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**plalleste** · 12-31-2005, 08:00 AM

'Thai farmer's shirts'. I wonder if they could be Morhom also?

If the fabric is dyed with natural hom color, called morhom cloth (indigo dyed cloth) kha, but some textile producers might use synthetic dye which cost less. If you mention ‘morhom shirt’, people tend to think of traditional design: round neck shirt, but nowadays morhom cloth is used in new designs too.

In english 'morhom cloth' might be called 'Thai farmer's shirts' as many people in upcountry area like to wear it, but some Thais I've met do not like this term, it could be interpreted in negative/insulting implications - poor, etc.

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12-31-2005, 08:00 AM	#3
plalleste Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 579 Senior Member	'Thai farmer's shirts'. I wonder if they could be Morhom also? If the fabric is dyed with natural hom color, called morhom cloth (indigo dyed cloth) kha, but some textile producers might use synthetic dye which cost less. If you mention ‘morhom shirt’, people tend to think of traditional design: round neck shirt, but nowadays morhom cloth is used in new designs too. In english 'morhom cloth' might be called 'Thai farmer's shirts' as many people in upcountry area like to wear it, but some Thais I've met do not like this term, it could be interpreted in negative/insulting implications - poor, etc. .
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