Nibras Gamis: Collections and Design Details

Nibras belongs to NBRS Corp, an Indonesian company whose portfolio also includes Alnita, Haitwo and a hijab label. Its corporate profile uses N’brs as another form of the Nibras name and identifies Nibra’s House as its retail partnership network. Those distinctions help make sense of a website containing several labels: a dress offered through the wider group does not automatically belong to Nibras. The company describes the Nibras identity through the paired ideas of beauty and distinctive design. NBRS Corp, company profile.

The maker generally calls the long dresses discussed here gamis. That terminology keeps the account close to the garments themselves, without treating every tunic or complete outfit in the catalogue as an abaya. NBRS Corp, 29 April 2025.

An everyday clothing beginning

In a 2019 interview, Jalal Abdul Nasir traced the clothing business to an idea from his wife, Temmi Wahyuni, in 2011. His account placed that beginning after an earlier book business had closed. He described the clothes as everyday Muslimwear, with accessible pricing central to the proposition.

The catalogue had an important role in reaching customers. Jalal recalled promoting the catalogue itself and developing sales through distributors before opening shops. As the business expanded, he appointed a director and management team to oversee production from beginning to end.

This early account connects the label’s design ambitions to the work of producing a repeatable clothing range. Jalal spoke about responding to changing fashion while preserving the everyday positioning of the clothes. The interview records how he understood that balance in 2019, when Nibras already had several years of clothing production behind it. BPRS Harta Insan Karimah, 7 October 2019.

Materials and shapes on the runway

Mandalika: a collar that detaches

A removable collar gives a small detail a substantial role. At an October 2021 ISEF press conference, Temmi described a Nibras collection inspired by Mandalika batik from Banten. Dream’s original report identified one design in which the batik appeared on a collar that could be detached.

That construction allowed the decorated collar to accompany clothes already in a wardrobe. The patterned element could move between outfits, placing the Banten reference around the neckline without requiring a completely new garment each time. It was an accessory-like function built into the clothing project.

Temmi also described selecting material left from earlier collections. Her account brings two design decisions together: reusing available cloth and making a decorated component removable. The collar supplies the concrete example, showing how a regional pattern could become a separate, changeable part of an outfit. Dream, 29 October 2021.

La Perle: pleats and asymmetry

The Nibras collaboration with Irna La Perle presented another approach at ISEF 2021. Its theme, Collabs for Blessing, brought Temmi’s work together with a collection of loose forms and varied lengths. The maker’s account described a Turkish clothing influence within the project.

The range moved between pleated A-line skirts, asymmetrical kurung tops, outer layers and bow-trimmed asymmetrical blouses. Straight long dresses sat alongside babydoll shapes and lace gamis. High-waisted culottes extended the same presentation into separates, so the collaboration did not depend on one repeated dress outline.

Blue, pink and grey were combined with white and light brown. Within that relatively soft palette, pleating, lace and off-centre details supplied different kinds of interest. A pleated skirt changes the surface through repeated folds; an asymmetrical blouse shifts the arrangement across the body. The documented collection used both approaches within its broader loose silhouette. NBRS Corp, 10 November 2021.

Raya: woven cloth and celebration

The event called Jakarta Muslim Fashion Week 2023 took place in October 2022. For that presentation, Temmi’s Raya collection brought woven cloth from Lombok and Sumba together with other materials. The maker also described embroidery with traditional motifs.

Raya’s celebratory brief referred to emerging from the restrictions of the pandemic. NBRS connected the collection with gratitude and renewed enthusiasm, giving the regional textiles a place within a contemporary occasionwear project. It also stated an intention to make fuller use of cloth and reduce waste.

The combination matters at the garment level: the woven material was used alongside other fabrics and applied decoration. These particular design choices sit within the much wider field explored in Amani’s account of Indonesian clothing and textile traditions. NBRS Corp, 29 October 2022.

Labbayk: the inner and outer

Labbayk, presented by Temmi x Cica at MUFFEST+ in February 2025, made the relationship between an inner dress and an outer garment central to its design. The maker described a lotus-inspired collection in white, grey and black. Temmi explained that the white inners were intended to have a further use for Hajj or Umrah.

