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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Featuring 10 of Seah’s most striking pieces that reimagined the traditional craft of batik as a sophisticated art form.

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 ...

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 ...

President Obama joined world leaders for a gala dinner in Cambodia Monday with “strongman” Prime Minister Hun Sen. The leaders donned traditional Batik shirts for the occasion. According to the United ...

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 ...