A woman in a flowing silk sarong greets us.

Sidewalks overflowed with street vendors selling shish kebabs, ginseng root, live monkeys and silk sarongs.

A Ralph Lauren blue silk sarong.

Women's clothing was a long silk sarong with flowers painted on it.

Stylish outfits can be assembled from silk sarongs or cashmere sweats.

This had to be the headman, for he was far better dressed than his fellows in a yellow and red silk sarong.

They wrap me in a silk sarong, place a faux gold crown on my head and bid me to sit cross-legged on the floor.

No strollers on the beach and only discreet attendants, in their silk sarongs, disappearing through the doorways of the lobby.

A brilliant blue Cambodian silk sarong hangs on a peg, alongside two cotton bathrobes.

A cotton jacket is $225; a black silk sarong, $260; a midriff top, $135.