Dep Fashion Show wins Asian fashion award

The annual fashion show launched by Vietnam Pictorial’s publication, Dep magazine, won a prize at the second Fashion Asian Award (FAA) 2011, in Dalian city, China on April 29.
The annual fashion show launched by Vietnam Pictorial’s publication, Depmagazine, won a prize at the second Fashion Asian Award (FAA) 2011, inDalian city, China on April 29.

The ninth DepFashion Show (DFS) named “Dreaming” beat two nominees, Japan ’s “MissWalkway Collection” show and India ’s “Making the Cut” show, to winthe prize in the category of Asian Top Fashionable Contest of the Year.

FAA 2011 awarded prizes in 19 categories tocandidates from 12 regional countries and territories including Vietnam, mainland China , Thailand , India , Sri Lanka , Indonesia , thePhilippines , Singapore , Japan , the Republic of Korea ,Mongolia and Taiwan ( China ).

Besides DFS, Vietnam also has nominees in categories of Top Fashion Model and Top Fashionable Creative Design.

The first FAA was held in Hangzhou city, China in Feb, 2009 with theparticipation of contestants from nearly 10 countries, who decided toestablish the Asian Fashion Media Association (AFMA) with 17communications agencies from eight countries including Malaysia, Japan,Mongolia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and China./.

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