AN ARRAY OF FABRICS
TThe last part presents fashion masterpieces created especially for this exhibition by leading designers to promote the use of hill tribe fabrics in fashion items and home furnishings, and to motivate Thai people to make practical use of Thai fabrics on different occasions. The line-up includes Wannasiri Kongman and Jesse Dorsey from Boyy, Mollika Ruangkritya and Nat Mangkang from Kloset, Saran Yenpanya from 56th Studio, and Anchana Thongpaitoon and Pipidh Khowsuwan from Salt and Pepper Studio. Exclusively from Friday until Aug 14, numerous products from the Support Foundation will be available for sale at the Fashion Hall, 1st floor. Items include silk, cotton, hill tribe fabrics, embroidery, artificial flowers and products from the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles. All proceeds will go to the Support Foundation and farmers. Right on the Queen’s birthday on Sunday, there will be a candle-lighting ceremony at the Sky Walk at 7.19pm. Everyone is invited to dress in light blue to join. o mark HM Queen Sirikit’s 86th birthday, Siam Paragon is holding an exhibition titled “The Queen’s Support And Encouragement To The Land Of Siam” at the Hall of Fame on M floor, from Friday until Aug 16. Held in collaboration with the Support Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand, the six-part exhibition portrays the limitless generosity of HM the Queen as reflected through her extensive royal duties, mainly related to the preservation, promotion and revival of Thai traditional fabrics. The first part showcases HM’s biography and photos taken from her younger years to when she carried out her royal duties by King Rama IX’s side. The second part will take viewers to explore the origin of the Support Foundation which started from many of her projects to promote and support traditional handicrafts people inherited from their ancestors. The third part presents weaving demonstrations from each region including hill tribe fabrics from the North, embroidery used specifically for khon masked dance from the central region, Thai-style hand embroidery from the South, and tie-dyeing and yarn spinning techniques for mudmee (ikat) from the Northeast. The fourth part of the exhibit Thai national costumes as inspired by her royal attires that were adapted from female outfits of the earlier periods, such as Thai Ruean Ton, Thai Dusit, Thai Chakri, Thai Siwalai and Thai Chakkraphat traditional dresses. A fun dress-up game will be available. The fifth part displays several royal khon costumes of leading characters on stage, including actor, actress, giant and monkey, as well as headgear and decorative body gear.