THE CULTURAL CAPITAL REGARDING NATURAL DYEING FROM WHITE TABUN TREE’S BARKTHROUGH THE DESIGN OF RETROSPECTIVE STYLE IN WOMEN'S CLOTHING

Abstract

     The research “The Cultural Capital Regarding Natural Dyeing from White Tabun Tree’s Bark (Xylocarpus Granatum) through the Design of Retrospective Style in Women's Clothing” aims to; 1) study the Samut Songkhram Province’s cultural capital regarding natural dyeing from white Tabun Tree’s bark, 2) study the design of natural tie-dye fabric patterns from White Tabun Tree’s bark, 3) study the design and cutting of Retrospective Style in Women's Clothing, and 4) study the community development staff’s satisfaction through the Retrospective style in women's clothing by the cultural capital regarding natural dyeing from White Tabun Tree’s Bark. The research applied the Mixed-method research design, both quantitative and qualitative methods. Observation from the experiment, dept interviews, and the pattern development together with the Retrospective Design in Women's Clothing were used as data collection. Then, the data were evaluated by the expert group, the example group, and the Samut Songkhram community development staff group with totaling number of 20 people.
     The result was found that the Khao Yi San, Samut Songkhram Province community enterprise group’s cultural capital regarding natural dyeing method from white Tabun Tree’s bark gave brown color, and especially applying with the ash water resulted the coloring aid. Therefore, the boiling, extracting and dyeing process made tie-dyed fabric from White Taboon Tree’s bark more durable in washing, more color fastness to water, and more color fastness to light. For the design of the tie-dye pattern, it came out with Shibori Tie-dye pattern with the Tabun leaves and flowers design while the design of retro-style women's dresses, there was a result of circle skirt, Pattern 1, an A-Line set pattern, and Pattern 2, a blouse and a circle skirt like in Pattern 1. The result of the evaluation of the pattern showed the highest satisfaction at the average of 3.94. For the design of retro-style women's clothing, it was found that the respondents were satisfied with the design of retro style women's clothing in an A-Line set pattern with a circle skirt design in the highest level of satisfaction at the average of 4.10.