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The most ambitious chapter in Tanoti’s 14-year history sees this award-winning Sarawakian social enterprise open its ISETAN KLCC pop-up on 17 July, walk the KL Fashion Week runway on 6 August, and launch its KL flagship store at 118 Mall later this year.
Tanoti Sdn Bhd, the Kuching-based social enterprise that has spent fourteen years building one of Borneo’s most extensive networks of indigenous craft artisans, arrives in Kuala Lumpur this month with a statement it has been quietly preparing: that the handwoven, hand-crafted, community-made textiles of Sarawak belong not only in heritage museums or boutique hotels, but in the wardrobes, homes and daily lives of Malaysia’s most discerning urban professionals.
Its journey unfolds across two phases:
First, a pop-up gallery at ISETAN KLCC running from 17 July – 19 August. Their solo runway show will also take place on 6 August at KL Fashion Week 2026.
Later this year, Tanoti will open its first KL flagship store at the 118 Mall at the podium of the country’s iconic Merdeka 118 Tower.
These milestones mark Tanoti’s formal and deliberate entry into Malaysia’s mainstream retail and fashion market; a move that extends the organisation’s reach from the B2B clients and hospitality partners that have long championed its work, to the individual consumer who wears, gifts and lives with meaning.
With this flagship store, Tanoti is now well positioned to represent the crafts and material culture of Sarawak and the region, in Kuala Lumpur’s mainstream fashion and lifestyle scene.
Dato’ Jacqueline Fong, Co-Founder and CEO, Tanoti Sdn Bhd
The Pop-Up: In Partnership With Isetan KLCC | 17 July – 19 August 2026
The Isetan KLCC Pop-up Gallery at Level 2 of Suria KLCC marks the first time Tanoti’s full product range has been made available to KL shoppers under a single roof. The gallery carries Tanoti fashion apparel, fashion accessories and home and living pieces. Each one traceable to the artisan who made it, the community she belongs to, and the technique she used.
Consignment pieces from fellow Sarawakian labels The Ranee Artisan Gallery, Ran & Nong Creations and Atelier Chim complete the offering.
Beyond retail, the pop-up is designed as a living encounter with Borneo craft. Visitors can try their hand at weaving on an actual loom through the Weave Fun activation, attend mini craft workshops in songket weaving, rattan plaiting and loom beading led by practising artisans, and book one-on-one consultations with creative director Fitri Nasaruddin for custom-designed pieces. The full schedule of activations will be published on Tanoti’s social media channels.
The Runway: In Partnership With KL Fashion Week 2026
Summits: 6 August 2026, 3pm
On 6 August, Tanoti presents SUMMITS on the KL Fashion Week runway with a collection that draws its central motif from peaks across South East Asia; among them Bukit Pagon in Brunei, Phnom Aural in Cambodia, Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, Puncak Jaya in Indonesia, Mount Apo in the Philippines and Fansipan in Vietnam. These iconic SUMMITS are translated directly into the undulating woven patterns of the collection’s textiles. The mountains are not mere references but encoded into the weave itself.
SUMMITS is a KLFW first: the inaugural presentation on the KL Fashion Week runway to bring together three distinct Sarawakian textile traditions within a single contemporary collection — handwoven songket, pua kumbu ikat and intricate indigenous anyaman. Designed by Fitri Nasaruddin and supported by Tanoti’s textile design team, the collection is produced directly by the artisan communities whose techniques it celebrates: Songket Weavers from Tanoti House, Kuching; Pua Kumbu Weavers from Rumah Gare, Kapit; and Anyaman Artisans from Long Tegan and Long Lunyim. Origin and output, inseparable.
The Tanoti Flagship Store
Level 3, Malaysian Artisan District: November 2026
Later this year, Tanoti opens its first KL flagship store at 118 Mall, within the Malaysian Artisan District. Level 3 is dedicated to the finest of Malaysian-made goods. The store is designed to be the definitive destination for contemporary Malaysian craft and textile excellence: the permanent KL home where the From Loom to Lifestyle story lands.
What distinguishes the flagship is a depth of provenance no other Malaysian retailer currently offers. Every piece identifies the artisan who made it, the village she comes from and the technique she used. Customers are not simply purchasing craft — they are participating in the preservation of indigenous knowledge, women’s economic empowerment and the intergenerational transfer of skills that Tanoti has spent fourteen years building.
Heritage, here, enters modern life.
The Tanoti flagship also houses the Maybank Women Eco-Weavers (MWEW) section, presented in partnership with Maybank Foundation. A showcase of products and stories from Maybank Foundation’s MWEW partner weaving communities across ASEAN: Mulberries (Laos), Color Silk (Cambodia), Anthill (Philippines) and Sekar Kawung (Indonesia); placing Tanoti’s work in its fullest regional context. Tanoti is itself Maybank Foundation’s MWEW partner community in Malaysia, making the flagship a meaningful gathering point for the region’s most committed craft communities under one roof.
Our ambition goes beyond retail – we want to centre-stage the work, life, history and culture of our artisans. The custodians of our heritage.
Dato’ Jacqueline Fong, Co-Founder and CEO, Tanoti Sdn Bhd
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