I'm a self-confessed longyi lover, at last count possessing 32 of these eminently practical and affordable, climatically suitable and often alluring garments worn across large swaths of Southeast Asia ...

The sartorial choices of Myanmar’s men and women quickly catch the eye of any visitor to this tropical Southeast Asian country. Most girls and women, irrespective of age, adorn their cheeks with a ...

A Thai brand's video marketing the humble lungi to American and European markets as "lyongi"—a term used in Myanmar for the garment—has caught social media's fancy. Many online commentators, including ...

It’s 2018 and about time men left the understated behind in favour of something with a jolt of personality. It’s time they threw out their mundane pants and invested in a garment that spoke for itself ...

Protesters in Myanmar have taken to stringing up traditional women's skirts, called longyis, on clothes lines across streets as a way to protect themselves from security forces. According to old ...

- a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma ...