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In the early 1970s, she opened a business, China Seas, which imported intricately dyed batik fabrics from Indonesia.

Robinson was still in her pajamas — a pink Indian batik printed with cats; fabulous — and paused to roll up the shades and welcome room service.

But BINhouse, her fashion house, has become a global force in spreading batik’s beauty.

Some of the finest fabrics BINhouse sells, including batik applied to silk, take more than a year to make by hand and cost thousands of dollars.

Musk, who is chief executive of both companies, appeared lit by candles, wearing a batik shirt sent by the organisers and said he was speaking from a place that had just lost power.