What's more beautiful than wearing a cultural legacy to work?
Recently, the Malaysian government made Thursdays a mandatory day for civil servants to wear batik attire.
This definitely boosts the batik industry as well as encourages in development of our cultural pride.
Even though most of the batik designs and collections might be similar to one another, you can still look 'one in a million' by styling your attire.
Here is a list of local batik brands in Malaysia for you to shop from:
1. Batik Boutique
When it comes to traditional modernised attire, Batik Boutique is certainly in the top five. They work with rural and urban batik artisans across Malaysia to create batik textiles on natural fibres.
Their batik collections are modernised which gives a young look.
The prices are RM200 onwards with its finest art work
For more information and where to shop their products online, click here
2. Kapten Batik
Kapten Batik is a menswear brand that uses handmade handicrafts and traditional fabrics.
Not only menswear, they also produce women's batik collections which are pretty nice to use as office wear.
Their collections mainly focus on outfits that you can wear every day.
The price range typically starts from RM159 and above.
For more information and where to shop their products online, click here
3. Batik Tektura
Batik Tektura is a design house specialising in contemporary Malaysian batik.
Their emphasis is on infusing architectural design elements into batik designs, thus giving it a breath of fresh air into traditional textile art.
They are also known for their ready-to-wear clothing collections of artisanal batik fabrics.
Their collections and materials simply start from RM150 onwards.
For more information and where to shop their products online, click here
4. Nysakapas
Nysa Kapas is inspired by Terengganu people who loved Batik, where everyone had a thing for it and wore Batik as everyday-life attire.
Their collections are inspired by colours and the Kampung lifestyle.
You can get Batik sarong clothing as low as RM90.
Nysa Kapas also sells batik clothing where you can get your own and sew baju kurung in your style. It is sold as low as RM100.
For more information and where to shop their products online, click here