From Bali to Bangkok, before you bargain for batik
How to understand and appreciate the fabrics, designs, quality
It hits your eye as soon as you step from the gangway of your cruise ship or plane. From Bangkok to Bali, Singapore to Hong Kong, you see it in hotel gift shops, fine department stores, and market stalls. It's the profusely patterned fabric known as batik, made by a method of wax-resist dyeing brought to a high art in Indonesia over the last 400 years. While ...