EMBODYING FAMILY HERITAGE:

Synopsis

For this project, each student was required to ‘inherit’, wear and ‘embody’

dress/shirt/pants of their father/mother/grandfather/grandmother. Each

student was also required to collect pertinent verbal data about his/her

chosen artifact other than to present it in a catwalk. Students were also

encouraged to embody the ‘personality’ of the original owner of the artifact.

In doing so, students were encouraged to engage with the notions of

culture, art/design and heritage in a more personal and inclusive manner.

They were also asked to critically examine their cultural selves as well as

family inheritance that can be passed on from one generation to the next.

Indirectly, this project may also be a bridge for ‘generational cultural gap’

as well as a means to instill the spirit of ‘unconditional love’ that is intrinsic

in the relationship between parents/their children. The notion of cultural

identity is thus simultaneously particularised (personalised) as well as

universalised.

MIMI SHAZRINI BINTI SOBRI

111759

Baju dan crown yang saya pakai ialah milik arwah

moyang (Chek Puteh) saya dan berusia dalam

lingkungan 90 tahun.Kain dan selendang pula milik

nenek (Siti Awan) saya. Nenek saya memakai

pakaian ini semasa majlis perkhawinannya.Pakaian

ini dibuat menggunakan material yang sangat

berkualiti kerana keadaan fabrik masik elok dan tidak

rosak.

LIOW HENG YEE

111756

The shirt belongs to my father and the pants belongs

to my mother, both of them ( the clothes ) have the

same age as mine. As what my mother told me, these

clothes are purchased during their wedding 1st

anniversary, and it's a present for my mother, from

father, vice verse. It is a very sweet memories for my

parents, that's the reason why are they still keeping

this for years even though these clothes couldn't suit

them anymore. ( They're very big size nowadays.

Hah! )Personally I love the pants very much and I

found it's very interesting and unique especially the

roses print on the pants. Most importantly, it was my

mother's favorite pants at her age.

JACQUELINE OOI KAH YEE

111748

PaCEA conference is a nurse conference in which

they discuss health issues. She wore this kebaya

representing our country on the last day of the

conference which is the cultural night in year 1986.

It was also her first batik.

MOHD FAIZAL BIN ABD. MANAN

111764

BAJU dan SELUAR

=Baju & seluar telah berusia hampir 40 thun.

=pakaian ini telah dbeli ketuka berusia dlm lingkungn

16 thun ketika bekerja di singapura dlm era 1970-an.

=pakaian ini pakaian kesayangan ayah kerana ia

merupakan pakaian yang boleh dkatakan mahal dibeli

ayh ketika itu.

= pakaian ini hanya dipakai untuk majlis2 tertentu

seperti kenduri & parti.

KASUT

=Kasut dikatakn telah berusia lebih 30 tahun.Namun

masih dalam keadaan elok kerana digilap hampir

setiap minggu.

=kasut dibeli sewaktu bekerja d singapura.waktu itu

rekabentuk kasut ini antara yang menjadi ikutan.

=kasut pertama termahal yg dbeli ayah yg berharga

sekitar RM50 ketika itu.

=hanya dipakai untuk majlis rasmi & parti.

KACA MATA

=Kaca mata dikatakan telah berusia lebih 25 tahun.

=kaca mata ialah pemberian seorang kawan karib

ayah yang berasal dari singapura.

=bingkai asal adalah bingkai plastik.bingkainya telah

dtukar dua kali.kali terakhir ditukarkepada bingkai

besi pada tahun 2000 kerana bingkai lama telah

patah.

=dipakai untuk temujanji dan majlis tertentu.

EMMY KONG PEK KEI

111741

Top : Mother's vintage top when she was 20 (1982)

Pants : Mother's turquoise high waist pants when she

was 17 (1979)

Shoes: Owned by grandmother when she got married

(1930's)

Accesories : Mother's own during her teenage years

My mother was a very fashionable woman who loved

bright colored clothes because she was a dancer

when she was a teenager.

She also visited the disco very often with my father

back in the 70's. She said that this outfit was her

favorite whenever she goes to parties with her

siblings and friends, especially when they're dancing

to John Travolta's " Saturday Night Fever".

MOHD NAZAR BIN YAMAT

111766

pakaian silat atuk saya

arwah atuk saya dahulu adalah penuntut silat

pakaian itu saya dapatkan dirumah arwah atuk saya

tali pinggang itu hampir 45 tahun.

golok itu arwah ayah saya dan usia golok itu hampir

35 tahun.

