New Pantsuits - Amelia

Latest pantsuit design @ Turkuaz & Gulyn is Amelia (code 330-1021). This soft pastel print design is very attractive and suitable for day wear and comes in 2 colours.

The material is soft polyester with matching lace trimming near the knee. It comes in 5 sizes from S - XXL and there is total of 39pcs each colour.

This comes with matching pants and retails at RM419.90 but member or online purchase is @ special price of RM360/set.

For online purchase you may call 603-2694 9055 (Suria / Amy) to check availability of size and we can then FDex or GDex to you.

Clothes - are there a need to try it before buying it?

Being a consumer myself, I constantly ask myself whether I would be willing to make clothes purchases online without ever trying these clothes.

Turkuaz is also trying to venture into selling our products online and lo and behold we are very surprised to see that many people are actually very into online shopping.

Maybe it's convenient as it can be done with just a click of the mouse and after that there is this anxious anticipation of waiting for the package to arrive.

For me personally it makes me look forward to go to work cos I have these packages delivered to my office address to avoid delivery failure cos no one is home all the time to wait for these packages to arrive.

So far my only online buying has been airline tickets and cup noodles from Japan but I have yet to buy clothes online. The reluctance stems from not being able to try and feel the fabric personally as well as the price factor.

This explains why Turkuaz's online sales have been mostly scarves. For clothes, customers prefer to try them at the outlet. So far the success with clothes was with this customer who saw and tried it but didnt buy on the spot and later changed her mind.

Nonetheless, Turkuaz will continue to make it's presence felt in the virtual world and we hope that all the readers will support us in one way or the other.

"Maju-lah Fesyen Muslimah di seluruh dunia!"

New Pantsuit Design - Safari Dream

This is latest linen poly mixed material with an safari / african print. The faux leather piping at the neckline are especially eye catching. Note also the matching buttons with the leather piping.

This design is perfect for a day out or just for work. The colours are very earth tone and it comes in 2 natural colours of dark beige and brown.

Sizes are from S - XXL and comes with matching brown pants. Total there are 49pcs of brown and 32pcs of beige.

Retails at RM439.90 but member or online purchase enjoys special price of RM380/set.

New Jubah Gaun - Autumn in my Heart

Latest jubah gaun @ Turkuaz / Gulyn is code name AUTUMN IN MY HEART (330-1016).

This design comes in 6 attractive colours in soft chiffon, poly georgette and georgette with embossed velvet imported material. This gown is fully lined with chiffon lining.

Sizes are from S - XL. Each colour comes in very limited quantity of only 29-12pcs meaning there are about 6-2 pcs for each size each colour.

Regular price is RM299.90 but member or online purchase @ RM250 each.

The collection are available in Jalan TAR (KL), Alamanda (Putrajaya) and online purchase. For enquiries you may email Jael Tung (JL) at turkuaz201@gmail.com

Working with tv drama series

As a fashion house dealing specifically with muslimah fashion, Turkuaz constantly receive requests for wardrobe sponsorships for local tv drama series or movies especially when the script require the female artist to wear tudung.

In these cases we normally deal with the wardrobe artists and not the artists themselves save for a few artists who prefers to be more hands on. These artists will actually study the script to calculate the number of scenes and the character hence the type of fashion and colour schemes these character will wear.

By far the best artist that we have dealed with is Vanida Imran. Nadia Kesuma is very hands on too. The latest to come to Turkuaz personally is Julia Ziegler for her soon to be aired tv series "Tudung Express".

Otherwise, we'll just deal with the wardrobe artist who in malaysia will most of the time be handling the makeup too. Smaller budget means many of the production crew will have to multi-task.

Also since the wardrobe artists do make-up as well most of them are like the "mak andam" but they are very responsible and as long as the clothes are returned on time, we are very happy to work with them.

To encourage the movie making industry Turkuaz adopts a very open policy with wardrobe artists, so long as they are from reputable production house and are willing to give us credit mention then we have no qualms of loaning the clothes but like all new relationship our loan period and quantity may differ. Once the production house have a proven track record, we are more comfortable working with them.

But at the moment our only criteria is that the artist we are loaning the clothes to are of middle age / working executives for branding purposes. For any enquiries you may email Ms Jael Tung (JL) at turkuaz201@gmail.com

So do look out for our wardrobe sponsorship in the upcoming tv series "Tudung Express" in Astro Prima.

Colourful Telekung - Yes or No?

Even though traditionally, telekung or prayer robes have always been in all white, there are some who argued that in arab country the robes are in a myriad of colours and not limited to white.

So it is comes as no surprise to us that in our country, the best selling telekung have always been white base with white embroidery. This is slowly replaced by cream colour with cream embroidery. But bit by bit white/cream base with colour embroidery crept into the market and people readily accept it as perhaps they are bored with always wearing and looking at white and cream in the surau.

We wonder if the muslimah in malaysia are ready to accept colour telekung like purple, green, grey and not to mentioned the alarming black telekung.

Hence for 2010 Ramadhan, we did stock some colour telekung but stop short of the black ones cos we still feel that muslimah here are still reluctant to push the limit.

New Scarves @ Turkuaz / Gulyn

NEW STOCK!! NEW STOCK!!
We just received our new stock today and we are very excited to share with you the latest fashion available in our outlets. It will be available at all the outlets in 2 weeks time but the exclusive design on top is only available in Jalan TAR, KL outlet. Note quantity and colours are very very limited.

In this photo mannequin is wearing:-a) anak tudung with beads w/ sanggul RM25
b) tudung like topi with roses and back netting veil RM259
c) tutup leher with full embroidery RM109
Note for this hat/topi like tudung, you'll need a big hair bun to support it. Hence we use the anak tudung with beads w/ sanggul to give a fuller look at the rear.

Even though the current trend is leaning towards the easy to wear and slip on tudung ikin, the bawal is definitely making a comeback (though we doubt bawal have ever left the scene) with different embroidery and swarovski stones, bigger and shinier like the one in the picture. You'll have to see the actual product to see the bling. Retailing @ RM259 each also limited in qtty and colours as total we have only 20pcs.


Another lastest trend with bawal are with logo embroidery such as LV, Gucci and Chanel in assorted colour range. As bawal is easier to maintain and really ultra comfortable for our weather this range will definitely appeal to the working executives who prefer something more chic and designer.As for the teens, you are definitely not left out with bolder and cuter designs specifically to address younger fashion taste.


On our recent post on sanggul tinggi, we now introduce a new kind of sanggul which is the big but flat sanggul. You can opt to wear it on its own or use it as a base then wear your scarve on top. Very very handy as you can tie it at the back to prevent it from shifting or falling off altogether.

New Look @ Turkuaz, Jalan TAR

NEW LOOK! NEW LOOK!!

As there will be many new stocks coming to Turkuaz & Gulyn soon, we have revamp the outlet as we balance the ratio between jubah and scarves. So if you drop by we hope you will enjoy shopping at new Turkuaz at No. 217 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (opposite Sogo KL)

New Pantsuit - Sweet Pea

The latest edition of pantsuits at Turkuaz / Gulyn is code 330-1015 name SWEET PEA in 2 motifs or 3 different colours.
Sizes are from S - XXL but cutting for this design is rather big so ladies of normal size M figure would find size S comfortable.
Quantity are reasonable with 20pcs for cream, 41pcs for brown and 32pcs for brown small print.
The first 2 colours of cream and brown are of high quality soft chiffon material. The last colour is maintenance free poly cotton in small print.
These designs are fully lined with japanese habutai silk in the body and chiffon lining in the sleeve. Note that there is no side slits hence it is very dress-like.
Member or online purchase price is RM330 per suit for design 1 and 2. RM290 for colour 3.
Do take the time to try out this design at any of our 4 outlets in Malaysia.

New Jubah Gaun - Cotton Candy

This is the latest 100% cotton gown @ Turkuaz. It comes in 3 easy to wear and match colours of cream, black and grey/black. Sizes are from S - XL. Each colour comes in only 23pcs meaning there are less than 6 pcs for each size each colour.

It's made from fully imported cotton matched with imported lace. We named this design COTTON CANDY.

There's an asymmetrical design on the chest which at first we find quite disturbing but after some thought, perhaps customers nowadays are looking for something different. Away from the norm.

