Traditional clothes are way out of fashion these days. Modern clothes has taken a place in peoples heart. This is because people these days much prefer clothes that are simple, easily worn, modest and practical.

          teenagers much prefer to wear clothes following the world trend set by the western people. As an example, young girls would much prefer to wear t-shirts and mini skirts then wearing the ao dai.

          clothes these days are designed to be more simple and fashionable. Businessmen and businesswomen would prefer to wear tailored suites than the traditional baju melayu and baju kurung when attending meetings.

           it can not be denied that modern clothes are worn frequently nowadays. Traditional clothes are left way behind and are only worn on special occasions only such as the Chinese wear cheongsam only on Chinese new year.

          to preserve the traditional clothes, modern clothes have to be design with some traditional clothes aspects. Youngsters are young and they have vivid imagination with lots of ideas, they can design the garment and sell it to the butik. This action can make more teenagers are attracted to modern clothes while preserving the traditional aspects. The baju kurung moden is a hybrid from the true traditional baju kurung, and is worn frequently by Malay women in Malaysia even to work.