What Jim Thompson is known for
The Thai Silk Company founded 1950 by the American architect who revived a dying craft and vanished into the Cameron Highlands — hand-woven Thai silk from the Surawong flagship and the Heritage Quarter, dressed The King and I and The White Lotus alike.
In the press
- TIME 2016
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Hand-woven Thai silk and the legend that comes with it.
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