Most outfits comprised two pieces. The outer took a semi-jacket form with an A-line cut; some versions used embroidered organza or satin. Balloon sleeves and lace created fuller, more decorated outlines around it.

The inner was described as a layered A-line dress with straight sleeves. That contrast gives the construction its interest: the outer adds volume and ornament while the inner has a simpler sleeve line. Jacquard, pleated Laviska and brocade were among the material descriptions, giving different surfaces to the collection’s restrained colour scheme. NBRS Corp, 22 February 2025.

Triangular: three regional references

For Triangular in October 2025, designer Putri Rizky Maulina brought together references to Sulawesi, Lampung and Jepara. The maker presented these as the three starting points behind the collection’s name and its contemporary formal clothing.

Its account identifies tenun bulu as a principal material, combined with muslin and dobby. It also specifies sulam usus decoration. This places the emphasis on both the chosen cloth and the applied embroidery: the design story is carried through material and detail, as well as through the regional names attached to the project.

Green, brown, maroon and terracotta formed the palette. These earthy colours offered a shared setting for the different textile references. Putri’s collection therefore brought several decisions into one brief: regional inspiration, contrasting material descriptions, embroidered detail and a coordinated range of colours. They are the maker’s documented choices for Triangular, rather than a definition of all clothing from those places. NBRS Corp, 13 October 2025.

Clothes designed to belong together

Trilium: variation within family dressing

Nibras’s 2022 family range used the name Trilium and a feminine, romantic brief. Layering appeared repeatedly, but the individual designs used it differently. The range extended across adult and children’s clothes, allowing a common collection identity to appear in several forms.

Creative introduced laser-cut detail and paired materials named Youryou and Carina. Figure placed embroidery with varied thread colours on a layer, combining Biancheria with Diamond Ceruty. Expression used three asymmetrical layers, trim and buttons, giving its surface a more broken rhythm. Highlight paired a Jacquard Rayon description with Yoryou and an asymmetrical cut in brown.

Balance also used three layers, but the intended appearance was closer to a tunic worn over another piece. Its family versions included adult and teenage gamis as well as children’s clothes. These examples show why “layered” alone tells only part of the story: cut edges, embroidered layers, asymmetry and the suggestion of a separate tunic produce different arrangements within the same family collection. NBRS Corp, 30 November 2021 and 16 April 2022.

Kamila: introducing the next range

The October 2022 roadshow for Nibras’s 2023 sarimbit range introduced Kamila as its overarching theme. The maker connected the name with completeness and described clothes intended to be practical and multifunctional.

Alesha, Basma, Chesa and Daania were the four designs named in the launch account. A further Avatar Concept presentation previewed Estela, Faida and Gamila. The distinction is between the designs introduced through the roadshow and those shown as a further preview.

The presentation placed the family collection before distributors and retail partners in several Indonesian cities. It also made a developing range visible in stages, with fashion-show presentations and the Avatar Concept preview introducing the coming season. NBRS Corp, 28 October 2022.

Bestie: a friendship brief

The Bestie and Brotherhood ranges, reported in June 2023, began with the idea of coordinated clothes for friends. Marketing director Ikhsan Syaban identified bridesmaids and groomsmen as the inspiration, adapting that familiar occasionwear idea to a wider collection.

Bestie comprised A, B and C models, with purple and cream, pockets and layered details. The maker named the material Norida and described its texture using the terms crepe, dobby and slub. The layers and shared palette connected the dresses without giving every version exactly the same arrangement.

Brotherhood offered a parallel menswear range in black and white, with long and short sleeves and a cotton-dobby description. Together, the two ranges treated coordination as a design brief spanning several garment forms. Their shared friendship theme was expressed through the relationship between the clothes, with the women’s layered dresses and the men’s shirts retaining their own shapes. NBRS Corp, 14 June 2023.

Maple: three versions of Series 2

Maple followed as a separate named release in August 2023. The maker connected it with maple leaves and the idea of companionship, developing the friendship theme through Bestie Series 2A, 2B and 2C.

This time, the fabric was identified as Youryou. NBRS described its appearance by comparison with satin and silk; that comparison concerns the look of a trade-named material, rather than establishing that it contains either fibre. All three designs combined layers with side pockets.

