{{short description|Indonesian fashion designer (born 1984)}} '''Tex Saverio''' (born 28 August 1984, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian fashion designer.<ref name=nft>{{cite web|title=Fashion Designers from Indonesia: The Best 5|url=http://newsfashiontrend.com/fashion-designers-from-indonesia-the-best-5.html|publisher=News Fashion Trend|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref>
In September 2005, Saverio won a national award in the Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award, which qualified him to compete against other Southeast Asian designers the following year.<ref name=handojo>{{cite news|last=Handojo|first=Ve|title=Tex Saverio left school for fashion|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/10/09/tex-saverio-left-school-fashion.html|accessdate=18 October 2013|newspaper=The Jakarta Post|date=9 October 2005|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020060433/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/10/09/tex-saverio-left-school-fashion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His winning collection presented clothes that were designed to be worn by both men and women.<ref name=handojo/> He left senior school after a year in order to pursue a fashion design career, enrolling at the Bunka Fashion School in Jakarta and then taking on an apprenticeship at the Phalie Studio.<ref name=handojo/>
Since then, Saverio's work has been worn by international celebrities such as Ayumi Hamasaki (the dress worn in the music video of How Beautiful You Are),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/08/30/tex-saverio-s-couture-infused-fallwinter-collection.html|title=Tex Saverio's Couture-Infused Fall/Winter Collection}}</ref> Lady Gaga (who chose to wear Saverio for her ''Lady Gaga Fame'' advertising campaign) and Kim Kardashian.<ref name=vince>{{cite web|last=Vince|first=Jessica|title=Meet Tex Saverio - The Designer Behind Katniss's Wedding Dress In The Hunger Games Who's Already Dressed Lady Gaga|url=http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/katniss-everdeen-wedding-dress-hunger-games--catching-fire-tex-saverio|publisher=Grazia|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> Lady Gaga was photographed in a sheer black laser-cut and sequined Saverio dress called 'La Glacon' for ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 2011.<ref name=nft/><ref name=vince/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Harper's Bazaar USA|date=May 2011}}</ref> The dramatic metal-and-chiffon wedding dress which Jennifer Lawrence wore in advance publicity material for ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' film was designed by Saverio.<ref name=vince/> He has been described as the "Alexander McQueen of Indonesia".<ref name=vince/>
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