HCM City (VNA) - Fashion designerNguyen Cong Tri will present his latest collection at the four-day VietnamInternational Fashion Spring-Summer Week 2018 (VIFWS 2018) in Ho Chi Minh Cityon April 19.
Tri, a graduate of the HCM City University ofArchitecture’s industrial arts faculty, is a member of the Asian CoutureFederation (ACF). He participated in Tokyo Fashion Week 2016 and 2017.
He has also taken part in leading fashion eventsat home and abroad, including Vietnam Fashion Week, London Fashion Week, OriginPassion and Belief Fair in Vicenza, Italy.
He has also performed as a judge in Vietnameseversions of international TV reality shows like Project Runway and So You ThinkYou Can Dance.
His shops have about 60 designs, mostly elegantand eye-catching pieces in high-quality silk, cotton and wool, as well asaccessories. He designs a new collection every season.
Tri has a staff of more than 50, includingsellers and seamstresses who work for his two shops in districts 1 and 3.
At the four-day event VIFWS 2018, Trí will join30 other foreign and Vietnamese fashion designers and brandname labels.
Featured designers include Ha Linh Thu of Hanoi,Phương My of HCM City, Amis Ananda of Singapore, Idan Laros, Hili Ari and DanaCohen of Israel, and Weill of France. Maison Gattinoni, a luxury fashion brandfrom Italy, will also be featured.
The VIFWS 2018 will include more than 100 itemsto be worn by dozens of fashion models from Hanoi and HCM City.
New collections by Vietnamese brandnames such asPhoenix-V and CANIFA will also be highlighted.
Organised by Multimedia JSC, a leading agencyfor modeling and TV reality show production, the event this year is expected tohelp develop the local industry. Forums and talks on fashion and designwill also be held.
The event is expected to attract 30,000visitors.-VNA