The differences were placed in specific details. Series 2A used a layered arrangement with buttons. Series 2B carried a diagonal button line across the chest, while 2C introduced ties at the back. A shared material and collection name therefore left room for different points of emphasis: a layered front, an angled fastening arrangement or a detail carried around to the back of the dress. NBRS Corp, 2 August 2023.

White Series: several layered effects

White Series, described in June 2023, brought Mecca, Gamila and Laika into a coordinated family offering. Their pale palette linked the range, while the construction of the women’s garments differed.

Mecca combined a sleeveless outer with an inner dress. The maker distinguished the layers at the inner sleeves and named cotton rayon, Ceruty and Baby Doll within its material account. Gamila also used an outer-and-inner arrangement, this time with a material described as Viscose Mix Wave Crinkle. The coordinating Mecca shirt had a horizontal chest line and a vertical application of Dobby Cotton.

Laika was presented through the appearance of a vest with an inner. Its adult gamis included pleating, while the child’s version used patch pockets and frills. Mecca’s child garment likewise had its own arrangement, with a layer at the waist and vertical frills at the front. Family coordination was therefore achieved through related colour and details, while the adult and child designs retained differences in their decoration and construction. NBRS Corp, 24 June 2023.

Rayya 2025: related colours and shapes

The March 2025 Rayya catalogue shows how many different dress arrangements can sit within family clothing. Hyra used an illusion of layering with frills. Terra combined a loose A-line shape, puffed sleeves and a graded floral motif towards the lower part of the dress; its child version added a small bow at the chest.

Xyla placed a patterned outer layer over an A-line silhouette, with balloon sleeves and a neckline bow. Freya used patterned tulle layers with colour gradation. Raia added lace at the front and sides and a narrow decorated belt, while Marwa combined layering with princess-line construction.

Umbra was explicitly described as looking like two pieces, with a floral front layer and balloon sleeves. The corresponding shirts used their own collar, button and pattern details. Across these examples, coordination came from shared colour and pattern, with the amount and position of decoration adapted to each garment. NBRS Corp, 15 March 2025.

The details of individual dresses

Pleats, trim and front openings

An everyday gamis roundup published in January 2024 gives precise examples of the label’s quieter construction details. NB B166 combined an A-line shape with pleats and a striped upper section. Its listed colours included jade green, dusty purple and mahogany.

NB B122 used pleated layers, with a three-tone effect attributed to its Agafya material. NB B162 placed pleats at the waist and used a striped material description. The repeated fold could therefore appear as a layered surface or as part of the waist arrangement. Falisha used a textured material named Supernova in brown tan, dusty pink, grey and plum.

NGO 002 added an overlapping front, side ties and a front zip. NB B186 used a shirt collar, L-shaped trim and decorative buttons. These details give fairly simple dress forms distinct identities: the line of a fold, the direction of a trim or the placement of an opening changes what the eye follows across the garment. NBRS Corp, 11 January 2024.

Slim, regular and wide

NBRS’s April 2025 explanation distinguishes three cut labels. Slim Fit follows the upper body more closely; Reguler allows moderate looseness; Wide adds extra width towards the lower part of the dress. The examples named are Slimfit 001, RON 052 and Wide Series 001.

These are the maker’s categories for differences within its own range. For the practical side of choosing a label, Amani’s guide to comparing modest clothing brands explains how to assess garment specifications. NBRS Corp, 29 April 2025.

Emerald and Archipelago occasion details

The April 2025 occasionwear account brings more decorated gamis into view. Emerald 027 has a kaftan-like inner and front detailing, with materials named Jacquard Janoa and Diamond. Emerald 024 places embroidery on the sleeves and outer layer, with Reina Crepe identified for the inner.

The Archipelago pieces use printed surfaces in different garment forms. Archipelago II C is described as a long A-line dress with full front buttons, side pockets and raglan sleeves. Archipelago I A is another long printed dress, again with pockets and front buttons.

