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...Obin, the fabric means glamour. It means stunning models sashaying down the catwalk to the music of James Brown. It suggests beautiful people and exclusive parties. How else could it be for this 52-year-old fashion designer, who is single-handedly responsible for dragging the ancient Indonesian craft into the arena of contemporary fashion...
...single highly skilled artisan - have also diminished the cloth's allure. Government support has become essential to the industry's survival. So has Obin: by working almost exclusively in batik, she has created a business that supports about 2,500 employees. Among them are dozens of artisans practicing their craft at home or in small studios across Java. "I am grateful that this type of business can provide a livelihood for so many people," she says. "Batik is our heritage and we must preserve...
...shelves of Bin House, her flagship store, and raise your eyebrows at price tags in the hundreds of dollars (a top-of-the-line item, like a custom-made wedding kebaya, or blouse, can cost up to $10,000). "I am simply trying to breathe new life into the craft," Obin says. "What I would really like to do is wrap the whole world in cloth." So long as it's her cloth, the world isn't likely to mind...
Meanwhile, WWF, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, has been working with producers, buyers and various NGOs since 2004 to craft voluntary industry standards aimed at minimizing or eliminating environmental damage. "This is a major priority for us," says Jose Villalon, who heads WWF's recently expanded aquaculture team. Standards will yield certifications of sustainability for a range of popular seafoods; the first, covering tilapia, is expected by the end of the year...
...Haynes does know how to end his film: with a minute-or-two view of the real Dylan at a concert, playing an extended vamp of "Mr. Tambourine Man" on the harmonica, focused on freeing the soul of his song through his craft. It's a reminder that, whatever social movements the Beatles and Bob Dylan were drafted to represent, whatever iconic status they've been freighted with for the past 40 years, all they really made was music. And that was enough...