

Walhal, penutup kepala bukan merupakan satu budaya perempuan Melayu sebelum kedatangan Islam.

Pemakaian Baju Kurung yang asal, bagi kaum perempuan juga mengambil kira gaya pakaian Islam dengan mengenakan penutup kepala yang dipanggil kelubung. Baju Kurung sangat terkenal dengan rupabentuknya yang longgar dan labuh untuk kedua-dua lelaki dan perempuan, sesuai dengan kehendak pakaian Islam yang menuntut umatnya menutup aurat. Baju Kurung lahir melalui asimilasi budaya yang masuk ke Tanah Melayu (nama Semenanjung Malaysia pada masa itu) oleh pedagang-pedagang asing (Siti Zainon Ismail, 2006). Hal ini berkait rapat dengan ajaran Islam yang telah lama bertapak dalam masyarakat Melayu iaitu dipercayai sejak abad ke12 melalui penemuan batu nisan bertulisan jawi di Pekan, Pahang (Mohd. Secara umum pemakaian Baju Kurung kerapkali dikaitkan dengan kesopanan adat resam budaya Melayu. Kajian ini mengkhususkan kepada pemakaian Baju Kurung dalam masyarakat Melayu di Semenanjung Malaysia. Keywords – Traditional Malay male attire, contemporaries and casual wearĪBSTRAK Pemakaian pakaian tradisional Melayu merangkumi beberapa jenis pakaian lelaki dan perempuan. It is important to keep this study going in future as the traditional attire has its potential prior to its modern counterpart, as men used to make the traditional attire as their daily attire during the early days of Tanah Melayu. It can be concluded that modernization done on these traditional attire to be more contemporary as casual wear for Malaysian men are acceptable through solving-methods done based on the study. The process making through idea sketches and prototype-making and actual product making are done based on results of these study. Study conducted by having three methods observation, evolution and questionnaire. These original designs are given a new twist or in other word, transformation to adapt with the new fashion trends.

Among the attire studied here are baju kurung teluk belanga and baju kurung cekak musang. The wearing of traditional Malay male attire can be seen nowadays only in certain events and occasions. This study is conducted to determine feedbacks upon the upgrading on the traditional Malay male attire’s design, which has been contemporaries, based on the character and the philosophy of the traditional Malay male attire.
