The precious batik pieces are on display in Galleries 3 and 4 at the Queen Sirikit Textile Museum, which is open daily from 9am-4pm. The entrance fee is 150 baht for adults, 80 baht for seniors (over ...

In the eyes of many, fabric scraps are merely leftover pieces of textiles with little value. In reality, these remnants can ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Trade Minister issues new regulations that ease restrictions on importing batik fabric products. This endangers the future of the traditional batik industry in Indonesia. The ...

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, ...

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Asia is home to a myriad of cultures and each boasts a traditional fabric that has been used for hundred of years. Inspired and proud of their heritage, multiple Asian fashion designers have been ...

Indonesia's most highly developed art form, batik, is made by an ancient wax-resistant dying technique that predates written records. Batik textiles were worn by the leaders of the prosperous ...

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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 ...

A surreal, blood-red river has inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot in the wake of floods hitting a nearby textiles factory, causing a frenzy on social media. Pekalongan city is known its ...