In the 19th and early 20th century, Thai courtiers wore specific colours matched to each day of the week, believing that this would bring good luck. The memoirs of HSH Princess Chongchitrathanom Diskul (1886-1978), daughter of Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, described how fashionable women at the court of her uncle King Rama V followed the lucky colours for each day by wearing one shade for their hip wrappers and another for their shoulder cloths.
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