Is Singapore's last songkok maker hanging up his hat after half a century?
Răzvan Botea
Songkok maker Abdul Wahab Abdullah, 65, said that wearing a traditional loose-fitting garment known as a baju kurung without an accompanying songkok was akin to "wearing a shirt without pants". As I was wrapping up an interview with 65-year-old songkok maker Abdul Wahab Abdullah and the photographer was composing a few final frames, a customer walked in along with his family. A songkok is traditional headgear, usually made out of felt or velvet, worn by men and typically paired with the
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