Wedding Dresses of Java

The Yogyanese grand wedding dress, which is a direct imitation

of the formal dresses of the Sultan and his Queen

The groom doesn't wear pants but the Sultans do, because the Sultans in the pix above happen to be kings at kingly occasions.

The other wedding dresses of Java, which is more regal and more formal, include pants like the Sultan's for the groom, in the 'basahan' style ('basah' means 'wet', and implies 'bathing'; in this style the groom appears bare-chested, and the bride in 'kemben', i.e. with bared shoulders).

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From: Real Javanese and Indonesian Cloth