The Jember Fashion Carnaval in eastern Java, Indonesia. Is it a fashion event? Well, it was started by a Paris fashion school graduate who wanted to bring something back home. Plus, there was a runway show the opening night for the press. Is it like Carnival? There are certainly outlandish costumes and street parades set to thumping music, but there's really no "day-before-Lent-last-blast" thing here - the island is mostly Muslim. It's like some kind of surreal Indonesian haute couture fabulist fantasy set to over-amped electronic dance music.