Toton Januar is a Makassar, Indonesia borned and raised by a seamstress single mother. Based on the life experience that Toton had, it motivates him to develop a fascination design with an artisanal aspect at a young age. By moving to Jakarta at that time to pursue his degree in media broadcasting while working as a designer for one of Indonesia’s most prominent fashion designers, it made him decide to pursue his fashion study at Parsons New School of Design in New York city.