Brutalism was never about cold buildings. It was about truth. Materials shown as they are. No hiding, no polishing, no pretending. And strangely, or maybe not strangely at all, batik speaks the exact same language.

Batik is not clean. It is not perfect. It does not behave. The wax resists, the dye moves, the fabric absorbs differently every single time. Edges shift, lines break, colours deepen or soften without asking for permission. You don’t control it fully. You work with it and that’s what makes it raw.

And that rawness is exactly what brutalism stands for. Not the aesthetic, but the philosophy. To show the process. To accept the mark of the hand. To leave room for imperfection, because that is where something real begins. In a world that is increasingly filtered, corrected, and identical, batik refuses to comply.

This collection started in Milan, in courtyards, in markets, in quiet details that most people walk past. Radicchio on a table. Palms behind closed doors. Dandelions that have always been part of our language. Orchids that carry Singapore in their roots. From Milan to Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, we turn what we see into patterns. This is how we keep our stories alive . But this time, we didn’t clean it up.

Every piece in this collection is fully padded. Not just for comfort, but for presence. It holds shape. It holds weight. It holds intention. It feels like something. We wanted this collection to stand its ground, to not disappear into the background, to exist with the same quiet strength as the process behind it.

No two pieces are ever exactly the same. Colours shift, alignments move, small imperfections appear where fabrics meet. That is not a flaw. That is the point .

Real luxury is not perfection. It is knowing that something was made slowly, that someone’s hand was involved, that what you have is not replaceable. In these brutal times, we are choosing to return to that. Less polished, more honest, more human.

The brutal times collection launches in all stores this coming saturday.
Singapore few days later.