Thai fisherman pants

The Thai fisherman pants ( Thai: กางเกง เล, ISO transliteration: kāngkeng le; pronunciation in IPA: [ ka ː NKE ː ŋ le ː ]; Burmese: ရှမ်း ဘောင်းဘီ; pronunciation in IPA: [ ʃá báʊ bì ] ) is a wrap pants, worn mainly in Southeast Asia. The pants is understood as a unisex garment and can be found mainly in Thailand but also in Laos and Cambodia as well as in the eastern areas of Myanmar.

Although fisherman pants were formerly made ​​only in one size, it is quite possible today to acquire long pants. The traditional fisherman pants enough a man in those regions normally to the calf. Some craft shops in Thailand have adjusted to the fact that, increasingly, tall Europeans wear their products. The length of the pants is adjusted by a particular winding method. So they always adapts to the body. It is produced mainly from cotton, but also of rayon. The wrap pants are also worn by backpackers in the countries concerned.

• Pants
• Kostümkunde (Asia)
• Costume design (Thailand)