Nyonya Kebaya Splendour

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Bagaimana kebaya tak sudah,

Tetap selesa dipakai Nyonya,

Bagaimana hati tak gundah,

Ternampak tubuh di sisi jendela.

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(Sasterawan Negara: Dato' A Samad Said)

for the last few weeks, we can see that newscasters of TV3 wearing these beautiful, elegant nyonya kebaya. tv3 in conjuction with yayasan budi penyayang has held this makan malam amal with the theme - "Nyonya Kebaya - A Night of Elegance" (read the newspaper cutting here). cantik huh.. membuatkan aku terasa teruja untuk memakai nyonya kebaya.. hehe.. tp apakan daya, kedeboban dan kecomelan badan tidak mengizinkan.. tapi xpe, akan kuusahakan satu hari nnt, hehe.. kebaya nyonya, satu warisan peranakan yang cuba dikekalkan keindahan dan seninya oleh the First Lady. she even wrote a book on it, few years back.

Description on the book- The Nyonya Kebaya: A Century Of Straits Chinese Costume (by: Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, Malaysian First Lady)

"This longtime Malaysian fashion icon was originally a long, straight, Arab-inspired top of plain woven cotton. The Nyonyas, the women of the early Peranakan community, gradually transformed it into a shapely, embroidered, translucent blouse, fastened with a set of chained brooches and worn with a matching hand-drawn batik sarong. Sheer, romantic, alluring, yet sedate, the designs of Nyonya kebaya crosses several generations and cultures. This book showcases the collection of Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia."

interested in buying the Nyonya Kebaya book? click here :)

read more on Kebaya Nyonya here, here, and here