Handloomed vintage Lao 'Sinh Mai Korm'

Sometimes I find wonderful pieces such as this traditional Lao skirt or sinh. The design was worn in my grandmother’s day and this particular one is unusual as the bottom hem (Tiin Sihn) has a beautiful, silk patchwork imbedded it.

This silk, Sinh Mai Korm, has a stripe vertical design and is produced using two-colour twisted yarns. These were very popular during the 1950s among city women and was worn by wealthy or high-ranking women during the time as they were expensive, labourious to make and therefore, highly-prized. Woven with fine silk of metallic and silk thread in a supplementary weft, the silks for this  skirt, like most during the era, was most probably imported from France or Japan. If you fancy this piece or to use it for a particular application, please email me.