Fashion Batik Indonesia GO International

As you know that Batik is Indonesian cultural heritage and already established UNESCO as world cultural heritage of Indonesia. In my previous post I have written about Indonesian batik design and also Japanese Batik Lanterns and you can view some design of them, and Now I just want to tell you that there are so many Batik Creation has made by designers. Batik dye increasingly crowded arena of fashion in Indonesia. And more than 60 Indonesian and foreign designers show off their creation in Jakarta Fashion Week 2009

Batik: Pekalongan design

Most of these batiks were sarongs, perhaps because Dutch settlers found them easier to to wear. In this group of batiks we find the buketan motifs, depicting flowers and fruits thet grew in Holland, like chrysanthemums and grapes, and flowers arrangements in European style.

Indonesian Art of Textile

Although the process of decorating cloth through the process of batik is found in several regions in Africa or India and even in some South East Asian countries, the batik of Indonesia is unique and unequaled. Indonesian Batik is made in several regions, but the center of the art is Central Java, in cities like Yogyakarta, Solo, Cirebon, Pekalongan and Indramayu.

The pride of Indonesians to wear batik till the present day has preserve this art of textile.
The beauty of Batik is a tribute to the patience, creativity of the woman of Java, the main island of Indonesia. Credit should be also given to men who prepare the cloth and handle the dyeing and finishing process.

Indonesian Batik an Art of Textile

Although the process of decorating cloth through the process of batik is found in several regions in Africa or India and even in some South East Asian countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Mali, and in Asia, such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, the batik of Indonesia is unique and unequaled. Indonesian Batik is made in several regions, such as Jambi, East Java, West Java and Bali, but the center of the art is Central Java, in cities like Yogyakarta, Solo, Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem and Indramayu. In East Java, there are some cities that also can called central of East Java’s Batik, such as Tuban, Bangkalan ( Madura ), and Sidoarjo that have their own specific motifs.

Batik City Takes On Modernity

Hoping to snatch public attention again, less than a month after the 2009 Solo Batik Carnival, this past weekend hundreds of batik outfits were displayed on an open catwalk on Solo’s main street, Jalan Diponegoro, during the city’s first Solo Batik Fashion Show.

The city of Solo, home to the palaces of two ancient kingdoms, hopes to build on the attention batik has been getting globally since the collection of Ann Dunham — the late mother of US President Barack Obama — was shown in Chicago earlier this year, and in other US cities through August.

Batik Fashion

About Batik

Indonesia Batik Style

Batik has been both an art and a craft for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there.

Indonesia Batik

Contemporary batik, while owing much to the past, is markedly different from the more traditional and formal styles. For example, the artist may use etching, discharge dyeing, stencils, different tools for waxing and dyeing, wax recipes with different resist values and work with silk, cotton, wool, leather, paper or even wood and ceramics.
Batik is historically the most expressive and subtle of the resist methods. The ever widening range of techniques available offers the artist the opportunity to explore a unique process in a flexible and exciting way.

Source: Wikipedia

maternity holiday dresses

If you’re gonna splurge on something that’ll make you look like the prettiest mom-to-be in the room, now’s the time. Put on one of these lovely frocks and dance your (ever spreading?) booty off this New Year’s Eve, dance like it’s your last night out (because it may be, for a while).
Shiny satin and stretch tulle from Maternal America

The Crystal Swing dress from BellaBlu

Pretty in Plum from Maggie Maternity

Red red red and all tied up with a bow, from Pea in the Pod