Chanteek Borneo

Chanteek Borneo is a Malaysian textile and fashion brand based in Sabah, on the island of Borneo. It describes itself as the first local company in Sabah to produce contemporary ethnic patterned fabric, drawing on the traditional motifs of Sabah's indigenous communities — in particular the Kadazandusun, Murut and Rungus peoples — and reworking them into designs suited to current fashion trends. The brand operates an online store at chanteekborneo.shop and presents its identity around Borneo-inspired design rather than generic mass-market textiles. The product range spans both fabric and finished garments. On the fabric side, Chanteek Borneo sells printed cotton cloth such as 'Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah', offered in a 44-inch width ('Bidang 44 Inci') and in colourways including Deep Magenta and Pastel Maroon, at a listed price of RM 33.50 per piece. On the apparel side, the brand markets ready-to-wear collections for men and women, including the 'Bah-Nat Tondu' Borneo-inspired Kubaya line — with variants named after communities such as Rungus, Labuk, Murut and Linangkit — priced at RM 198.00, and the 'Bah-Nat Kusai' Borneo-inspired short-sleeve shirts in colourways such as Soft Blue, Maroon, Grey, Mustard and Burgundy, priced at RM 234.00. The eShop organises these into collections including Tondu, Kusai, ready-to-wear men's and ladies' lines, and cardigans. The brand's positioning is cultural and regional: it treats Sabah's ethnic textile heritage as a design resource and markets the resulting fabric and clothing as contemporary fashion. Its naming conventions — using terms such as 'Kubaya', 'Kain Ela', 'Corak Murut' and community names — signal an emphasis on Bornean identity and craft traditions. Prices are in Malaysian ringgit, and the storefront is oriented to Malaysian customers, with the brand's own domain and a dedicated eShop domain both in use. Chanteek Borneo is a privately held commercial enterprise; no parent company, ownership group or stock listing is indicated in the available evidence. Its public presence is primarily its own e-commerce site and product catalogue, through which it sells directly to consumers. The brand remains active, with its catalogue showing current-season product codes and collections.

Chanteek Borneo is a Sabah-based textile and fashion enterprise whose public identity rests on the claim that it is the first local company in Sabah to produce contemporary ethnic patterned fabric. The brand is rooted in the cultural textile traditions of Sabah's indigenous communities, and its design vocabulary draws explicitly on Kadazandusun, Murut and Rungus motifs, which it adapts for modern fashion use. The available evidence does not record a founding date, founder names or a detailed corporate chronology. What can be established is the shape of the business as it presents itself today: an online-first brand selling both fabric by the piece and finished garments. Its fabric line includes printed cotton such as 'Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah', sold in a 44-inch width and in multiple colourways, at a listed price of RM 33.50. Its apparel line includes the 'Bah-Nat Tondu' Borneo-inspired Kubaya, priced at RM 198.00, with variants named after communities including Rungus, Labuk, Murut and Linangkit, and the 'Bah-Nat Kusai' Borneo-inspired short-sleeve shirt, priced at RM 234.00, offered in colourways such as Soft Blue, Maroon, Grey, Mustard and Burgundy. The brand organises its catalogue into named collections — Tondu, Kusai, ready-to-wear men's and ladies' lines, and cardigans — and sells through its own e-commerce storefront. Product codes in the catalogue (for example '26MT11', '26MT07', 'M2-26BJU04') suggest seasonal or annual product development cycles. Prices are quoted in Malaysian ringgit, and the brand's market orientation is domestic Malaysian, with a strong regional identity tied to Sabah and Borneo. No parent company, ownership group, investor or stock-market listing is indicated in the evidence. Chanteek Borneo therefore appears to operate as an independent, privately held commercial brand. Its growth narrative, as far as the evidence shows, is one of building a catalogue of Borneo-inspired fabric and clothing and distributing it directly to consumers online.

Contemporary fashion built on Sabah's indigenous ethnic textile motifs, marketed as the first local Sabah company producing contemporary ethnic patterned fabric.

• Bah-Nat Tondu Borneo Inspired Kubaya 26 KBY RUNGUS 01

• Bah-Nat Tondu Borneo Inspired Kubaya 26 KBY Labuk 01

• Bah-Nat Tondu Borneo Inspired Kubaya 26 KBY SSG 01

• Bah-Nat Tondu Borneo Inspired Kubaya 26 KBY MURUT 01

• Bah-Nat Tondu Borneo Inspired Kubaya 26 KBY LINANGKIT 01

• Bah-Nat Kusai Borneo Inspired Short Sleeve Shirt M2-26BJU04 (SOFT BLUE)

• Bah-Nat Kusai Borneo Inspired Short Sleeve Shirt M2-26BJU02 (MAROON)

• Bah-Nat Kusai Borneo Inspired Short Sleeve Shirt M2-26BJU01 (GREY)

• Bah-Nat Kusai Borneo Inspired Short Sleeve Shirt M2-26BJU03 (MUSTARD)

• Bah-Nat Kusai Borneo Inspired Short Sleeve Shirt M2-26RGS04 (BURGUNDY)

• 26MT11 | Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah – Deep Magenta (Bidang 44 Inci)

• 26MT07 | Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah – Pastel Maroon (Bidang 44 inci)

1. 1Chanteek Borneo eShopchanteekborneo.shop
2. 2Our Story – Chanteek Borneo eShopchanteekborneo.shop
3. 326MT11 | Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah – Deep Magenta (Bidang 44 Inci) – Chanteek Borneo eShopchanteekborneo.shop
4. 426MT07 | Kain Ela Cotton Corak Murut Sabah – Pastel Maroon (Bidang 44 inci) – Chanteek Borneo eShopchanteekborneo.shop
5. 5Chanteek Borneowikidata.org