[r7rGOhvd]

I've read Richard's blog, it's great, especially the photos. It is interesting to read that Monsignor Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix described the hairstyle as sticking up like a brush. This hairstyle actually called ·Ã§ÁËÒ´ä·Â or ·Ã§ËÅÑ¡á¨Ç

I think langouti is what we called Jongkraben (⨧¡ÃÐູ). And a silk scarf that one end falls over the shoulder in the back must be ¼éÒÊäº. And I guess that multi-funtion cloth for men is ¼éÒ¢ÒÇÁéÒ

Anyway, I also came across these two website that have details about historical Thai costumes.

http://cul.hcu.ac.th/wear.html
http://www.thaitownusa.com/frontnews...sNo=0504000296



The contents is in Thai but I will summarise them soon.

[r7rGOhvd]

Rattanakosin era
King Rama 1 - 3 ((BE 2325-2394) (AD 1782-1851)

Women's styles were similar to the end of Ayuthaya era i.e. had short hair (like photo in Richard's blog) and wore 押.

Women in the palace wore Êäºà©Õ§ with ¼éÒ¡ or ¼éÒÅÒ·ͧ which was wear in Sarong-style. Other women wore Êäº, also called ¼éÒᶺ in 4 styles ¤Ò´¹Á, Êäºà©Õ§,µÐàºç§ÁÒ¹,¤Åéͧ¤Í. They wore this with ⨧¡ÃÐູ

women hairstyle called ¼Á»Õ¡ which leave only hair on top of the head and also let the bit by both ears long (these parts called ¨Í¹ËÙ) so can put them behind the ears or attach with flower.

Men also had short hair in that ÁËÒ´ä·Â style, wore ⨧¡ÃÐູ, no shirt apart from one who worked in palace may wear shirt in winter.

[r7rGOhvd]

From then onward, King Rama 4 (AD 1851-1868) introduced western hairstyles & costume but not really 'catching on'.

King Rama 5 (AD 1868-1920) introduced uniforms for both military personels and government officers. (a kind of Jongkraben called ¼éÒÁèǧ with shirt designed & adapted for siam's weather called RajPattern) King Rama 5 also abolished ÁËÒ´ä·Â Hairstyle, and men had western hairstyle and women also had long hair, either let it down or put up into chignon.

I think that's cover the periods you're interested according to those movies. Sorry I didn't look for photos to accompanied my posts plus there are lots more details in that articles that are really interesting but I haven't got times to translate them all

[r7rGOhvd]

Before Ayuthaya era (before 1893 BE or AD 1350)
Women wore Êäº and ¼éҶا, has long hair wrap in a bun up high (Chignon). may also braid their hair before wrap in a bun. In Sukhothai era, female also let their long hair down.

Beginning of Ayuthaya era (from 1893 BE or AD 1350)
Female has long hair and let it down. still wearing ÊäºinÊäºà©Õ§ style

Around the end of Ayuthaya era (around 2310 BE or AD 1767)
Women wore Êäº in µÐàºç§ÁÒ¹ style, has short hair to made them look like men so they can disguise as a men during the war.

押= breast cloth
Êäºà©Õ§= shawl used by a woman to wrap over one shoulder around her chest and back
µÐàºç§ÁÒ¹ or µÐầÁÒ¹ = style of wearing the scarf-cloth of Thai (started from behind passed under the armpits across the chest and tied behind the neck)

[Cnbaapuy]

Richards latest blog: http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php?...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 has a picture and text from the 1850s about Thai meals.

It's hard to watch movies like Bang Rajan and Nang Nak without noticing those shaved hairstyles. In fact, one of the reviews I read of Nang Nak complained that the film-makers had used "modern hairstyles". (I made some comments here http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10579). Of course, the way they present the styles in those movies do have some modern spin to them compared to the picture in Richard's blog.

Does anyone have links to other historical pictures that show cloths and hairstyles? I tried googling but mostly come up with modern pictures of traditional dancing, etc.

[chelviweeme]

I am planning another blog that will illustrate that.

[Cnbaapuy]

Thanks TK, that's really interesting!
Here's the link to Richard's blog: http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php?...amese_costumes

[amrita]

that lnk you share is expired? cause i already open that, and i found nothing just 404, thanks