Ao is one of the few pure Vietnamese words (such as fish sauce, noodles, spring rolls ...) long, were foreigners from the former use the Vietnamese language, without translation, and the text is capitalized, no mark: AO DAI. As such, the dress became a symbol of beauty in the wearing of the Vietnamese culture, is known to the world, recognition and praise.

It is no coincidence, the Miss Vietnam, in the contest in the country, were selected performances dress in ethnic costumes. And indeed beautiful, when Miss foreigners came to in 2007, on the beach of Nha Trang has the most beautiful series of pictures showing long dress can be in . So, enough reasons to historical and aesthetic showed that culture has a long dress in , and not just in ...
1. Cultural identity of the dress:
Times about the source of the long dress tops charming Vietnam today, can be found on culture of women wearing the Red River Delta farmers, with rice culture civilized countries of the region specific culture of origin: Asia Northern Territory.
As theater artists rowing Vietnam tour in Europe, and in general, in Western theater, things to do "cool" Western public is the most beautiful back label text, the identity of her body training rowing, with all three crash seven complete mess dress their characters in several rowing ancient English folk tingle in Vietnam: Market color, declined, Thi Phuong, regularly Van Dop mother, Dao Hue, Dao Loading ... Although they are trained or training differences ripe, "mature" good kind, faithful, full of mercy regular meals, beautiful as the beauty who declined, Thi Phuong, or "difference" as the Color Marketing, regularly Van, very hot ... wanted, due to, differences chao, they all have to wear for a beautiful finish. And by this, the cultural identity of the costumes on stage rowing rowing training from member shares, from ancient times has been the cultural studies "indicated" that the four dresses body (more common than in Austria relatives, are collectively called ao dai), often dressed in women's festival of North Delta, the most typical culture of rice cultivation by the people of Vietnam. However, the researchers wear culture of Vietnam, said: From 1945 to TK XIX, in central and South, as well as in some northern areas, it was "simplifying" the dress, wear dress even hard work, such as burden gong ...
This is a cultural region, basically, was born four coal shirt three bunch of seven, and in turn went to the folk literature and modern literature in the twentieth century. In particular, it was enthroned in the poet's poems Poetry Page: Nguyen Binh, Nguyen bad French. Later, the poet again Kinh Bac Hoang Cam, also love the complete consensus has love her dress, in the famous contest: Chan home, I go to Huong pagoda, and something cotton ...
Original beauty of the dress from the body, she opened seven senses, which is the beauty foot home, first in dress designs give up the body. Long dress from the body, two layers, two ties before letting go a long skirt covering the heel, just type "skirt Dinh Bang let's sagging hammock" that girls wore in the old moon "is flower" by Hoang Cam, as lost souls chickened boy to follow her pendant. abandoned, may quite large, but not release the information, which is tight to tighten the wearer's back honey, waist band with two natural colors of flowers and green. Inside blouse dress is more vibrant color: lemon yellow, peach, chicken fat, water ... lakes nested together, the "mess she opened seven" (South hot, just wear two shirts cage, called a "shirt pair "). Inside the blouse is lined his affection, with the colors: crimson (for festivals), brown, white ..., usually as sewing clothes Border hand ... so round, hugging the shoulder, and neck collar is tenderness. Bib and garment-dressed girls of North Country Business and beautiful to the extent of the ca dao, sang folk songs for the family every few hundred years Huế in Kinh Bac, love each other to the point of take off rings, remove hats, undress, then both ... minded affection for each other, lying on her house, ring the bridge fell, fly hats, shirts also ... flying by the end of cynicism. Treatment yet? How cute is the same, the story is finished dress in traditional love couples.
