Fabric Shopping

Today I went out with my friend Marina fabric shopping. Here in Jakarta you can have any piece of clothing copied but finding the right material is the key. Indonesia being such a humid climate it is best to try and wear cotton but to find any material made of cotton is quite hard. Wanwan, Marina's driver said he knew of a good market that we could visit to find what we where looking for so we thought "why not, lets give it a go".

Picture: Some of the market stalls

Picture: Some pretty materials on show

Picture: Marina taking a closer look

The market was called Cipadu Market. There we found a number of stalls selling all types of materials. We walked along hearing "masuk Mrs" (come in) if something caught our eye we would enter to see and feel the material. From satin, polyester, lace and fleece we made our way along the stalls looking for that holy grail of cotton. I found the locals quite friendly and helpful offering suggestions without really knowing what we where after. Flower patterned material seemed quite popular because that's what the shop keepers kept pointing out to us to see. There where some beautiful materials that maybe would been worn by the local ladies when they got married, so much choice but not what we wanted. Our persistence paid off as we did manage to find what we think is cotton in a colour we liked so I am sure our next visit will be to the tailor.

Picture: Marina & Wanwan, Marinas driver surrounded by lots of material



Picture: A little girl I met on the visit to the market


Picture: Wanwan happy we found some cotton material