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...University and their peers in Asia. The program has nearly doubled in the number of participants in the past year.This year, students from six different nations are visiting from institutions including National Taiwan University, Peking University, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, and Thammasat University of Bangkok, Thailand. Harvard students host the visitors in their dorm rooms, and during spring break those students in turn travel to Asia for a similar cultural experience.For many of the visiting students, this was their first time in the United States. HCAP organizers tried to impart to these students...
...fashion scene in Bangkok can be traced to two converging forces, one grassroots and the other government-driven. Rising incomes and increasing exposure to international trends have built up a critical mass of Thai consumers with a taste for fashion and money to spend, creating demand for domestic designs that suit Thailand's climate and social scene without breaking the bank. Meanwhile, Thailand's Ministry of Industry?in an effort to shift the country's garment industry, which generated $3.25 billion in exports last year, higher up the value chain?has been nurturing the local designers, spending $45 million since...
...beneficiaries of Thailand's new fashion consciousness is Disaya Prakobsantisukh, a lingerie designer who opened her first Bangkok shop in 2004 while still a fashion student in London. Disaya, 27, sells her Boudoir brand in five spots around Bangkok. She describes her creations?which also include lingerie-inspired ready-to-wear clothes?as "very femme ... sexy and childish at the same time." Even though they're locally made, they're not cheap: a hand-knitted, torn-chiffon dress sells for $550. But that doesn't seem to be hurting her business?this year's plans include tripling the size...
...There's still no obvious Thai look. Some designers target Bangkok teenagers, others Paris socialites; some are foreign-educated, others are self-taught. But there are certain shared qualities: an attention to detail, a preference for handmade materials and designs, and a taste for natural textiles and light fabrics made from silk and cotton. Much of what distinguishes Thai fashion, in fact, is in the details?made possible because of the country's vast supply of skilled craftspeople, whose traditional styles get incorporated into utterly contemporary final products...
...Getting raves from Europe, though, has proved easier than selling clothes to ordinary Thai consumers. "Fashion still isn't a big part of Thai culture," says Chaichon Savantrat, whose Good Mixer label has more foreign buyers than Thai, despite being sold mostly in Bangkok. But Senada's Chanita says that 60% of her business is now local, and that number has been growing for the past several years. Greyhound's Bhanu, for his part, has launched more affordable domestic sub-brands. "The marketplace has a lot of potential," says Bhanu. "It's up to the brands to make it happen...