Tanah Abang: Textile Paradise

Holla! Today my mom and I went to Sunan Giri market a.k.a Pasar Sunan Giri.. hohoho.. Yep, I finally decided to sew my wedding reception’s Kebaya.. And we decided to have a Minang modification reception.. Ahay, why why why? because I wanna wear that silver Sunting! I love to see BCL wearing that thing on her head..

I wanna wear it!!!

keyeeeeeeen.. I’m proud to be a minang woman.. hahaha..

So there were we.. after having a pleasant conversation with QZM crew (she told us the textiles that need to be bought), we’re going to Brother’s Land a.k.a Tanah Abang, looking for a glamorous-affordable textile for my kebaya.. At first I was insist on having a super red kebaya, with silver Obi and a red ribbon in the middle of the obi.. so the silver will gonna be an accent only.. But but but.. After searching for a while, suddenly I can’t take my eyes off on a sparkling black tulle with silver flowers accent in it.. wahahahahaha, what an inconsistent person!! Yep the accents and the embroidery will be all silver, and grey.. aaaaaahhhh, now where should I put the red color??? Off course I put it as a backdress (haduh, pokoke vuringnya daaagh).. But after buying that textile, I see some bright red textiles calling on my name.. SHoooottt!! and also a black tile with red flowers in it..aaaarrggh, thank you very much bro!! and yep, I bought “the” black tulle for my seserahan, thank God it’s quite affordable and fit in to my kebaya-seserahan budget.. and I also bought a gold satin for it.. yup yup yup, let’s mix it up!!

We also bought some textiles for my mommas, and for my sistas.. Moms will be wearing a dark purple tulle, with a lighter purple satin in it.. So elegant may I say.. My sistas will be wearing a black tulle with red flowers and gold thread as accent, they will put a red satin behind it.. it’ll be S.E.X.Y…

Here they are:

Bride's *with flash*

Bride's *non-flash*

Plain red tulle for the hands and silver satin as an obi

for moms - Elegant Purple

for sistas - sexy kebaya

for Seserahan

too much red? so what? I love red! and a Minang reception should be RED! maksa…

uh oh.. these are the models of my dream kebaya :

I love this kebaya!! gotta follow that ribbon and the obi.. ♥♥

Yup.. BCL wanna be..

I wanna have that puffy hands.. a 'lil european style won't hurt!

I love this sketch.. me likey the puffy hands!! *drooling

Cool Kebaya made by Harry Ibrahim

Do you get the sketch of my dream Kebaya already?? I hope you do.. and so does the dressmaker.. *harap2 cemas*