KUALA LUMPUR: Young designers are giving dashes of modern cuts and styles to the traditional kebaya in a competition designed to bring the classic attire into the mainstream of fashion.
The first of four weekly heats for the contest, billed as Kebaya, The Interpretations, started here yesterday with six designers showing off their creations at the gallery before a jury comprising fashion critic Datuk Lim Siew Lay, designer Melinda Looi and Mahani Awang of Rias magazine, a fashion publication of the Utusan Melayu group.