Reviving the fading culture...

Reviving the fading culture... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/ Salam and salutations to all visitors! If you are here, then you must be a fan of Malay fabrics, namely songket, the beautiful cloth favoured by royalty and common people alike. We make it our mission to bring to you authentic, genuine and handwoven songkets. Please be assured that our items are brand new, fresh from the factory and HANDWOVEN, not woven by machines. Culture Couture mission and vision statements: Vision: To revive and promote authentic Malay fabrics amongst the young generation Mission: 1) To be a one-stop online destination for Malay fabrics 2) To bring authentic Malay fabrics at affordable prices 3) To ensure that clients receive authentic, HANDWOVEN, handpainted Malay fabrics Go ahead, browse through our Albums for a wide variety of specially selected fabrics. We will update this site whenever we have new stocks, so do bookmark us! You can reach us through PM or email at culturecouturesg@gmail.com. We will get back to you as soon as we can. In the meantime, happy shopping! Culture Couture Team Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:25:36 -0000 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:27:10 -0000 Reviving the fading culture... http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/logo http://culturecouture.multiply.com 100 100 Arlynnz on her Songket Tissue Cover the tissue cover has been received in excellent condition. Love the texture and the authentic feel of it! Absolutely stunning! Thanks for the great and prompt delivery! http://culturecouture.multiply.com/reviews/item/2 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:27:10 -0000 Zarina on her Ash Blue Songket I got it ! It's gorgeous. Please tell me if you have some more gorgeous pieces. Colours that are unique like this one. I have the normal colours already. Well thank you Zarina for your support and enthusiasm. We love serving you, Culture Couture http://culturecouture.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:19:19 -0000 Songket and Tenun Pencil Cases for sale!! <A href="http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RoxylgoKCnkAABmrhYA1"><IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoxylgoKCnkAABmrhYA1/PCintroweb.jpg?et=Vep4Wq9Nau5Yx4nS%2BhflLw" border=0></A>   <IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoxyqgoKCnkAABb@fn41/PCallweb.jpg?et=cSsU%2COBWUgqTVs0ncLTMGg" border=0> These pencil cases are made of songket (8 pcs) and tenun fabric (2 pcs). Prices: Songket - S$10 Tenun - S$8 (PC04 & PC07 only) Stock is limited! HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1. Leave us a PM or email us at culturecouturesg@gmail.com, with your name, contact number, email address and the item code #. We'll get back to you as soon as we can, to confirm the order 2. Payment can be made via bank transfer (POSB/DBS). We will provide the account number in email 3. Kindly make payment within 24 hours upon order confirmation or the item will be given to the next interested buyer 4. The item will be sent out to you by post within 2 days upon receipt of payment (see shipping and handling below) 5. All prices quoted are in Singapore Dollars 6. Do note that bogus buyers will be blacklisted and ignored in the future 7. If you like any particular colour not shown here but would like to order, please PM/email us and we will process for personalised order 8. All items are brand new and fresh from the fact... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/7/Songket_and_Tenun_Pencil_Cases_for_sale Thu, 5 Jul 2007 04:26:07 -0000 Songket Coin Pouches for sale! <A href="http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RoxxsAoKCnkAAEseLn81"><IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoxxsAoKCnkAAEseLn81/CPintroweb.jpg?et=Y%2Bs8v2qLm%2BPwliE9Gz1mdA" border=0></A>   <IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoxyCgoKCnkAAFwQIFk1/CPallweb.jpg?et=trDzCMZTvcVUZ8aJb685Uw" border=0> These babies are made of songket (Kelantan) and are small enough to carry around, but big enough for your little coin collection. They are going for S$6/piece. Stock is limited! HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1. Leave us a PM or email us at culturecouturesg@gmail.com, with your name, contact number, email address and the item code #. We'll get back to you as soon as we can, to confirm the order 2. Payment can be made via bank transfer (POSB/DBS). We will provide the account number in email 3. Kindly make payment within 24 hours upon order confirmation or the item will be given to the next interested buyer 4. The item will be sent out to you by post within 2 days upon receipt of payment (see shipping and handling below) 5. All prices quoted are in Singapore Dollars 6. Do note that bogus buyers will be blacklisted and ignored in the future 7. If you like any particular colour not shown here but would like to order, please PM/email us and we will process for personalised order 8. All items are... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Songket_Coin_Pouches_for_sale Thu, 5 Jul 2007 04:23:51 -0000 Songket Tissue Box Covers! These pretty tissue box covers are made of songket. You just slide the tissue box through one side and it fastens neatly with a strip of velcro. Recommended to be used with the normal (4" or 10cm tall) tissue box. Perfect for Eid!! Price: S$25 HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1. Leave us a PM or email us at culturecouturesg@gmail.com, with your name, contact number, email address and the item code #. We'll get back to you as soon as we can, to confirm the order 2. Payment can be made via bank transfer (POSB/DBS). We will provide the account number in email 3. Kindly make payment within 24 hours upon order confirmation or the item will be given to the next interested buyer 4. The item will be sent out to you by post within 2 days upon receipt of payment (see shipping and handling below) 5. All prices quoted are in Singapore Dollars 6. Do note that bogus buyers will be blacklisted and ignored in the future 7. If you like any particular colour not shown here but would like to order, ... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/album/5/Songket_Tissue_Box_Covers Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:17:52 -0000 SOLD!!! Ash-blue Terengganu Handwoven Songket Dear all, this beautiful piece has been sold. Thank you, Zarina for the purchase and thank you, everyone else who have shown interest in it. Do check out our site often as we will have new stocks soon, Insya Allah.   <A href="http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RonYnwoKCnkAABgjS-41"> <IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RonYnwoKCnkAABgjS-41/Trgash0607webSOLD.jpg?et=Vo%2CEy7eH%2Bim3r7b7SZnn7w" border=0>   <IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RonYtAoKCnkAABvMWhM1/Trgash1SOLD.jpg?et=Kqp2LwnT0IjSFGReLuL1ig" border=0></A> http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/5/SOLD_Ash-blue_Terengganu_Handwoven_Songket Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:04:55 -0000 Ash Blue Terengganu Handwoven Songket- Open Market !!! This piece we have here captured quite alot of interest. Some have pm us, while others left msgs on our  messengers. At this point of time, we have 5 interested parties for this piece. However, artists would tell you that no two pieces of Art are the same, and handwoven Songket, being an aged old Art comes only one piece per colour per design. We will leave this piece to the open market for the next 6 days. We will sell this to the first person who can confirm purchase for this Ash Blue Handwoven Terengganu Songket. Details on how to purchase can be found on top of the pictures. :) Let's see who gets this !!!  <A href="http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/photos/hi-res/upload/RoU9MQoKCnkAAGkmcrQ1"> <IMG class=alignmiddle src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoU9MQoKCnkAAGkmcrQ1/ashblue.jpg?et=yQ3ACPjPE2NQNE%2Bs7%2BFgoQ" border=0></A> http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Ash_Blue_Terengganu_Handwoven_Songket-_Open_Market_ Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:12:45 -0000 Get the REAL stuffs It all started with a set of Songket meant for a wedding gift. My good old mum bought a set for me, for after all I was leaving Singapore for good 3 days after my wedding. I got excited and all, really apprieciated her gesture for she paid about SGD$180 for that full set, bought from a shop on Arab Street. It was tailored to be a baju kurung pesak set. I was proud to think that I own a full set Songket, authentic and handwoven-- as stated by the man in the shop. Fast forward. Malaysia. I wore my Songket set to important functions here. Since I work here and it has become and will be my home for a while, I guess it is only appropiate that I dress as the culture here would apprieciate. Until one day, someone, from the East Coast of Malaysia - the birth place of the Songkets asked me THE question. ' How much did you pay for this set in Singapore ?' Innocently, I answered ' Ohh.. it was a gift from my mother.. she paid SGD$180 for it ' Her eyes were wide and she gave me an incredulous look... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/3/Get_the_REAL_stuffs Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:20:57 -0000 The Songket Experience Songkets for your wedding? Your hantaran ? For Mak Pengantin or as engagement gifts? We have it all.. Authentic, genuine, handwoven.. all at your http://culturecouture.multiply.com/links/item/1/The_Songket_Experience Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:33:38 -0000 The Story of Songket Songket belongs to the brocade family of textiles. It is a rich, luxurious, ceremonial fabric, handwoven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold (and sometimes silver) threads which stand out in subtle relief on the background cloth. The interplay of light and gentle shadow on the fabric creates a gorgeous shimmering effect, making it undoubtedly, the 'queen' of handwoven fabrics.   