MUHAMMAD AIMAN BIN MOHD ZUBIR

113637

this dress was own by my great grand father of my

maternal side family on the 1950's. he is from kedah.

he wear this everytime when he go outside to farm

paddy , cut grasses, fishing and other housework. the

belt he got it when he pilgrimage at makkah. this is

the usual outfit of the villagers at that time. my great

grandfather was actually a teacher at 'pondok'. he

teaches quran and islamic studies. eventhough he

was an ustaz, he had to do other works too because

he live in poverty. he need money for the living.

MOHD AMIN BIN ALIAS

113214

my grand father shirt that always wear to go to

around village with his favourite motocycle as a

leader at my village.

SITI NABELA EMYLIA BINTI HARUN

111799

Baju Kebaya Singkat - dipakai oleh moyang saya

semasa muda dahulu untuk ke majlis-

berusia 70 tahun majlis rasmi dan dipakai ketika kali

pertama berjumpa dengan

datuk saya.

- kain baju bunga pecah ini sangat tersohor pada

zaman dahulu,

diperbuat dengan kain 'net'.

Kain Sarung Kipas - kain sarung ini kain sarung jawa

Indonesia yang berusia 25

Depan tahun milik kakak.Ini kerana kain sarung yang

nenek saya

pakai dahulu sudah reput dan tidak boleh dipakai lagi.

Selendang berusia - Selendang SALOMA ini sangat

terkenal pada zaman

89 tahun dahulu.Di pakai dlm majlis dan luar majlis.

NUR FATIN KHARUDIN

111784

kebaya pendek tahun 60-an, kain batik sarung tahun

60-an, selendang tahun 50-an dan subang tahun 50-

an yang dipakai semasa nenek saya pergi ke pekan

untuk menonton wayang.spek zaman 70-an

NURULJANNAH KARIMAH CHE MAZELAN

111789

baju kebaya tu baju nenek saya yang dia pakai waktu

keluar jalan-jalan dengan datuk saya dan waktu

majlis-majlis keramaian seperti majlis kahwin. kain tu

pulak kain mak saya, pakai dengan baju kebaya

jugak.

ABDUL MALEK NOOR HISHAM

111730

"bush jacket" kepunyaan arwah atok saya sekitar

tahun 70-an. sut ini ditempah khas di kedai Pangeran

181, Brewster Rd. Ipoh.

LEE JIA XIN LEE

111753

Baju ini adalah baju milik ibu saya pada tahun

80an.Baju ini adalah dijahit oleh tangan ibu saya

,kerana ibu saya ingin menghadiri satu majlis

perkahwinan kawan karibnya.Baju ini juga menjadi

baju yang paling disukai oleh ibu saya.Oleh itu,ibu

menyimpan baju ini sampai sekarang.Walaupun baju

ini sudah hampir 30tahun,namun kualiti fabrik masih

baik dan tidak rosak.Saya rasa sangat bersyukur

kerana boleh memakai baju ibu saya untuk

menjalankan assignment ini.

OOI BOON JIET

111790

Yes, it belongs to my dad, and it was the uniform of

my dad during his high school life over at Taiwan

during the year 1978. He has described how this

uniforms undergo his high school life with him, how

he wore this on every single classes and lab. Due to

limited amount of money given by my granddad, my

dad have to undergo tough time through out the time,

and this is one of the warmest shirts he have during

that time (during winter). He doesn’t planned to

dispose the uniform, even it has been 33 years.

Once a wise man told me, Calm Sea Never Make

Great Sailors, and the wise man was my dad, this

uniforms has always reminded him how challenges

makes ones stronger.

LIM SHIOU PYNG

111754

The traditional costume sarung kebaya that I wore

which is belonged to my grandmother 95 years old.

She was born in Kedah. She called it "pua teng teh"

for the top and "mua" for the batik sarong. Her picture

above was taken at photography shop when she

moved from Kedah to Penang.

She told me that this is handmade costumes made in

1930's from one of her friend who owned a tailor shop

near Komtar Penang. Besides that, She wore make

up, curly hair and some impressive ornaments made

of gold, silver, some are studded with pearl, gem

stone or diamonds for earring, necklace, kerosang (

set of 3 brooches used to fasten the edges of the

kebaya together) and silver waist belt.

PAU KHEK TONG

111791

Description: Hi, This is my grandfather wearing

pattern which rural area. At the time, he wear some

sort like this was because he was working at farm

from early morning 6.00am to 6.00pm evening. So, till

now he still wearing like this and normal wear to him

already. Even he went to cafe or somewhere, he still

stick to his pattern, because he already used to it.

