Thai Clothing

Thai Traditional Clothing Have you ever seen or heard anything about Thai clothing? Thai clothing has gone back for centuries, and it still exists in Thai people’s daily lives to this day. Thai clothing has its history’s about why each one is worn and how it had become as one. Men and woman wear different ones but they are made almost alike, and they also have types of cloth that they use for each. They tell why they are worn now and how they are used for everyday wear, traditional wear, and special occasions. Thai traditional wear has an unchanging history. It’s weaving textiles has been known in Thailand for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found evidence of weaving in certain regions of modern day Thailand that date back to four thousand years ago. The materials that most Thai clothing uses are silk and cotton. Silk dates back to about 500 B.C.E., and cotton dates back to right around 300 B.C.E. (“Brief History of Thai…”). Thai clothing had different places to where they wore them. For instance outfits made by cotton were mainly for used for work, and outfits made from silk were used for ceremonies and other special occasions. Thai clothing reflects many aspects of their culture. It has its own rich history of wearing apparel that has been adopted to suit the people who inhabit the country. As many people would say it has its own feel in the clothing and one can trace different influences through the ages (“Thai Clothing”).
The Thai women had different types of clothing and different textiles from men. Women had an outfit called the Pha Sin; it is the traditional lower garment of the women’s wear, also known as a tube skirt. This garment consist of three sections; the hua sin, head or top; tua sin, body or midsection; and the tin sin, the foot or border (“Clothing, Traditional- Thailand”). Another outfit is called the Thai Amarin; it is worn for special occasions. It is created with a brocade fabric, the blouse is wide and it’s usually a round