Sarongs in Indonesian Shop Display

[David R]

Here is an example of MUGs for sale and as worn in other countries.
Last week I was in Indonesia. This is a display in the Matahari department store window (the major chain in Indonesia) showing men's outfits incorporating a "surung" (local word for sarong). The sarongs are "tube" sarongs with a side seam to create a step in garment. The sarong is worn as indicated on other web sites that shown you how to wear a sarong, by folding it over at the waist and rolling the top down.
The sarongs are dedicated men's garments, not women's, and are specially woven with patterns that match the garment construction and the way that is is worn.
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[ChrisM]

Thanks for posting that! I look forward to studying the pictures and maybe googling to see if that shop has a website for more ideas.


Thanks again!

Chris

[Milfmog]

I have a "tube sarong" made from a lightweight silky feeling material that I bought new on ebay a month or so back for ten quid. It was shipped to the UK from Thailand.

Unfortunately my wife decided it was far too comfortable (and flexible in the ways it could be worn) for me to have it and so she has adopted it. Now I'm going to have to buy another one.

I guess that is the downside of acceptance at home and one-size-fits-all garments

Have fun,


Ian.

[Raakone]

well, maybe sometime you could get a pic of your wife and you in tube sarongs...hmm, I wonder if there's a better name for it? tube-rong? Wearable Tube? (and for any Brits here, yes, feel free to crack jokes about those things becoming popular in the underground scene)

I don't have any tubes, just wraps. I imagine tubes are in some ways simpler to put on. I read somewhere that in part of southwest India, you can tell the men of two different groups appart according to whether the sarong is tube or wrap.

~Ra'akone