Women, who are front and center in these protests, have strung up their htameins, the traditional sarong worn in Myanmar, and their underwear and bras on clotheslines around protest zones.

YANGON -- Fewer people in Myanmar wear traditional longyi attire on a daily ... "This is our top seller," said the owner of a clothing store in Yangon, the country's biggest city, pointing ...

Models present traditionally inspired designs at the Myanmar women's ... like skirt－to a flirty pleated dress. "We Burmese really care about our ethnic and traditional clothes," she says in ...

as well as form-fitting Myanmar traditional wear. But while the country’s youth have embraced modern clothing and pop culture, attitudes are slow to evolve and the conservative society still ...

People from Myanmar who lived in the US were also able to send Lwin a traditional dress to walk the stage for the national costume contest. Read next BI Tech Memo ...