Designer to join in US fashion show
Vietnamese fashion designer Le Thanh Phuong will produce 30 sets of Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dress) for a fashion show in New York City on January 25-27.
The show, which is part of the Asian Lunar Year 2013 programme at the American Museum of Natural History, will present different traditional Vietnamese styles of Ao Dai, said Tran Thang, the president of the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE).
He said the IVCE is proud to be organizing this event, along with a Dong Ho folk painting and calligraphy exhibition that is also part of the programme.
It is a dynamic time in New York City to showcase the beauty of Vietnam to the greater public, said Thang.
The institute, a non-profit organization founded in New York in 2000, has been screening five short films from Vietnam at colleges and universities in New York, Washington and California from October through December.