On Thai dress, issued 15 January 1941, consisted of two items:
"Thai people should not appear at public gatherings, in public places, or in city limits
"Appropriate dress for Thai people consists of:
"Uniforms, as position and opportunity permits;
"Polite international-style attire;
"Polite traditional attire
ภาพซ้าย
This 1900 portrait shows a Thai woman in a traditional costume that was deemed inappropriate after the laws on Thai dress were enacted in the early 1940s.
ภาพขวา
The 1941-42 Thai cultural mandates, promulgated by Plaek Pibulsonggram, made sweeping changes in Thai culture. Modernization influence made that the traditional costumes of women such as the one shown were discouraged by the government, in favor of more 'modern' forms of dress