🇹🇭 THAILAND | ผ้าไหมแพรวา "Praewa The Queen of Thai Silks"

The great handicraft by Phu Thai ethnic, Northeast Thailand.

✦ Many Thai silk aficionados consider Praewa silk fabric to be the finest silk woven in the Kingdom. This legendary fabric deserves its title as the “Queen of Thai Silks”.
All silk aficionados also agree that Praewa silk weaving is as intricate as any in The Kingdom, combining both complex brocades and embroidery. A Praewa silk weaver must be an expert at both.
Praewa silk is exclusively woven by women of the Phu Thai ethnic community, who live just north of Kalisin town in Kalasin Province. The heart of Praewa weaving is centered in the village of Ban Phon (sometimes spelled Ban Poen).

✦ First, let’s get our pronunciation right for Praewa. The first syllable is pronounced with a hard “a” like the word “prattle” (Forget there’s an “e” in the spelling!). The second syllable is pronounced with a soft “a”, like when you’ve drank too much and someone says something you don’t quite understand and you respond “Wha?” like in “say wha?”. Accent on the first syllable.
Praewa is two words combined. “Prae” means a piece of woven cloth not used as a sarong. “Wa” is a unit of measurement approximately an arm’s length.
Originally, the Phu Thai only wove Praewa silk for women’s shoulder scarves (the sabai) or men’s sashes around the waist. And hence the word “prae” to mean a cloth not used as a sarong. Bright red was the only color woven.

✦ Phu Thai women were tasked with weaving these “Sunday best” garments for their respective families. Weaving expertise was handed down from mother to daughter through the generations.
The fact that high-quality white cocoon silk yarns are used in weaving Praewa silk is important and also helps to explain why Praewa is considered the “Queen of Thai Silks”.

Silk yarns are not created equal. There are a myriad of different grades of silk yarn from inferior to top quality. Suffice it to say that to weave top-quality silk, and must use top-quality silk yarns. Praewa silk is woven from top-quality silk yarns.
It’s impossible to discuss Thai silk and not include "Queen Sirikit" in the discussion. She first realized the fashion power of this isolated village’s silk fabrics and brought them to a leading French designer, Erik Mortensen, at the House of Balmain in Paris. Using Praewa silk, Mortensen designed the finest modern couture for the Queen.
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