Agnes Linggar Budhisurya, Dedicated to Fabric Painting

Age has never stopped Agnes from engaging in creative work. She actively paints on fabrics for gowns or her private collection. The brush strokes emanating from her mind 'conjure' fascinating paintings out of blank cloth

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Agnes Linggar Budhisurya,

Agnes Linggar Budhisurya, 78, has been a fashion designer by profession for over 60 years, but she has a rare specialization. Besides designing clothes, she also creates hand-painted gowns. In this way, she makes gowns according to the personality and physical condition of their wearers. The work is intricate and takes a long time.

Although the paintings may be ready, Agnes continues to improve them by adding other colors, such as making color gradations to give the gowns a vivid look when worn. If a customer wishes the gown to cover specific body parts, she puts some more colors to make the gowns elegant and beautiful on their bodies.