The same account includes shorter pieces: II A has a short cape-like front over a tunic, while II B is a knee-length tunic with puffed sleeves and a frilled collar. Keeping those forms distinct makes the collection easier to understand. A related print or name can extend across a long dress and a shorter top without making them the same garment. NBRS Corp, 9 April 2025.

Bestchic: sleeves and everyday fastenings

The Bestchic family makes everyday construction details particularly clear. In the November 2025 maker account, 001 has a Shanghai-style collar, front buttons reaching the waist, puffed sleeves with buttoned cuffs and side pockets. Its Black, Broken White and Mocca options placed the puffed sleeves within a restrained palette.

003 combines three ruffled tiers with elasticated smocked sleeves. On 004, a front zip replaces the button opening, while tiering and an overlapping sleeve detail alter the outline. The differences concern the way the dress opens, the shape of the sleeve and the division of the skirt.

005 introduces chest detailing and frilled cuffs alongside its front zip. 007 returns to front buttons and places frills on the skirt. These are variations within a named design family, with repeated features such as pockets and collars helping to connect the models. Following the sleeve, fastening and skirt separately reveals the individual construction choices behind garments that share an everyday purpose. NBRS Corp, 26 November 2025.

Later Rayya: fastening and ornament

An August 2025 announcement for Rayya Series 2026 introduced the DiaRayyaKu theme and a collaboration with YKK Zipper Indonesia. The range encompassed gamis, men’s shirts and children’s clothing. NBRS presented the fastening choice as part of its intention to improve the finished garments.

That decision concerns a functional component within the clothes. A later account, published in November 2025, described another kind of development: existing Rayya designs were given additional romantic decoration for a JMFW presentation. Jodia, Chitaku and Ayudia were among the named designs.

The two announcements address different parts of the same continuing range. One foregrounds the choice of fastening; the other describes an ornamental adaptation for the runway. Reading them together shows that a collection can be developed through components as well as through the visible decoration applied to familiar garment designs. NBRS Corp, 30 August and 11 November 2025.

From design rooms to complete outfits

Mood boards, samples and production

A Teaching Factory programme gives a brief view of how NBRS described its clothing-development process to vocational educators. The company’s January 2022 report concerns a visit held the previous December, bringing school representatives into contact with the industry.

Its designers discussed the route from mood board to sample and production, including research into fashion and colour. Those stages connect an initial visual direction with a garment that can be made. The mood board establishes the references; sample development gives the proposed design a physical form before the production stage.

The programme also included a visit to PT Baris Fikri Mulia Industries. The account places creative preparation and manufacturing within the same learning visit, giving the design process a wider setting than a finished collection photograph. It is a useful glimpse of the work discussed around the garments, from choosing a direction to preparing its production. NBRS Corp, 18 January 2022.

A visit from Whitecliffe students

A September 2022 visit brought Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design students from New Zealand to NBRS through an exchange with the Islamic Fashion Institute. The maker’s report describes an introduction to materials, colour palettes and the warehouse, with the production director explaining the company’s approach.

The students’ responses add a design perspective to that industrial setting. Elle, who already lived in a multicultural community with Muslim residents, described encountering different fashion ideas. Looking at the gamis designs, she discussed covered clothing as a form of expression and the opportunities it offered for working with surfaces and textures.

Henry likewise described seeing an unfamiliar side of clothing design. These are individual reactions recorded by the host company. They show how the visit connected the organisation of a clothing business with a closer encounter with the garments and the creative possibilities the students saw in them. NBRS Corp, 3 September 2022.

Recognising the makers within an outfit

A complete runway outfit can bring more than one label together. At IN2MOTION 2025, NBRS Hijab supplied scarves for collaborations with international designers, whose clothing retained its own identity.

The maker’s account distinguishes YODYOKO’s painted resortwear, SHEIDA’s decorated abayas and MKAYALI’s modest couture, among the contributions. The scarves accompanied these different clothing approaches; the abayas in the SHEIDA pairing were SHEIDA designs.

This makes attribution part of understanding the outfit. A scarf, a long dress and an outer garment may form a coordinated appearance while coming from different makers. The collaboration is documented at the level of that pairing. It extends the context around the Nibras family of labels while leaving the design of each contributed garment with the person or label that created it. NBRS Corp, 20 October 2025.