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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9945867, member: 2844&quot;]Westerners used to wear sarongs and kains too. In fact the floral buketan batik motif Shangas is wearing was one of the &#039;batik Belanda&#039; motifs designed by an Indo-European lady, so (Indo-)Europeans wouldn&#039;t infringe on the rules regarding who could wear which batiks. The designer was probably Carolina von Franquemont, who opened her batik workshop in 1840. The workshop made batiks for all ethnic communities.</p><p>Peranakans, who were in the same position as (Indo-)Europeans regarding batik rules, adopted the new free motifs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wear a sarong and kebaya on special occasions, but I also wear a kebaya with jeans sometimes. Most of my kebayas are lace, some are embroidered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below two European ladies in Indonesia ca 1900. The one on the left is probably a newcomer, who hasn&#039;t &#039;gone native&#039; yet. The other one is wearing the nyonya (Mrs.) style sarong and white kebaya, which was customary for colonial ladies. The clove motif batik of her sarong is also a free motif.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]499501[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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