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Lanna Classic Design began business in March of 2001 when
Suttida "Tui" Vongvichit, a Bangkok Based Flight Attendant for
Northwest Airlines, began buying purses and basket on her
travels with her family in the North and Northeast of Thailand
and selling them to the gift shops around Bangkok. Business was
good and her contacts in the villages grew but she realized what
she had to offer was the same as everyone else. In mid 2002 she
began producing her own designs which were in much demand by her
customers, due to their unique styles and high quality and later
that same year started manufacturing other designers custom
work.
In 2003, Tui resigned her position at
the Airline to devote herself full time to the growing business,
expanding the product line from the original Water Hyacinth and
Bamboo products into Jute, Palm Leaf and Rattan with Silk
arriving in 2004. The year 2003 also saw the Lanna Classic
Design name begin traveling to the foreign Trade Shows with 2006
the busiest - 6 shows in five different countries.
Today, Lanna Classic Design is Registered
Corporation (NO. 010865701284) in The Kingdom of Thailand, has
an in house design team and a network of 14 Villages in Rural
Thailand who specialize in the different weaving products. Lanna
Classic Design now exports their products worldwide with 2005
seeing destinations of Australia, the Americas, Europe, Asia and
the Middle East.
Lanna Classic Design's goal is to showcase
products that appeal to the global community but are still made
by the age old techniques and traditions of Thailand. To give
the buyer a feel for the products uniqueness in its own sense of
being a hand-made product of the artisan or master-craftsperson
involved and promote the economy of the artisans by helping them
maintain their traditional skills.
Affiliations and Achievements:
- Member of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
- Department of Export Promotions
Intertrader
- Department of Export Promotions Approved
Trade Partner
- 2005 - Silk Purses chosen by the Thai
Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Gifts and handed out on their
worldwide missions.
Lanna Classic Design 2010 Trade Show
Calendar:
- Bangkok International Gift Show, Bangkok,
Thailand - April 20th - 25th
- Tokyo Int'n. Gift Show, Tokyo Exhibition
Center, Japan - Sept. 7th - 10th
- Bangkok International Gift Show, Bangkok,
Thailand -Oct. 19th - 24th
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