Raj pattern

Raj pattern (Thai: ราชปะแตน, RTGS: ratcha-pataen, pronounced [râːt.tɕʰā.pā.tɛ̄ːn]) refers either to a Thai men's costume consisting of a white jacket with five buttons, a chong kraben, knee-length socks and slip-on shoes, or to the specific form of the jacket itself. It was worn chiefly during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by government officials and the upper class in Bangkok, and nowadays is used in select circumstances as a national costume. The symbolizes a fusion of Thai tradition and western influences during the era of modernization.