INDONESIAN CLOTHING

Traditional Clothing Central Java

kebaya 

Type of clothing and accessories worn by the women of Java, particularly in the cultural environment of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, Central Java is kebaya shirts, tank top with Stagen pinjung dan kain taping. kebaya worn by the duchess as well as among ordinary people as both a dress everyday and ceremonial clothing. At the ceremony, such as clothing worn by a garwo delem for example, using a pin joint kebaya outfit combined with a cloth or jarik sinjang style batik, the head of the hair bun (bun), and is equipped with a worn jewelry such as earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets as well as fan usually does not miss. For everyday clothing is generally sufficient to use kemben or stagen. Javanese woman who combined with Stagen and fabric jarik. Kemben used to cover the breasts, underarms and back, since a cloth tank top is quite wide and long. While Stagen wrapped around the abdomen to bind tapihan pinjung to be strong and not easily separated.

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

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 material, fabric sunduri (Brocade), nylon, striated or synthetic ingredients. Meanwhile, long kebaya more use of velvet, brocade, silk or nylon embroidered flowers. Among women in Java, usually they are given additional kebaya dress material rectangular in. The front that serves as a connector.

Baju kebaya worn with cloth sinjang jarik / tapih where at the front of the left made wiron (folds) that wrapped around from left to right. To cover Stagen used ikat scarves rainbow of brightly colored dye. Scarves are worn they should be made of batik, striated cloth or fabric matching tie dye. In addition to striated fabric, gabardine fabric can also wear a subtle plaid patterned with a combination of the following colors: dark green with black, purple with black, medium blue with a black, dark yellow with black and red brick with black. Completeness of jewelry can be worn as simple a small corm with a matching necklace and pendant, ring, bracelet and a pair of sticks on a bun bun.

Baju kebaya is usually long use velvet, brocade, silk and embroidered nylon. Today, long kebaya dress is a dress for the wedding ceremony. And generally used by the bride Sunda, Bali and Madura. The length of this kebaya dress to the knee, can also use the additional material on the face but not curved neck (collar). In general, long kebaya made of black velvet or dark red, decorated with gold ribbon at the edge of the edge of clothes. Jarik batik cloth folded (wiron) still needed for this outfit, but usually without wearing scarves. Knot decorated with garlands of jasmine flowers and a gold pin prick. Meanwhile, the jewelry used is also simple, that is an almost semi-circular shaped comb that is used on the front center of the head. Baju kebaya worn long as usual ceremonial dress, the hair cosmetology without a string of jasmine flowers and the puncture pin.

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 a front section and a longer piece of the back, and two sleeves. The model can be coupled with a rectangular piece of material that is used as a connector between two pieces of the face.

In the body kebaya cut in such a way so as not to require krup. This is intended to really make up the body at the waist and breasts and a bit wide in the hips. Meanwhile, fold down the rear and sides should be equal in 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 are dapatdikerjakan with sewing machine or sewn by hand.

While the fashion among men, especially relatives of the palace is wearing clothes beskap flowers or other floral, on the head wearing headband (BlankOn), side cloth jarik, Stagen to tie the fabric side, a dagger and footwear (cemila). Clothing is called Jawi jangkep, namely the complete Java menswear with a dagger.

Although the art of fashion developed both within the palace, does not mean fashion in an environment of ordinary people there is nothing typical. Traditional clothing of ordinary people is widely used by farmers in the village. Clothing that is used is a black drawstring pants, long sleeves, big belts, headbands and when evening wear gloves. But at the time of the marriage ceremony, the bride usually their parents using cloth and belt jarik sindur. His clothes beskap or sikepan and on the head wear headband.