2. Vietnamese ao dai is the default integrated East-West cultural
Aesthetic movement from traditional dress to four relatives Vietnamese ao dai the first 30 years of TK XX, because the merits of the two artists "Western learning", which is a student of Arts College of Indochina: Le Prussia and the Wall Cat. Two artists have improved quarter-shirt dress itself into two traditional ties, with many stylish extract rich in waist: width narrow, carved in stock: boat neck, lotus leaf, neck, neck, heart, burns By evening dress of French ... Perhaps impressed by the name "weird", so the French name long coat under the name Cat Tuong, which is understood in terms Han Vietnam: Cat Tuong is lucky, good , they misunderstood the meaning in French clothes "wall" (lemur). Thus, all the dress of this initial period, are known collectively as the name boulevard jacket muya. This name also after treatment, half western half of , but the dress is so beautiful, for women in urban Vietnam Vietnam early twentieth TK are / were "Westernization." Ao frantic welcome, of course, but Vietnamese women in urban Vietnam early twentieth TK, by tradition, the majority were still not too far "Westernization", it only accepts type dress style simple, large appliance, can not show pictures, do not bunch the waist, high neck discreetly ... Later, the robe is adjusted, filtered through time and modern aesthetics, from clothes "Le Mur" improved into "modern dress", urban women preferred terrible. And it's still too nice for nearly hundred years later, that is, until now, in 2007, and likely long-term good is when it all this century. Who knows, beautiful dress will be beautiful forever ... while the Vietnamese girdle bees, then why not Vietnamese ao dai bees back to honor it?
On the negative positive rate, nice dress on the harmony of Yin and Yang Vietnamese girl body. Calculated from the shoulder to tighten the bottom of slim waist, long dress off the positive city (according to Western wear) of the upper body of a beautiful Vietnamese: long garment collar fit, hugging type three short, rounded shoulders hug , also tight-fitting waist, and split the two sides to dress high, so they always fit a little sexy. (I can think of, modern ao dai beauty tried to hold skin's charming old love of inter, (traditional aesthetic concept: "Men loin tail eel / Woman inter new always beautiful." Of course, it's nice to be back keel bee girl, not "waist cake noodle "woman).
But dress kept "a traditional margin" of ancient cultures long wear, while recording only two discreet ties. Four shirt blouse inside the body may be looming in the neck tenderness, but modern dress is covered, not to open the neck, high collar and hard to be the most popular women. Tran Ngoc Add GS.VS wit remarked that modern dress, habits by keeping it secret from the past, which was the "Royalist than the King", as if to balance the positive trend Chemical properties, slightly tilted to the West itself. Thus, Western dress is very sexy compliment privacy and elegant. Men foreigners easily fall in love the beauty of Vietnamese ao dai dresses other than showing a lot of female flesh Western Europe. Dress with style and unique charm of North-Central-South, in three typical cities: Hanoi, Hue, Saigon, Vietnamese ao dai increasingly attractive in the home and foreign designers inspired , made Vietnamese ao dai increasingly rich and eye-catching, and was brightest international fashion arena.
To overcome the challenges of cultural development in Ao Dai Vietnam, that gesture is not only culture of particular interest. Regrettable that in Vietnam, has not matched a particular platform technology fashion Vietnamese brands, and the garment, clothing, dress showcase Vietnamese are still the work of the designers work alone and almost alien to the modern development of Vietnamese fashion dress ... not a coincidence, when returning from the Miss International 2007, first runner Dang Minh Thu, when interviewed, confirmed of your choice to dress Vietnam: Apparel finale is in costume choice, and I decided that in Vietnam since I will wear long. I do not imitate anybody, but just wanted to keep the image of gentle daughter, in traditional long dress. When a candidate does not wear that dress, completely different, who does not know will ask "Who's there?" To know which is the . That's what I'm targeting. Long shirt dress is showing off the curves, revealing three rounds, not only for their meat only. I like the long shirt and love (even the final night), because the effort of those who design, sewing and embroidery is very sophisticated, elaborate. They have placed so much hope there. Many people ask me: "Why not wear dresses to unfold?". The answer is I do not like. I was in . Each style and different choices. Long dress shirt is my choice. In , I can wear a dress. But when abroad, I have to wear a certain dress ...