



SEAsTra exclusively markets Unique, Hand Made Women’s Accessories. SEAsTra’s clients include upscale fashion boutiques, multiple location boutiques,
also hospital and museum shops.
SEAsTra offers: Hand Woven Silk Shawls and Scarves; Handcrafted Jewelry; Hand Stitched and Hand Woven Cotton Fabric Handbags; Hand Stitched
Cotton Fabric Sandals; Handcrafted, Hand Embroidered Hmong and Lahu Cotton, Specialty Bags; Handcrafted and Adorned Designer Handbags; Hand
Painted Silk/Cotton Shawls; and Hand Woven, Open Weave Cotton Scarves. SEAsTra is a wholesale supplier of handcrafted women’s apparel, accessories,
jewelry and leather trimmed bags, and adheres to the principles of Fair Trade.
The Lahu villagers in the mountains outside Chiang Mai, Thailand craft eco-friendly cotton Handbags,, and also Footwear primarily from hand stitched or
hand woven legacy fabric, the fabric having originally been made for ceremonial or festive costumes. The craftsmen who fashion the handbags travel to the
traditional Lahu mountain villages of northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam as well as southern China securing beautiful, exquisite, multi-color, floral design
fabric. The craftsmen then fashion a variety of styles and sizes of handbags, some with leather trim, which complement both casual and formal outfits. The
craftsmen also fabricate a variety of styles of Sandals, Clogs and Espadrilles in sizes (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) which express a classy and unique casual look. The
Lahu craftsmen in cooperation with their Hmong neighbors craft eco-friendly, hand stitched and hand embroidered cotton specialty bags.
Sakchira has created over 100 original artistic designs to be hand painted on silk, silk/cotton blend, jersey fabric and chiffon shawls. Recently added are
Infinity Scarves and Square Scarves. At his studio in northeastern Thailand, Sakchira of Baisri Creations, instructs and personally supervises a small number
of select local artisans who hand paint the designs on the various fabrics. Being hand painted, the individual designs are repeated rather than duplicated. This
results in each shawl being a Unique Work of Art.
Sakchira, an established Professor of Art, has set up the studio in his home region in northeastern Thailand. He has fashioned original, distinctive, hand
painted and elaborately hand adorned Designer Handbags and Shoulder Bags. Local artisans hand paint and hand adorn the fabric for the bags and craft them
under his direction in contemporary Lanna style. Being individually hand made by several individual artisans, each handbag represents a Unique Work of Art.
Ban Bauk Ped Bags, located in a community just outside of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, utilizes hand embroidered, Hill Tribe legacy fabrics collected
from artisans in local mountain valleys to fashion exquisite hand bags that combine traditional patterns and colors with original and functional designs.
A cooperative group of skilled Artisans in rural Lamphun, in northern Thailand, Boon Unique Textiles, hand weave cotton with a unique, ‘fuzzy’, variation
to fashion truly original and distinctive handbags and scarves.
Theong Pour Sewing, fashions distinctive bags made from hand embroidered Hill Tribe, primarily Hmong, fabrics obtained from the rural villages throughout
northern Thailand. The artisans are all members of one traditional, extended family working cooperatively to celebrate and enhance the original designs of the
recycled, repurposed, legacy fabrics.
In rural Udon Thani Province of northeastern Thailand, local Artisans hand weave silk fabric for their traditional ceremonial and festive clothing. Excess silk is
recycled and repurposed to make hand sewn yoyo buds which are fashioned into unique and exquisite scarves. Kampung Silk is also known for its Batik,
hand dyeing, designs on silk fabric.
SEAsTra was founded in 2005 by George Meck, a graduate of the University of Arizona and former director of research in the Singapore office of an
American international market research firm. A certified SCUBA Instructor, George moved to Thailand and was actually on the water during the disastrous
tsunami of 2004; that business opportunity was effectively eliminated. An interest in ethnic arts and crafts led to establishing his firm.
Pursuing that interest, SEAsTra continuously searches for and identifies local Artisans and rural groups throughout Thailand. SEAsTra engages them over
time to foment sustainablity and to further develop their traditional skills and to collaborate with them to expand those skills in order to craft products that
will appeal to the contemporary fashion market. SEAsTra subscribes to a Fair Trade business model; we work only with groups which allow us to visit and
observe the products being made, guaranteeing that proper business practices are adhered to. SEAsTra is a member of Fair Trade Los Angeles and of the
Fair Labor Association.
The CEO of SEAsTra lives in Thailand and speaks Thai; this permits us to work directly, on-site with the Artisan groups to promote high quality,
marketable products in both traditional and contemporary designs, and to assist the Artisans in achieving economic security and self-sufficiency. Subscribing
to a Fair Trade business model, SEAsTra ensures that all groups adhere to fair labor practices, guaranteeing safe working conditions and appropriate living
wages for all members, and that child labor is strictly prohibited. All of the products we represent are made through cottage industries using time-honored
methods. SEAsTra considers it a point of pride to have established a collaborative and supportive relationship with the Artisans with whom we work.
SEAsTra, having representatives in Los Angeles, California, Athens, Georgia, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, is a Fair Trade wholesale supplier of women’s
apparel and accessories; hand made silk shawls and scarves. SEAsTra regularly exhibits at trade shows in New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco,
and Los Angeles. Additional web search categories are: Fair Trade, Jim Thompson, Pashmina, Siam Silk, wedding, bridal, bridesmaids and formal wear.