| Subject | : | All Dressed Up |
| Author | : | Patrick Weiler mailto:%20theweilers@home.com |
| Date | : | 01-31-2001 on 09:10 p.m. |
| I went looking for pictures of people actually wearing this type of
clothing and found a site showing the 1997 Thai Airways International
calendar. There are several photos showing traditional dress worn by many
of the ethnic peoples of Thailand, including some Lao Tai women. I can not
make out skirts exactly like these shown by Steve, but it does show the
tremendous impact of the clothes and the integration of clothing into the
social structure of the Southeast Asian cultures. The web site is; http://web.ku.ac.th/AmazingThailand/Boonsom/textile.html Patrick Weiler |
| Subject | : | Re:All Dressed Up |
| Author | : | Steve Price mailto:%20sprice@hsc.vcu.edu |
| Date | : | 02-01-2001 on 08:06 a.m. |
| Dear Patrick,
Thanks for the link. Once upon a time there was a site for a southeast Asia ethnographic museum (I think it was a museum in Australia, but I'm not sure) that had some nice T'ai garments, but it went off line. Wearing and producing textiles in traditional designs is encouraged by the governments in Thailand, Laos and Viet Nam (probably in Cambodia, too) as a cottage industry. Some of the work is very good, some is obvious knockoffs. Regards, Steve Price |
| Subject | : | Re:All Dressed Up |
| Author | : | Steve Price mailto:%20sprice@hsc.vcu.edu |
| Date | : | 02-01-2001 on 11:27 a.m. |
| Dear All,
Here's a URL with some excellent modern (within the past 10 years) Lao
textiles shown in detail. Steve Price |
| Subject | : | Re:All Dressed Up |
| Author | : | Patrick Weiler mailto:%20theweilers@home.com |
| Date | : | 02-04-2001 on 12:02 a.m. |
| Steve,
Here is another web site with some Lao textiles, along with some
descriptions of the major types. Patrick Weiler |