But,anyway he is fatter than me. Anyway, I proud to

be his grandson.

AMY NG AII HUI

111734

My grandmother was born with a silver spoon in her

mouth. But she married to my grandfather who was a

humble worker working in a rubber estate. Their life

after marriage was a bit hard. But my grandmother

endure everthing with my grandfather. After a few

years, my grandfather become a construction worker

in order to earn more money. My grandfather then

went to a tailor shop and bought a custom made

blouse for my grandmother who celebrated their 10th

weeding anniversary. During that time,a custom made

was around RM5.

HARMAN ISMAN CHE RONI

111744

baju jenama D'urban tahun 1986, harga RM40, tmpat

dibeli di pasaraya extra johor baharu. Masa dipakai

ke majlis kesyukuran dan pergi ke singapura. Seluar

ditempah khas di kedai jahit singapurapada tahun

1985 dengan harga 38 dillar singapura.

ALIEYUS FETHYUS ANAK LAI

111732

Baju burung adalah sejenis daripada pakaian lelaki

iban. Baju ini di perbuat daripada kain tenunan atau

pua kumbu. Baju ini di hiasi dengan motif- motif

tertentu antara nya jalur-jalur menegak, figura

manusia, burung.binatang dan roh. Semua motif

tersebut ditenun dalam bentuk geometrik. . Bahagian

bawah baju ini pula dibiarkan berjumbai, berpintal

atau dihias dengan karangan manik.

Baju ini sering digunakan dalam upacara tertentu

sahaja. Pada zaman dahulu, baju ini dipakai oleh

pahlawan semasa pergi berperang dan semasa

meraikan kemenangan selepas pergi berperang. Baju

ini juga di gunakan semasa hari gawai. Dimana

upacara pemyembahan dewa- dewa dilakukan.selain

itu, baju ini di pakai oleh pengantin lelaki semasa

perkahwinan

NAZATUL AQILAH CHE MUSA

111773

Pakaian ini dipakai oleh arwah nenek saudara

saya(toktam) ketika beliau masih gadis. Potongan

baju ini agak pendek dan mngikut badan. dipakai

bersama skirt labuh yg berkilat. skirt ini diberi nama

KEMBANG PAYUNG. Sering mendapat perhatian

jejaka ketika zaman itu. Usia baju ini sudah hmpir

mencecah lebih 60 tahun.. namun kualiti fabrik ini

masih baik. tidak rosak sikit pun.

NORDIYANA BINTI KHAIRUDIN

111782

Baju Kebaya Bandung , Selendang dan Kain Batik

- Milik nenek sebelah ibu

- Dipakai sekitar tahun 70-an. Baju dan selendang

tersebut dipakai semasa beliau berumur 40 tahun.

- Kebiasaannya, beliau memakai pakaian tersebut

untuk ke majlis atau keluar rumah. Dianggap sebagai

pakaian harian pada zaman itu (kasual)

Info pakaian:

Baju Kebaya Bandung

- Kain kasa yang jarang @ kain peruk ayam

- dipanggil Kebaya Bandung kerana mempunyai ciri2

baju kebaya dari Indonesia

Selendang

- Kain tenun jarang

- digunakan untuk menutup kepala (kerudung)

- dibeli pada tahun 50-an. sangat popular dan dikenali

sebagai Selendang Natrah pada zaman tersebut.

HUDA OMAR

113636

Baju Songket Merah yang dah berumur 29 tahun ni,

milik ibu saya. dipakainya ketika majlis persandingan.

Songket tu menggunakan benang emas. Emas tulen.

Songket tersebut sepatutnya dipakai oleh setiap anak

perempuan ibu saya ketika majlis perkahwinan tetapi

tiada seorang yang memakainya sehingga hari ini.

saya adalah anak perempuan ibu yang pertama

memakainya....kerana saya seorang yang muat.

sebab saya pendek.

YAP ZHI QI

111811

This Samfu was once wore by my grandmother from

my father side, when she was in her teens, around

1930s. She was to be married to a rubber tapper in

Johor (my late grandfather), so she sew a few set of

this kind of Samfu by herself one week before her

wedding (both families side were poor then & couldn't

afford a grand wedding, so no red silk Chinese

wedding dress like those old Chinese movies). This

particular Samfu served as her wedding dress (hard

to believe, but true), & she continued to wear the rest

of the same set of samfu as everyday clothing

because she said that it was comfortable, & easy to

wash.