Abstract:
Eclectic fashion is considered to be a selecting what appears to best in various styles.
Furthermore it could be identified as deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad and diverse range of
sources. During the Kotte period in Sri Lanka Portuguese influences affected the fashion of the royalty
due to changing their religion to Christianity. Ultimately they embraced western lifestyleandpartly
abandoned their jewelry bedecked bare upper body style and combined a western stitched long sleeved
loose jacket with the existing clinging draped cloth. Subsequently the early phases of the Kandyan
King‘s attire totally ignored the traditional lower long cloth and adopted the western trousers with long
sleeved jacket. They became fashion fanatics and eager to acquire many fashion details from different
fashion sources. The literary evidences proved that the royal males had an exotic taste. They were not
hesitating to get inspired from the west and produce their own fashion.This paper explores emerging
sartorial complexities of dress composition which entailed an eclectic fashion movement in Sri Lanka.
