Ayu Dress | Manggis

Floor length drama. Waist snatched. The dress that fits like it was made for you.

FABRIC Lightweight, breathable and absorbent, the kind of fabric that actually makes sense in summer. Made in Solo, Central Java using a combined tie-dye and tritik technique: stones tied into the cloth, submerged in dye, dried, then every dot painted individually by hand. Two to three artisans per cloth. If you look closely, you can still see the pencil marks where they mapped out the pattern before they began.

FIT Floor-length with a waist-snatching corset panel that does the work for you. Scoop neck, side split, and tie straps that can be worn in multiple ways — loop them as shoulder ties, cross them at the back, or bring them up into a halter. True to size for the full corset effect. Cheeky mid thigh split for movement. 

PATTERN The Jumputan is known across Indonesia as the "rainbow textile". It is a cloth made together by the community. The motifs are inspired by cosmic geometry: the balance between people, nature, and the sky. In Palembang, the patterns are drawn from the stars. In Solo, where this cloth was made, two to three artisans work the same piece — tying, dyeing, drying, painting — sharing stories the whole way through. The result is a cloth that carries the energy of the people who made it. 

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