Modern Thai Silk debuted at Expofil in Paris.

Most people would probably conjure up images of smiling faces when the country Thailand is mentioned, a much-favoured holiday destination that is often referred to as the land of smiles, but do we think of Thai Silk when we think about modern fabrics?

Acknowledging that its national fabric may have lost much of its lustre, so to speak, the Thailand Textile Institute took to participating in the Expofil yarn fair, held during the prestigious Premiere Vision Pluriel in Paris (last held February 17-20) to promote its debut collection of Modern Thai Silk.

Presented for the first time to the global fashion textiles industry, the new silk collection  featured  some 50 prototypes, including knitted and woven qualities, some are in melange yarns blended with cotton or linen to create hybrid qualities, as well as dyed in a myriad of hues, may have a high-twist yarn or light as chiffon, in a wide range of colours.

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Photo by Lucia Carpio for My Fashion Connect

Sitting for Paolo Galetto, the Italian illustrator and artist at Premiere Vision in Paris.

On the invitation of GB network and Miroglio Textile, during the prestigious Premiere Vision trade fair in Paris in February 18-20, My Fashion Connect was able to preview the new fabric designs that form part of Miroglio's ‘Metri d’Arte’ project, featuring an iconic set of three figurative designs by Italian artist Paolo Galetto. 
  

As explained by Elena Miroglio, vice-president of the Miroglio Group, (on the right in this picture with Paolo Galetto) this was an initiative to show off the company's state-of-the-art digital printing technology, combined with the talent of the artist, bringing  together industrial production and artistic creativity,  

The project is proof of the high regard Miroglio Textiles holds for art and creativity. 

  

Paolo is well known for his fashion water colour images and illustrations, and was enthusaistic in showing his portfolio of portraits of famous faces and personalities. Among his commission works have been female portraits created for Vogue Italia magazine.

Thus it was a great honour that Paolo, when out of the blue, he offered to do a portrait of Lucia Carpio, editor of My Fashion Connect. This was indeed a proposition one can't refuse. 

So here's the finished work after the sitting for half an hour.  
Bravo indeed!

Italian illustrator and artist Paolo Galetto, who lives between Turin and Paris, has worked for many years as a visual artist, creating hundreds of storyboards for some of the most renowned film studios of the world, as well as portraits of Italy's influential writers and intellectuals.

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