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Gillian's Farewell

By Gillian Henry

Hi there. If you’ve seen our website, visited our boutique, or perhaps met us at a pop-up bazaar in the past year, you may know me. My name is Gillian. I graduated last June from...
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New Sewing Centre Launch

By Amy Blair

Batik Boutique proudly launched our new sewing training centre in Kota Damansara, which will help provide training to more seamstresses with sewing and other marketable skills. The official launch was attended by industry partners, NGOs,...
Things To Do in KL: Petronas Twin Towers
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Things To Do in KL: Petronas Twin Towers

By Kate B

Look up the meaning of Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur, and you might raise an eyebrow or even two. Why in the world does Malaysia’s biggest city and one of fastest growing metropolitan regions in...
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Empowering women entrepreneurship

By Amy Blair

Zarina Zainal Abidin is the Malaysian artisan behind Zarina Craft, an online business where she shares all her crafting. Zarina worked at The Batik Boutique and is a good friend of ours. In 2011 she...
Genuine Vs. Imitation Batik
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Genuine Vs. Imitation Batik

By Amy Blair

It can be really hard to tell the difference between real and fake batik if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Here is your guide to telling the difference between genuine batik and machine...