"Sheer, romantic, alluring, yet sedate, the Nyonya kebaya has become a recognisable and enduring Malaysian fashion icon. Originally a long, straight Arab-inspired top of plain cotton, it was adopted by the Nyonyas... who gradually transformed it into a shapely, embroidered, translucent blouse, fastened with a set of chained brooches and worn with a matching hand-drawn batik sarong and beaded sl…