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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 24  “First, I invited some ladies who had been to foreign countries as Ambassadors’ wives to dicuss this matter with me and to give their advice about clothing. From these conversations I learned about the dress styles of those who had once been guests of the Royal Family at the garden party of the Court of St. James. I also learned about the clothing styles of the Ambassadors’ wives when they went to meet Heads of States in very grand formal ceremonies. However, my personal advisors all agreed that since these ladies had merely attended ceremonies in their capacity as Ambassadors’ wives overseas, the clothes they had worn had probably not been so stunning. Their recommendation to me was as follows: “Your Majesty is the Queen of Thailand, the fi rst Lady of our country and the representative of Thai women, so your case cannot be the same as ours.” 13 Finally, Her Majesty had to make up her own mind as to the most appropriate dress styles to wear, while accompanying His Majesty to America and Europe. After making some research, Her Majesty’s last decision was to dress in both the Thai and western styles, in trend at the time, similar to King Chulalongkorn, who dressed in ‘English style’, as reported in a Polish newspaper. 14 In the end, Mr. Pierre Balmain, a French designer, who happened to be in Bangkok at the time, came to be Her Majesty’s couturier for western costumes on subsequent occasions. 13 In Memory of the State Visits of His Majesty the King, The Royal Compositions of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit , footnote 9, p. 82. 14 In: Kurier Warszawski (The Warsaw Courier) Morning Aditional Issue dated 3 July 1897. Queen Sirikit on Her Majesty’s State Visits in 1960 and 1962

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