Abstract:
The research The Cultural Capital Regarding Natural Dyeing from White Taboon Trees Bark through the Design of Retrospective Style in Women's Clothing aims to; 1) study the Samut Songkhram Provinces cultural capital regarding natural dyeing from White Taboon Trees bark (Xylocarpus granatum), 2) study the design of natural tie-dye fabric patterns from White Taboon Trees bark, 3) study the design and cutting of Retrospective Style in Women's Clothing, and 4) study the community development staffs satisfaction through the Retrospective style in women's clothing by the cultural capital regarding natural dyeing from White Taboon Trees 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 34 people.
The result was found that the Khao Yi San, Samut Songkhram Province community enterprise groups cultural capital regarding natural dyeing method from White Taboon Trees 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 Trees 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 Taboon 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 4.60. 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 4.71.