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Local fabrics
and ethnic jewelry is probably the most interesting in local fashion. Ethnic clothing is popular in the country side, far away from the big cities. In the big cities such as Yangon, Mandalay and elsewhere they just copy what they see in Thai and Chinese TV. |
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The most basic fashion item
almost everyone wears is a "longyi", women
and man use it, its a piece of cloth used as
a wrap skirt. Probably the most opulent
clothing can be watched during a wedding
party. Many parties of that type are at the
Summit Parkview Hotel in Yangon.
From time to time fashion
shows are on when some designers introduce
their new creations which are almost all
inspired by Thai and Chinese fashion.
Interesting is fashion jewelry
available at
several shops at Yangon's Bogyoke market,
they have great ethnic
and fashion jewelry on display, cheaper
items are often made from freshwater pearls.
Since there is nothing really
interesting in terms of fashion clothing in
the big cities its best to look into the
tribal
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fashion scene which is the
real interesting part on this
subject. The material for modern fashion
sold in the big city or markets comes mainly
from China. In the remote areas items are made locally,
this is tribal fashion.
For Myanmar
fashion materials
used are
cotton,
Myanmar silk
and imported
Chinese
fabrics and textile material. If you want to
get an idea on the creative fashion show
visit one of them,
there are shows at nightclubs or discos
as entertainment. You will see a lot
of creativity and if you like it just buy it on the spot,
it’s very low priced.
Myanmar model
girls show newly created fashion at several
Burmese evening shows at nightclubs and
restaurants in the evening,
of what they see in some Thai soap operas
and Chinese movies, all this is category of
average minus.
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Tribal style
Chin Hakka native style
Girl with Thanakha cometic |
Tribal
fashion
or ethnic fashion
is different, creative and unique, it beats the copyist by
a huge margin, just have a look below and you
will see what we mean. At the pictures left and
right women wearing Hakka Chin
ethnic fashion is shown. Hakka is a
group within the Chin tribe living
in the north west part of the
country near the border to India,
this a very harsh and rough terrain,
the people are in constant trouble
with the government, one of the
reason is, the British brought in
Missionaries during colonial times
to convert them to Christianity to
make them a better instrument
against the Buddhist majority, just
as the old Romans did with Brits >
divide and conquer.
This is beautiful native
tribal fashion items with natural materials,
excellent fabrics and uniquely patterns of the
materials. Very special fashion items are
the beautiful metal creations used as bangles at
the arms and leggings, all very colorful and impressive.
Unique styling, creativity and it looks
good, it is amazing how many
creative talents are around in the
remote part of the country creating
items in very particular style, this
is not only in terms of the cloth, costumes etc.
but also of the accessories.
Tribal wear can be enjoyed by visiting the various tribes of
Burma, most of them have their very
distinctive ideas and creations as you
see in the photos here.
Also note the fashion
decoration of the girl in the upper picture, she just
put a flower over the ear and in the lower picture, the
girl on the left has a bunch of plants in the hair.
There is a lot of native decoration done. One of the
very creative products is jewelry as
you can see at the pictures here and at
Myanmar jewelry
Another part of Burmese fashion is cosmetic such as thanakha,
this is ground from tree branches, sold as a
powder, mixed with a little water and applied on the
skin, thanakha protects the skin against the sun and has
some more positive sides to the skin.
Thanakha
is heavy used in Myanmar Burma, here it is visible
that there is also a "cosmetic life" with native
products beside of the chemical bombs the big cosmetic
companies are selling. |
Tribal style
tribal wear
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model girls |
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girls |
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Tribal & ethnic trends
From time to time there is some movement in fashion. It’s coming when you realize the people are wearing different clothes. The trigger usually is that the people see something different at the Chinese and Thai soap operas they watch every day. The Chinese are very popular to get some ideas on different hair styles and the Thai stuff brings some more modern ideas.
The latest Myanmar fashion trends always come from outside the country, regardless of the fact that the different ethic groups have hundreds of variations in their fashion and this are not only cloth, there is also some kind of ethnic fashion jewelry with great fashion jewelry with different rather cheap materials such as colored stones, some silver and mother pearls show how a broad imagination designers can have. The country has
some creative designer showing newest
creations at fashion shows at
Yangon and
elsewhere. Nobody is designing stuff which looks
like coming from Vivienne Westwood, the most
opulent, luxurious, stylish and expensive
dresses are always visible at weddings.
Simple clothing can be seen every night in various shows at nightclubs and discos. Far-traveled material from China, India and elsewhere with exotic designs are available at the
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cloth shops in the
Bogyoke
Market. Yangon has
the charm of a colonial village
but the flair of a Asian
metropolis and this is visible
every day expressed through
fashion. |
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Tribal
costume |
Traditional
design fabrics |
Fashion Myanmar |
hair styling |
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tribal fashion |
Tribal Tattoo and body art |
This
ladies are also from the Chin state
but not from the Hakka tribe. Part of
the fashion is heavy tribal tattooing on
the face. |
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Since we shouldn't
only fix the
attribute to the women what about
some men's fashion,
left is a
men from the Naga tribe - northwest
Burma, border to India - and right are 2
guys from Chin state. |
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Girls
from Kachin State |
This 2 ladies show dresses from Kachin state.
A part of Kachin
state are the Myanmar Himalayas with south
east Asia highest peak Mt. Hkakabo Razi with
5881 m.
I haven't seen
winter fashion in Davos or Kitzbühl but I
think Myanmar winter fashion is for sure more
attractive.
At right an Chin
beauty with hand-woven fashion clothes and a
silver fashion belt plus plenty of jade chains
necklaces and headgear.
This is tribal
fashion which includes tribal tattoos at many
remote areas, its always amazing to see what a
creativity Myanmar people have considering the
circumstances the live in the remote areas. It
is necessary to keep in mind |
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that the country is
as big as France and England combined and has
about 130 ethnicities. |
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Myanmar Face Tattoo |
Myanmar people are very
fashion conscious and creative.
Even the very remote tribes have
their own styles with a
lot of ideas in it.
Some gurus in Milan and
Paris could learn something
from them, because this is back
to basic, simple pure and
beautiful, not this stupid
decadent bla bla that they show
you on the fashion shows in
Europe and New York. Material
for clothing
is usually cotton, either
imported or locally created with
native pattern and designs. |
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Local silk
fabrics
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In the big cities
such as Mandalay and Yangon silk
clothing is worn on special
occasions.
Actually there
are no sophisticated cuts,
styles and patterns in Myanmar
fashion.
The silk fabrics
are more or less worn on the
body in a sarong style, this is
for men and women.
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Silk |
To complement clothing to ethnic jewelry
Myanmar fashion styles vary
used but not very often, this is
more bought by tourists, the
local people usually just wear a
gold or gold plated necklace,
sometimes with a pendant.
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