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America’s Next Top Model creator wants to wear ao dai

Former American supermodel Tyra Banks, creator and host of the world- renowned reality show “America’s next Top Model”, has expressed her desire to wear a Vietnamese ao dai at the final show of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011 this weekend. After accepting the invitation from BeU Model and Talent Management, the company which manages the winners of [...]
Miss Vietnam contest in Japan

A qualifying round of the Miss Vietnam Contest in Japan and an art performance to welcome the New Year were held in Kanagawa, Japan on December 25. The event involved twenty-two contestants studying and working in several Japanese provinces. They were all dressed in Ao Dai (traditional long dress) and gala costumes. Tong Kim Giao, [...]
Vietnamese ao dai to be showcased in London

A collection featuring ao dai designed with patterns from the UK’s royal costumes by Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh will be showcased in London next week to mark the occasion that Vietnam Airlines opens direct flights to London from December 8. The collection includes 100 ao dai made by Vietnamese traditional fabrics like silk, brocatelle and [...]
“A glimpse of the past” to honour Vietnamese women and the traditional Ao dai
Ao dai reflects beauty of Vietnamese culture

early 100 models of the traditional long dress ( ao dai ) by fashion designer Pham Quoc Tuan are on display at Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi from Oct. 18-20, as part of activities to mark Vietnamese Women’s Day (Oct. 20). The collection is designed with the lotus – nominated as Vietnam ’s national flower [...]
Hanoi women’s museum to exhibit ao dai

The Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi is exhibiting a collection of ao dai – a traditional Vietnamese dress – to mark Vietnamese Women’s Day October 20. The exhibition, opened on Thursday and running through November, features designer Pham Quoc Tuan’s latest ao dai collection, entitled Quoc sac thien huong (Beauty queen, celestial fragrance), including nearly [...]
Thai Tuan’s new collections inspired from nature

Thai Tuan Group Corporation has launched two new collections of Vietnamese traditional dress ao dai and other dresses for the Autumn-Winter fashion season this year. The dresses are made of silk and voile, with patterns inspired from nature, such as flowers blooming under sunshine, falling yellow leaves, or typical images of Southern Vietnam. The group [...]
Miss Vietnam finalist off to RoK

Truong Tung Lan, who was among the top ten Miss Vietnam 2010 finalists, will be representing her country at the Miss Asia-Pacific International beauty contest in Busan, the Republic of Korea from October 1-15. The 22-year-old will be taking along to the event a traditional ao dai based on Dao-ethnic designs by Lan Huong and [...]