So if you are interested in this design, do drop by any of our 4 outlets:-
- 217 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (opposite SOGO KL)
- gulyn @ Alamanda, Putrajaya (opposite Bonia)
- SACC Mall, Shah Alam (beside Body Shop on ground floor)
- Plaza Angsana, Skudai, Johor (beside Badan bookshop)


Or you can opt for online purchase by calling 603-26949055 and look for Suria / Amy quote code 330-1017. We can courier to you when you have bank in the money to our maybank account.

Turkuaz on Turkish National TV

The beginning of 2010 was a good but hectic for us as a turkish tv programme featuring turkish abroad wanted to do a documentary on our boutique founder Mr Gurcan Selekoglu as he is a turkish living in Malaysia for more than 15 years.

This news came to us in early January so we were all busy sprucing the office. The shop outlets were also not spared as the producer was interested in documenting the outlets as well as places of interest around these locations such as the malay community in Masjid India, malaysia administrative centre in Putrajaya and historic city Melaka.

The task of bringing the crew around Malaysia fell squarely on Mr Gurcan's shoulder as he brought them to Petronas Twin Tower, Putrajaya Lake, Chinatown, indian temples and even to try the durian. Guided with a travel guide book of Malaysia, the crew were interested about Malaysia's cultures, people and food.

It was a small crew consisting of a producer and video man. So it was a very mobile crew as halfway during the shoot, they had to stop it and flew to Philippines to shoot another turkish businessman there. After a week, they came back and continue the shot in Malaysia. Too bad only the producer can speak in english, the video man had problem communicating with the locals as he can only speak in turkish.

The documentary also had snapshots from Mr Gurcan's photo album and the ones that caught their attention were the ones of him with our then prime minister, now Tun Mahathir. As the president of the Turkish Businessman Association, he was constantly invited to represent the turkish community in Malaysia. With Mr Gurcan's charm and easy going nature, he has made many friends from various social backgrounds.


When this documentary aired in Turkey, there were numerous emails and phone calls to Mr Gurcan due to the inspiration they obtained from this man who came from a small town in Turkey but has made a name for Turkey in Malaysia in muslim ladies fashion.

Now Mr Gurcan dreams of doing a travelogue in turkish language featuring our beautiful country of Malaysia. Hopefully it will not take too long for this dream to come to fruition. So do not be surprised if one day you see Mr Gurcan travelling about in Malaysia with his film crew :D

Appearance in TV3 Wanita Hari Ini

On 27 July 2009 Turkuaz were invited to appear on TV3 Wanita Hari Ini. It was a live daily show on TV3 and we were just informed of this available slot a mere 5 days before the actual shoot day.

It was nerve wrecking for us considering Mr Gurcan can only converse in "bahasa malaysia pasar" and not proper formal malay which is a must for national tv appearance. So to help brush up his malay, we then communicate with tv3 producer through emails on the possible Q and As so that he can practice answering the question in proper malay sentences.

However in the end, on the actual shoot day, he basically started the show with malay but ended up answering all the rest of the questions in english. Perhaps it was just too much to expect a mat salleh to speak in proper malay in 5 days.
The producer also asked us to bring our own models and scarf stylist to teach the audience ways to wear our scarves. So there we were busy on the phone making all the arrangements for models and scarf stylist. Fortunately makeup was provided by TV3 so we can scratched this off our to-do-list.

On the day of the live show, to create a more colourful and exciting content, we brought many of our products to be displayed on the table but it was another heart stopping moment when we were informed that one of our model fell sick. Thankfully one of the staff who join our entourage fit the bill so she was instantly ushered to the makeup room.

Later this same staff received many sms asking if it was her on TV3... the power of tv and instant fame.

Since the show was live and not at all rehearsed, we can feel the tension and stress but it was not apparent at all on the video crew. In fact they look a bit bored, perhaps from doing this everyday.
Nonetheless the rest of the crew including the producer and coordinator were buzzing about non-stop as on the last minute, TV3 decided to do a tribute to Yasmin Ahmad who just passed away. So the crew had to compile and edit shots of her funeral to be included in the opening. If you watched the video below, there is a part in the opening where the host was a bit nervous because of this is after all very last minute and unrehearsed.


Overall the whole talk show went very well as with all the live models and scarf wearing demo, it definitely made the whole show more interesting.



So we would like to thank TV3 for giving us the opportunity to appear on Wanita Hari Ini and national tv for the first time. For further enquiries you may email Jael Tung (JL) at turkuaz201@gmail.com