Armani to Promote Thai Silk

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has stressed the potential of Thai silk in international haute couture and offered to promote the use of the material in his fashion house’s products.

Having met Her Highness Princess Siriwanwaree Mahidol, Armani commended her on her dress designs during their recent meeting in Milan. The designs were part of a recent fashion show in the Italian city, said Thai Industry Minister Pinij Jarusombat.

Armani went on to praise Princess Siriwanwaree&#8217 ;s unique designs, pointing that she had all potential to be a professional designer. The Princess presented him with silk fabric from the Bang Sai Art and Crafts Centre in Ayutthaya.

The Italian designer described Thai silk as an ‘excellent material’ that could have a place in the fashion world. And Pinij quoted Armani as saying his fashion house would conduct research into the use of Thai silk in its own clothing and furniture products.

Armani and Pinij discussed mutual co-operation to improve the skills of Thai fashion designers. Armani proposed internships of six months to a year for young Thai designers at his fashion house. The trainees would be selected from winners of design contests to be organized by the Industry Ministry early next year, said Pinij.

Thai designers joined their counterparts from Hong Kong, Singapore and India

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