The charming, neatly fitting outfit highlights the beautiful strong curves of Thai girls; men's clothing is simple, close to the landscape environment, not showy and picky ...

These are traditional costumes made from brocade material of Thai women themselves in Mai Chau district. Costumes of Thai Mai Chau people have many similarities, close to the costumes of the Muong ethnic people is a testament to the solidarity and cross-cultural of the two ethnic groups.

1. Men's wear
The casual outfit of Thai men in Mai Chau is simple, close to the landscape environment and the way does not require showy and sophisticated.

Coat: There are short sleeves and long dresses.
Short coat: This is the everyday wear of Thai men in Mai Chau, sewn by grafting on four bodies, two front and back sides, split chest, on both sides of the brace attached to buttons and buttons. Stand-up collar, height of 2 cm, long sleeves dotted with wrist, moderately wide may be rolled up to elbow Inside the shoulder, padded with a lotus-shaped cloth. the shirt has three pockets, consisting of two pockets close to the hem of the front two pockets, a small pocket on the left chest, sometimes with two breast pockets. the shirt splits the flanks on the flanks from below to about 20 cm. The whole body is indigo or black, sewn with a woven fabric.

Ao Dai: Ao Dai is over knee length, slips, there are two ways to attach buttons, the ancient way is to tie the cloth straps on the shoulders and the right side, the chest saws tie the straps to the waistband. The shirt is sewn from fabric or silk, satin.
Pants: straight and wide, long to the heel, wide waistband with leaf pattern. Cotton or indigo-dyed cotton pants, when tied short forward, then tightened with hemp rope.
Headscarf: is a fabric made of indigo dyed cotton thread, about 2m long (the first 3 rounds) about 30cm wide. When the towels are folded, fold the ends of the towels inwards and drop the ends down to the left of the head about 15 cm long. Previously, Thai men in Mai Chau often wore long hair in buns behind their nape, silver brooches or animal bones, homemade wooden clogs, clogs made of hemp twisted through their toes. Currently, Thai men in Mai Chau prefer wearing hats or having their heads bare rather than chit scarf.

Waist band: When having to go away or go to the festival, men often tie a blue or red band around the waist for a neat shirt, fringed scarf to fall in front of the abdomen. Today, the majority require showy and sophisticated. Today, most Thai men in Mai Chau go on business trips or live in towns and town that have adopted modern wear, with casual pants, shirts, shoes and sandals. In addition, Thai young men and women in Mai Chau also choose a variety of industrial fabrics with all kinds of colors and materials to make costumes.

2. Women's clothing
Shirt: There are two types of short shirts and long dresses.
Short coat: A casual wear for women, just 60 cm of fabric is needed to make enough clothes. The short shirt has small round neck trimmed at the shoulders to get under the hood when wearing the shirt. The sleeve sews tightly to the arm. The body of the shirt is about 20 - 30 cm long. When you wear it, put it inside the waistband of the skirt. The shirt is usually blue, red, white, purple, often used for elderly women.
Ao Dai: Sew over knee length, split chest, do not close button, do not split flaps, black or indigo blue. Ao dai is usually worn outside for warmth. Everyday, Thai women in Mai Chau wear a white 20 cm wide waistband, the head of the scarf falls to the left hip.

Headscarf: Thai women's headscarf in Mai Chau is similar to the Muong women's headscarf, which is white. When the scarf is folded, fold in half or triple and fold around the head. Some girls often fold a mountain-front scarf.

Jewelry: Thai women like to use jewelry such as: relics, bracelets and bangles (similar to Muong women but usually wear 2-3 bracelets on both wrists), silver rings , silver or gold earrings. Thai women in Mai Chau often wear buns behind their nape, silver brooch or animal brooch. When they were unmarried, they dropped their hair behind their backs, forcing them to change the color of their hairpins, white headscarfs, to white teeth. When married with children, they dyed their teeth black. For the ladies, the indigo blue shirt is always worn by the person, when not wearing it neatly in a basket of betel nut betel worn on the back. Whether rich or poor, the elderly also choose a pair of silver earrings and a silver bracelet (slippery) wearing wristbands as an inviolable memento. When he died, those jewels were buried with him. Nowadays, Thai women in Mai Chau have changed their attire and shirts with industrial textiles. The jewelry such as relics, silver rings ... are rarely used. Particularly, headscarves are both makeup and hair cleaners, which have become the daily life rules of the Thai people in Mai Chau. Therefore, when leaving the house, women necessarily have a headscarf, who is considered to be naked in violation of the rules of life.