Batik For the Modern Masses

Entrepreneur, Kang Pei Shern, an IMU graduate, breathes a new and vibrant life into the venerated tradition of batik. Pei Shern’s love for batik began at an early age and was influenced by her mother,an avid batik collector. It was a life-changing thing for her and made her realise that it is okay to be a generalist. “So when it came to naming my brand, I couldn’t think of anything more apt than ‘better than blouses’.” Read more about this at Batik For the Modern Masses (New Straits Times, 2 November 2019).