The development of innovative style of gentleman bag from Karen cloth, Lamphun

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to developed innovative style Gentleman Bag from Karen Cloth, Lamphun, and 2) to transfer the technology from innovative style of Gentleman Bag from Karen Cloth to develop the community product standards. A sample was selected from tourists in Lamphun drawn from Purposive sampling including 100 people, and 20 Karen weavers from Phrabat Huai Tom Community, Na Sai Subdistrict, Lamphun Province. The instruments used in this study were satisfaction questionnaires of Gentleman Bag from Karen Cloth, Lamphun and 5 styles of products from Gentleman Bag from Karen Cloth, Lamphun. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results of this research showed that most of the tourists are male, aged between 36 - 45 years, civil servant, and state enterprise employee. The satisfaction with the Gentleman Bag from Karen Cloth was in the highest level, the highest average was the exquisiteness of the product, followed by the durability of the product, the size of the product is suitable for use, decorative materials, and product performance. The transfer of technology from the innovation of the gentleman bag from Karen Cloth, Lamphun province was to develop the standard of community products, found that weavers in Phrabat Huai Tom Community Group, Na Sai Subdistrict, Li District, Lamphun Province have knowledge and understanding of prototype of gentleman's bag products from all 5 styles of Karen weaving. So, the pattern can be cut and sewed correctly according to the prototype. And has guidelines to set standards for products for use as a basis for certification and quality assurance for consumers.