the cotton drill jacket to the silk pocket square.
