“Most batik clothing for men are just the plain shirts with normal buttons,” he noted, and thought to himself, “I would really like to introduce Malaysian culture in more fun, variant colours and ...

universal looks by incorporating the fabric into everyday clothing. Malaysian fashion designer Eric Tho says he "stumbled into batik." "I started business doing batik in the east coast and ...

IN his effort to preserve cultural heritage through fashion, Wan Zakaria Wan Abu Bakar, 43, now owns nearly 1,000 batik ...

However, my colleagues, who actually like full, intricate batik pieces, couldn’t wrap their ... Now with demands from Malaysian women too, the team is looking to launch clothing that will serve that ...

Noelle Kan has put her own spin on batik through her clothing brand Kanoe. “Batik is something that is very ingrained in Malaysian culture and heritage. Hence, I wanted to integrate this ...

Abdul Halim said there are some notable differences between Malaysian batik and printed batik and one of the easiest ways to tell if it is real or not is by checking the reverse side of a batik fabric ...

“Malaysian batik, by contrast ... artisans and the fashion industry have incorporated batik into modern clothing lines, accessories and homeware designs. Indonesian batik artisans are also ...

Currently, the Malaysian creative ... and really see it as a choice of clothing, but also to understand the difficulty and challenges and artistic value of batik to some degree,” she says.