BANGKOK, 28 April 2015 (NNT) – Planning to make Thailand the fashion hub of the ASEAN region by 2017, the Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) is working hard to enhance the growing success of the Thai Fashion Industry from the emerging designers to the established fashion houses and to encourage the combination of local Thai arts with the creative ideas of the country’s best designers. At present four fashion concepts have been proposed for designers to use as guidelines.

Arthit Wuithikaro, DIP Director said that the DIP recognizes the importance of Thailand’s fashion industry, as it was worth over 620 billion baht in 2014 and has a continuous expansion rate of around 4-5% a year. Within five years the market value of the fashion industry in Thailand is expected to reach a trillion baht.

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