The term 'songket' comes from the Malay word menyongket, ‘to embroider with gold or silver threads’. Strictly speaking, songket is not ‘embroidered’. It is woven using what is commonly referred to as the supplementary weft technique. In the songket process, extra (supplementary) metallic threads are inserted in special lengths in between the silk weft (latitudinal) threads of the main background. These special lengths - or weft ‘floats’ - pass over three, five, or seven silk warp (longitudinal) threads and under one on the loom to form designated patterns which contrast in colour and te... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/2/The_Story_of_Songket Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:00:43 -0000 Special limited edition handwoven songket from Terengganu!! These beautiful songket pieces are specially hand-picked from a factory in Terengganu. They are handwoven using a generations-old technique which is renowned in those areas of Malaysia (authencitity guaranteed). These beauties are limited edition and come in a single colour for each piece. They are priced at a special S$220! (original price S$280). Length: 4m or 4 yards (enough to make a set of baju kurung) KINDLY NOTE THAT THESE ARE HANDWOVEN PIECES AND NOT MACHINE WOVEN HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1. Leave us a PM or email us at culturecouturesg@gmail.com, with your name, contact number, email address and the item code #. We'll get back to you as soon as we can, to confirm the order 2. Payment can be made via bank transfer (POSB/DBS). We will provide the account number in email 3. Kindly make payment within 24 hours upon order confirmation or the item will be given to the next interested buyer 4. The item will be sent out to you by post within 2 days upon receipt of payment... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/album/2/Special_limited_edition_handwoven_songket_from_Terengganu Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:38:16 -0000 Our trip to the Pondok Songket In our quest to get nothing less than genuine, authentic and handwoven songket, with the help of our native Kelantanese friends, we were taken to their kampung in Khota Bahru, Kelantan. There, we had a homestay program where we learnt their kampung lifestyle, their craft and their culture. We were taken to Cik Minah's place, also known as Cik Minah Pantas Batik. The place looked like a huge kampung house where below the house is where all aged old grandmothers gather to painstakingly tenun each kain like a sacred craft. <a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/RoEaOQoKCnkAAAdFpcM1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoEaOQoKCnkAAAdFpcM1/thread%20making.JPG?et=l3KyPw3ei7560mziGDtukQ" border="0"></a> This is the thread making machine. The threads used in songket making are processed through this machine first. <a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/RoEbtwoKCnkAAD-6B0I1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoEbtwoKCnkAAD-6B0I1/songket%201.JPG?et=R6qVj5xHvUCdNHPTA24hIA" border="0"></a> As you can see in this picture, the two neneks are getting ready to start on a new piece of songket. This particular one that they are making is a special request from a VIP of Malaysia and only one of it's kind and design. The piece that they are making now cost RM 8000 for labour, thread and design only. Not selling price yet mind you! <a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/RoEc3woKCnkAAHszMP01"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.culturecouture.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RoEc3woKCnkAAHszMP01/songket2.JPG?et=pnb0HZVN%2B%2BKtnVI%2CCghABQ" border="0"></a> In the process. Because ... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Our_trip_to_the_Pondok_Songket Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:09:59 -0000 Tenun Songket.MOV The scene at Cik Minah's pondok songket. This is where we get our supply of hand woven Kelantanese Songket in Khota Bahru. Our songket are genuine, authentic and handwoven- NOT machine http://culturecouture.multiply.com/video/item/1/Tenun_Songket.MOV Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:28:35 -0000 Special limited edition handwoven songket from Kelantan!! These beautiful songket pieces are specially hand-picked from a factory in Kelantan. They are handwoven using a generations-old technique which is renowned in those areas of Malaysia (authencitity guaranteed). These beauties are limited edition and come in a single colour for each piece. They are priced at a special S$220! (original price S$280). Length: 4m (enough to make a set of baju kurung) KINDLY NOTE THAT THESE ARE HANDWOVEN PIECES AND NOT WOVEN BY MACHINES. HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER: 1. Leave us a PM or email us at culturecouturesg@gmail.com, with your name, contact number, email address and the item code #. We'll get back to you as soon as we can, to confirm the order 2. Payment can be made via bank transfer (POSB/DBS). We will provide the account number in email 3. Kindly make payment within 24 hours upon order confirmation or the item will be given to the next interested buyer 4. The item will be sent out to you by post within 2 days upon receipt of payment (see sh... http://culturecouture.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Special_limited_edition_handwoven_songket_from_Kelantan Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:21:30 -0000