Abstract:
Significance and meaning of dress have been attracted with the wide variety of disciplines such
as socio-culture, anthropology, economics, history, philosophy. In this article I concentrate on
the actual task of the chest piece of King Kirti Sri Rajasimhe (1747-1782 AD) of the Kandyan
Kingdom of Sri Lanka, by analyzing its usage in a wider socio-cultural context. Strategic effects
required in the material properties of dress and their expressive ability were examined. The
objective of the study is to discuss the actual task of the dress by analyzing its usage in a wider
socio-cultural context. The research is a qualitative data analysis primary and secondary data
were gathered and analyzed. It can be suggested from this research that even though the factors
affect theories may change time to time the theory or the concept will remain the same. It was
found that the dress, adornments, accessories all, equally contribute to maintain social class,
wealth, power of the wearer.
