One of the superb things about Jakarta is that you can have your own tailor.
I have asked mine to recreate a dress that I so adore. I got the original dress in Bali at a store that houses a former PRADA designer. The dress uses handmade batik fabric (Indoneian speciality using wax to create the pattern) inside, and yet, it looks totally modern, which is usually hardly possible.
I made a purple dress that also uses real handmade batik as base fabric. I wondered how it would look, layering on top the obviously Indian paisley pattern, but I like how it came out. The white dress is more simple. It uses Japanese synthetic silk against a plain lacy white cotton fabric. Lovely.
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