The audience had a chance to see with their own eyes the beauty of Vietnam’s Ao dai via collections that were created with different styles, each symbolizing one period of development in the history of the traditional costume. Famous Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh introduced her collections during three parts of the showcase.
The evening show started with the collection called “Past and Present” with the return of classical and alluring costumes. All of them were made from silk and decorated with the image of the lotus flower. Designer Minh Hanh skillfully combined colours and materials to make every design elegant and lissome. The graceful beauty of Hanoi girls was clearly seen in the designs with deep, hot colours of dark brown, indigo, dark blue, red, orange and yellow.
 

If the first part impressed the viewers with classical beauty, the second part called “Borderless Ao dai” showed images of Vietnam in the process of integration. Originating from patterns and designs of the traditional costumes of some foreign countries such as South Korea, India, China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand, designer Minh Hanh created a unique collection that combined the Vietnamese traditional style. For instance, she used the colours of the Sari, the brocade patterns of the Xa rong (the traditional winding skirt of the Kh’mer) and the image of the cherry blossom in the Kimono. The collection helped create new ideas in decorating the Vietnamese Ao dai.
The fashion evening ended with Ao dai designs for dynamic and creative women in modern society. All designs were creatively modern, attractive and highly applicable.
The fashion show left a long-standing impression on the audience and gave them a thorough view of the traditional Ao dai of the Vietnamese.