Jakarta - Indonesians on Friday paid tribute to the late anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela... fondly remembering him for his penchant for colourful Indonesian-style batik shirts. "Nelson Mandela ...

SpaceX CEO Musk called his ‘batik bomba’ shirt – made in a tiny Central Sulawesi village – ‘awesome’, and was seen with it again in Bali this week after wearing it for the first time in 2022 Earlier ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was in Indonesia over the weekend for the Starlink satellite launch, but what really caught people's attention was his outfit choice. As part of his visit, the Tesla chief ...

Among the many tributes paid to Nelson Mandela, few have touched on his role as a fashion icon. Except in Indonesia, where he is fondly remembered for helping to bring the nation's trademark colourful ...

IN his effort to preserve cultural heritage through fashion, Wan Zakaria Wan Abu Bakar, 43, now owns nearly 1,000 batik shirts as a symbol of identity and appreciation of the uniqueness and intricate ...

A map of Indonesia could be stitched from swatches of batik. From its regional origins in central Java, where creams and browns dominate, to coastal sultanates, where international trade inspired ...

It is early morning in Giriloyo, Yogyakarta, and a group of women are busy drawing motifs on white cloth in an open gazebo. Next to them are buckets of liquid wax that they will melt on a small stove ...