KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-- Decorative batik clothing has long had its place as Malaysia's official national costume. But today, the eye-catching patterns of the age-old design method have reached new ...

With the aim to showcase Indonesian batik textiles to the world, the Indonesian premium batik e-commerce platform Berbatik.com has officially launched today. Heri Fikrio, the co-founder of Berbatik, ...

For centuries, craftspeople from Southeast Asia to West Africa have used wax resist dyeing to create textile designs of stunning complexity and rich, durable color. To this day, traditional batik ...

African batik earmuffs are the perfect blend of warmth and style, making them a must-have for the winter season ...

JAKARTA -- If I had to choose a favorite textile, and a favorite place to admire its infinite forms, it would be Indonesia's traditional batik in Thamrin City, a windowless multilevel market in the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — As a child, Nonita Respati thought she’d grow up and go into a profession with a fancy title: doctor, economist, maybe political scientist. Fashion designer didn’t seem like a ...

TEMPO.CO, Yogyakarta - Head of Small Industry and Handicraft Committee Indonesian Textile Association, Jadin C. Jamaludin said protection and preservation of traditional batik are still weak. "The ...

In the business for more than a decade, Ahmad told The Jakarta Post that consumers were increasingly turning to batik-like fabrics as a cheaper option amid weakening spending power in the country.

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, 0uly (Reuters Life!) - At one time, most men in the Javanese cultural capital wore traditional batik headgear. Today, the distinctive "blangkon" is old hat in the city of ...