Hanoi (VNA) -A rare Vietnamese satin, called My A, will be featured in clothes for women andmen by young fashion designers at the catwalk event "The Dreamers" inHCM City next month.
More than 75 designs selected from the latest collections by Hang Nguyen, HuynhTien, Nguyen Minh Cong, and Juun Dang Dung will be presented.
Highlighted clothes will be ready-to-wear productions in My A satin, which isoften used in ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress).
“We spent a fact-finding trip to Hong Ngu district in An Giang province, whichhas been famous for its traditional satins My A and Tan Chau for severalhundred years. We met and learnt a lot from local artisans who have worked hardto keep their handicraft alive,” said Cong, a top-five finalist in ProjectRunway Viet Nam 2014, a Vietnamese version of the American reality TVshow.
“We used My A satin in our designs because of its beauty and quality,” he said.
In 2003, My A was introduced in designs for the collection Mo Ve Chau A (Dreamof Asia) by Vo Viet Chung, who had just returned home after a two-year trainingcourse organised by the Europe Fashion Federation in Italy and Denmark.
Chung’s clothes in My A left a strong impression on audiences.
Later, Chung displayed his collection on the Mega-F Diamond Cruise Shipchartered by the Fashion TV (FTV) channel. The five-star cruise ship firstarrived in HCM City’s Nha Rong Wharf in 2008, after stops in several Asiancountries including Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.
His collections in Vietnamese silk and satin were broadcast on the FTV channelin 2010.
“Through The Dreamers, we hope to encourage the use of Vietnamese materials infashion,” said female designer Hang Nguyen.
The Dreamers will also kick off the AMI Fashion Show, a non-profit fashionproject promoting young fashion models and designers launched by a group ofyoung enterprises.
The show will take place at 8pm on October 13 at Adora Luxury in 198 Hoang VanThu street in Phu Nhuan district.-VNA