Traditional Thai fabrics tend to popular among older people, but the TV show Tho Fah Pa Thai (Thai Fabric Fashion Design) was aired recently on Modern Nine TV in an effort to attract young people to the beauty of local fabrics.
Over a period of eight weeks, eight young contestants on the programme competed by making their fashion designs from Thai fabrics like mud mee silk, kab bua silk and Thai hand-woven loincloth.
The recent third season of the show was won by 21-year-old Thai-Italian designer Giulia Peyrone, who majors fashion design at Srinakharinwirot University.
In the final round of the contest, the three finalists did a lucky draw to find out what fabrics they would be using to create a design collection of eight outfits. Giulia designed her collection using Thai silk, and was praised by the judges, who are all famous in the fashion industry, for the way that she made Thai silk look up-to-date. Actress and judge Mai Davika said that she would be proud to wear Giulia’s final collection.
Student Weekly recently caught up with Giulia on the phone. The young designer told us about her designs and her experiences on Thai Fabric Fashion Design