Carol Cassidy, Laos Textiles Workshop and Studio, Vientiane

June 20th, 2006

One of the most famous and the best places to get the quality Laos textile in Vientiane is at “Carol Cassidy Laos Textiles” The studio is locatd in a refurbished French colonial mansion three blocks from the Mekhong River in downtown of Vientiane. There, Carol Cassidy, an American lady who arrived in Laos since 1989 as a textile expert with the United Nations Development Program. In Laos, Carol Cassidy discovered a “weaver’s paradise” a country with a rich history of weaving and an elaborate vocabulary of design motifs. A year later, she started Laos Textiles, among the first commercial weaving workshop in  Laos.

Spcializing in 100 percent hand-woven sil, Carol and the 40 Laos artisans she employs produce exquisitely crafted wall hangings, scarves, shawls and custom furnishing fabrics. Carol’s pieces are displayed in galleries and museums throughout the United States; The Textile Museum in Washington DC, The Philadephia Museum of Art and The Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

I always recommend all our fellow travelers to Laos to stop by for a tour at Carol Cassidy Laos Textile for the best quality place to buy Laos silk.

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