All clothing in the Anjel Ms collections is made from high-quality fabrics – silk, linen, cotton and rayon – which mean comfort in all types of climate.

Most of our fabrics have traditionally been designed and woven by Balinese craftsmen in the regions of Ubud and Klungkung.

Batik

Batik has become one of the most famous artistic skills of the Balinese island. Featuring traditional motifs mostly inspired from the native fauna and flora, it holds an important place in the culture, traditional dress and daily life of the Balinese people.

The sarongs that we use for our designs are rectangular piece of silk or cotton cloth, featuring hand-drawn or block printed motifs made using the resist dyeing method. “Resist dyeing” means that the cloth is decorated with designs in molten wax which resists colour in the dye vats.

For block printed batik, craftsmen use a cap, which is a stamping block made of copper and producing a finished cloth called batik cap. For hand-drawn batik, skilled artists draw freehand, with the help of a tool called canting, to produce a truly unique and detailed fabric called Batik Tulis.

This highly skilled and labour-intensive workmanship explains the different prices within our silk collection.

These fabrics, although resistant and durable, are delicate and therefore require appropriate care.

For all our silk dresses, we advise dry cleaning only. For all other silk garments, we recommend a soft hand wash in luke warm water [Woolite, Silky, Halus or similar gentle soaps recommended] before hanging to dry in the shade.

Ikat

Bali is also famous for its ikat fabric, which is a tie-dye technique meaning “to tie in a knot”.

The weaver stretches his warp or weft on a wooden frame, and then ties strands of palm leaf or plastic raffia around small bundles of threads. This slow process allows patterns to form before bindings are removed or added. Once woven, the ikat will be dyed.

This technique produces a hard-wearing cloth, usually cotton but sometimes also mixed with silk.

All ikat fabrics are best hand washed in luke warm water and left to dry in the shade. Once again, we recommend using gentle soaps such as Woolite, Silky, Halus, or similar.

Kebayas and Balinese lace

Our Kebayas and Balinese lace garments showcase intricate hand-embroidery and therefore require appropriate care, by gently hand washing [Woolite, Silky, Halus etc.] and hanging them to dry in the shade.

Plain cotton

All other cottons garments can be washed in the washing machine on a cold setting and left to dry in the shade.