The Bangladesh embassy will also promote the country’s culture, heritage and silk to the Thai people in the three-day event at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand H.E. Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem said, We are proud to present Ms.Rina Latif, who is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer from Bangladesh who have dedicated her career to promoting silk Muslin and intricate in Bangladesh Kattan. We are also proud to present Ms. Maheen Khan of Mayasir Couture who dedicated her entire design career for folk and ethnic heritage artisans in Bangladesh and President of Bangladesh Fashion Design Council. Bangladesh would be specially showcasing Bangladesh heritage silk, silk Muslin, silk Kattan, silk Jamdani and some other silk varieties in the fashion show. We are very excited that Mr. Sudjitt Sudjitt, Thailand’s celebrated designer from Finale Wedding Studio would be showcasing his studio couture with Bangladesh and Thai Silk.
“We want to change the narrative about Bangladesh in Thailand through this fair,“Our effort will be to change the narrative about Bangladesh. Thai policymakers do not know Bangladesh is a manufacturing hub. There is a lot of scope to invest here.
“We want to show them that Japanese and Chinese investors are coming to invest in our country,” she said.
Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports H.E. Mrs. KobkarnWattanavrangkulwas present in this Heritage Fashion Show as Patron and Chief Guest of Honour and Bangladesh Commerce Minister H.E. Mr. Tofail Ahmed has also been present in the show as a Special Guest.
Bangladesh Embassy is very inspired that designers from both countries have joined their hands to design new and traditional fabric and attires in heritage handwoven silk that speak of the ancient and contemporary cultural connectivity between Bangladesh and Thailand- two Bay of Bengal countries.
We are also very excited that fifteen top models from Bangladesh, ten beauty pageants of Thailand, fifteen top celebrity Thai Models and ten Thai models from AULA have embellished the threads of heritage show-symbolic of the threads of friendship between our two Bay of Bengal nations.
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