Sentence:  Communism made things even worse by eliminating the export market for locally made textiles and, in some cases, prohibiting the production of silk and the manufacture of clothes. Although traditional <WSD>sins</WSD> were allowed, colorful ones were considered bourgeois and banned. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women.