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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 25  On the occasion the Lord Mayor of London arranged a luncheon banquet to take place at Guildhall in honour of Their Majesties, Queen Sirikit wore a Thai costume to Guildhall. 15 At the ball on the last night in London, arranged by the Dutchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra, Queen Sirikit of Thailand and the Thai ladies wore Thai costume now known as “Thai Borom Biman”. This impressive costume, especially with its accessories and ancient belts or waist bands, were extraordinarily elegant and very impressive to the Westerners. 16 Figure 5: Queen Sirikit and Pierre Balmain, Balmain visited Thailand in 1979, K Ӧ nigin Sirikit in: Juwel ihres Landes, p. 217 15 It was a grand banquet and very formal. The Royal Family had arranged many carriages for the transportation. That evening Queen Sirikit was shocked to read large headlines in some newspapers “Queen Sirikit Rode Hatless to Guildhall,”, with pictures in the carriage, for the Thai costumes were not yet known to them. 16 Compare: In Memory of the State Visits of His Majesty the King, The Royal Compositions of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit , footnote 5, p. 110. Pornsan Watanangura