Customary fashion of Central Java

Baju Kebaya

Various custom clothing in Indonesia which arise from various tribes.The name is Baju Kebaya. Traditional dresses are very beautiful and charming.

Kebaya is a traditional blouse worn by Indonesian women were made ​​of thin material that is worn with a sarong , batik , or other traditional knitted garments such as songket with a colorful motif .Origin of the word kebaya derived from the Arabic word that means clothing abaya . There is an opinion stating kebaya comes from China . Then spread to Malacca , Java , Bali , Sumatra , and Sulawesi . After acculturation which lasted hundreds of years , the clothing is accepted in the culture and local customs . But there is also the opinion that the kebaya is a native of Indonesia . Because native Chinese clothing cheongsam is different from the kebaya . The earliest form of kebaya derived from Majapahit palace [ 1 ] as a means to integrate existing Kemban women , body wrap of aristocratic women to be more simple and can be accepted by the new converts to Islam . Aceh , Riau and Johor and North Sumatra adopt the style of Javanese kebaya as a means of social expression status with Javanese rulers more Alus or smooth . Name kebaya as certain clothes were recorded by Portugal on landing in Java . Javanese kebaya as known today has been noted by Stamford Raffles in 1817, as silk , brocade and velvet , with a central opening of the blouse fastened by a brooch , instead of buttons and button - holes in the upper torso wrap tank , the fabric ( and separate cloth wrap several yards long erroneous given the term ' glove in the UK ( gloves ( Malaysian accent : sarong ) sewn to form a tube , such as Western clothes ).

  Variations Kebaya                                                                                                          Around the year 1500-1600 , in Java , kebaya is the only clothing worn Javanese royal family . Kebaya also be worn clothes family Sultanate of Cirebon , Sultanate of Mataram and successors Yogyakarta Sultanate . During the period of Dutch control of the island, European women began wearing kebaya as formal wear . During this period , kebaya changed from simply using mori using silk fabric with colorful embroidery . Similar outfit called " mistress kebaya " was first coined by the Peranakan of Melaka . They wear gloves and shoes with beautiful beaded called " shoe manek " . Now , the lady of the kebaya is undergoing renewal , and also famous among non - Asian women . Other variations are also used kebaya Indonesian of Chinese descent in Cirebon , Pekalongan , Semarang , Lasem , Tuban and Surabaya                                                                                                                                                Use of kebaya also plays an important political role . Kebaya has been declared a national dress Indonesia  although there is criticism that the kebaya only widely used in Java and Bali . Kebaya was also found in Sumatra , Sulawesi and NTT with regional patterns . Political figures like Kartini wear kebaya . And Kartini Day is done by using the kebaya . The wife of President Sukarno and Suharto from using kebaya on various occasions. 

                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                       Kebaya in recent times has undergone many design changes . Kebaya used Astra Honda Motor as Official stewardess uniform Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and Garuda Indonesia. The designer also created a new design kebaya State of which is Anne Avantie And Adjie Notonegoro