19/03/2026
NUSANTARA — a Haute Couture collection that reimagines the Indo-Malay Archipelago’s heritage through a modern lens. It takes classic batik—hand-drawn tulis, stamped cap, and experimental wax-resist—off the sarong and into sculptural silhouettes: sharp corsetry, fluid draping, and architectural volumes that echo temple reliefs, perahu hulls, and woven rattan patterns.
Motifs from across the region—Javanese parang and kawung, Malay hibiscus and pucuk rebung, Bugis phinisi sails, Bornean hornbill feathers—are deconstructed, scaled up, and rendered in unexpected palettes (charcoal indigo, lacquer red, antique gold, pearl white) on silk gazar, organza, duchess satin, and hand-pleated chiffon. Techniques blend tradition and innovation: malam resist meets laser-cut appliqué, natural indigo and soga dyes sit alongside metallic foiling, beadwork and songket-inspired threadwork trace batik lines like topographic maps.
The result is ceremonial but wearable—column gowns that ripple like kain panjang, capes that fall like kelambu, and structured bustiers that nod to kebaya—honoring craft communities across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and southern Thailand while speaking in a contemporary couture language.
