Taking Batik to New Places: Fern Chua, Malaysia

A Life Less Ordinary by Udhara de Silva

Dec 18, 202153:23Society & Culture

Fern Chua is the award-winning founder of FERN , a Malaysian sustainable and high-end fashion label rediscovering the elegance of the ancient Asian fabric art form, Batik. Fern and I chatted earlier this year on the unex...

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