You can say that I don’t understand anything about women’s fashion. If it’s fit nicely on a female form then I’ll say it is a good fashion, that’s pretty much how I judge a women’s clothing, But this Spring/Summer collection by Dries van Noten caught my attention. Just last week, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono calls for Oct. 2 “batik day” to celebrate UN recognition of batik as an Indonesian cultural treasure. It’s funny to see that our society needs an “approval” from UN to celebrate a legacy we have for hundreds of years.
Now the hype continues, the art form has been adopted by Belgian born designer, Dries van Noten in his S/S 2010 collection. From the photos, it looks like he make use of the Parang motif Batik featured in a skirt and blouse. In this collection he utilized many kinds of traditional fabric from different kind of culture and country, injected a lot of colors and energy to the collection.

Thanks to Soubrette for the heads up. images via ElleUk.