Androsia is a batik fabric and batik clothing manufacturing factory located on the island of Andros in the Bahamas. Since 1973 we have used the beauty of the environment of the Bahamas for inspiration in our print designs and brilliant colours. Androsia has a complete line of women's, men's, and children's batik clothing, resort wear, and cruise wear as well as accessories, home goods, batik fabric sold by the yard, and fabric fat quarters for quilting. Androsia is sold on almost all of the inhabited islands of the Bahamas including Nassau, Paradise Island, Grand Bahama, Andros, Chub Cay, the Abacos, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island, and Exuma. This is the best of unique authentic Bahamas shopping.
Click here to see a video of Androsia Batik and our batik process.
Androsia was the winner of the Silver Jubilee award for 1998. The Silver Jubilee award celebrated 25 years of Bahamian independence. It was given to certain individuals and companies who have made significant contributions to the Bahamas.
The company was originally started as a cottage industry in 1973, the year of Bahamian independence, with two goals in mind. First, to create meaningful employment for locals and secondly, to create a quality product that would, through its design and colour, highlight the beauty of the Bahamas. Androsia is a strictly Bahamian product.
Our fabric designs come out of the cloth using the art of batik. True batik. Every yard is waxed then dyed then cut and sewn right here at Androsia. From time to time you will see us offer complimenting pieces that do not have a design. We will have hand dyed that fabric to match.
We consider ourselves a leader in the world in being able to reproduce shades that match each other very well. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee exact matches because every yard is hand dyed. However, I think that you will find that different orders will match very well.
Because we use wax we must use a cold water dye. Otherwise, the wax will melt off and there goes our beautiful design. We are so fortunate that we have developed a way of using fiber reactive dyes that allow us great reproducibility while at the same time the dyes offer great wash fastness, color fastness, and rubbing fastness. These dyes keep our colors bright, clear, and upbeat while displaying the striking wonders of our tropical world.
All Androsia pieces (with design or not) are preshrunk because of how we remove the excess dyes and wax. Androsia is very easy care, once you wash it by itself in hot water to remove the excess dye (any dye that comes out will not change the color) you can wash the item anyway you want without fear of damaging it. You most certainly do not have to dry clean or hand wash!
Click here to take a virtual tour of the Androsia Batik Factory.
Great deals on clothing and fabrics can be found at both the Androsia Factory Outlet Store and the boutique at Small Hope Bay Lodge, both located near Fresh Creek, Central Andros, Bahamas where all of these pictures were taken.
For a description of how to create your own batik creation as unique as you are, please see our Special Order page.
