Original Indonesian Kebaya Dress

Type of clothing and accessories worn by the women of Java, particularly in the cultural environment of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Central Java kebaya shirts, tank tops and fabric tapih pinjung with Stagen. Baju kebaya worn by the Duchess as well as among ordinary people as both everyday wear garments and ceremonies. At the ceremony, such as clothing worn by a garwo dalem for example, using a clothes pin kebaya together combined with a cloth or sinjang jarik batik style, head hair bun (bun), and is equipped with a worn jewelry such as earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelet and the fan usually does not miss. For everyday wear mostly Javanese woman enough to wear tank tops and fabric combined with Stagen jarik. Kemben used to cover the breasts, underarms and back, because the tank top fabric wide enough and long. While Stagen wrap around the stomach to bind tapihan pinjung to be strong and not easily separated.

Today kebaya dress is typically used only on certain days only, as in traditional rites, for example. Baju kebaya here long-sleeved blouses worn long-patterned cloth or gloves that cover the lower part of the body (from waist to ankle). Kebaya length varies, ranging from the size of the hips to fit above the knee. Therefore, a Javanese woman knows two kinds of kebaya, kebaya short measure up to the hips and sized up to knee length kebaya.

Short Kebaya can be made from various kinds of cotton, either plain with one color such as red, white, yellow, green, blue and so forth as well as cotton or embroidered flowers. Currently, short kebaya can be made from silk, sunduri fabric (Brocade), nylon, striated or synthetic materials. Meanwhile, long kebaya more use of velvet, brocade, silk or nylon flower embroidery. Among women in Java, usually they are given additional materials kebaya dress rectangular front entrance that serves as a connector.

On techniques and how to make kebaya dress is very simple. Cuts and Javanese kebaya, which is also used in South Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, Sumbawa Islands, and Timor in fact similar to the blouse. This outfit consists of two pieces of pieces, namely the front and back of the piece again, and two arms. This model can be combined with a rectangular piece of material used as a link between two faces.

Kebayak Modern

In the body of kebaya is cut so as not to require krup. This is intended to actually make the body at the waist and breasts and a bit wide at the hips. Meanwhile, the folding back and sides must be equal to the width and headed to the front with a slightly tapered. Collar become one with the front of the kebaya. This arch should be wide enough so that it can be folded inward to vuring then folded back out to form a curved neck. All pieces dapatdikerjakan with a sewing machine or sewn by hand.

While the fashion among men, especially the family palace dressed in interest rates or other beskap, the head wear a headband (BlankOn), jarik cloth sides, cloth tie Stagen to the side, a dagger and footwear (cemila). Clothing called Jawi jangkep, namely Java menswear complete with keris.

Kebayak Modern

Although the art of fashion well developed in the palace, does not mean fashion in the neighborhood ordinary people there is nothing typical. traditional clothing of ordinary people that is widely used by farmers in the village. Clothing that is used is a black drawstring pants, long sleeves, big belts, headbands and when night wearing gloves. But at the wedding ceremony, the bride usually their parents to use cloth and belt jarik Sindur. His clothes beskap sikepan and in the head or wear a headband.