One of the most anticipated fashion events of the year, Dep Fashion Show (DFS), will take place in Hanoi on Oct. 30.
Entitled Dreaming, the one-night event will not simply be a fashionshow, but incorporate a large-scale performance combining differentcontemporary art forms, including dancing, acrobatics, installation andvisual art.
"DFS has built up its own reputationthrough eight previous shows, which gathered not only talenteddesigners, but also leading directors, artists and models," said DFS'sgeneral director, famous choreographer Le Vu Long.
The show will showcase collections by four designers.
"With the theme of Dreaming, each designer will express their ownindividual dream, thus partly presenting a ‘common dream' of the societyto which they belong," Long said.
The idea of otherplanets in the universe together with extra-terrestrial life inspiredHanoi-based designer Kelly Bui's The Gioi Sieu Tuong (SurrealisticWorld) collection.
Expressing femininity with silkand satin details, the collection Mo (Dreaming) by HCM City-baseddesigner Hoang Ngan tells the romantic love story of a girl.
The only foreign designer at the show, Juliane Kunze, will present hercollection Du Muc (Nomad). The nomadic life of the Roman people,passionate flamenco dances and the dramatic gesticulations of matadorsinspired the German designer's creations.
Budapest-based overseas Vietnamese designer Luu Anh Tuan, who isregarded as a phenomenon of Hungarian fashion, will also join otherdesigners to introduce his collection.
Graduatedfrom the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Tuan wasawarded the ‘Young Designer of the Year' by the Hungarian FashionDesigners Association in 2008. His creations, which are of a significantand constructive geometric shape, have been presented in Budapest, NewYork, Prague, Helsinki, Berlin, and London. His unique designs alsoappeared in various famous fashion magazines, including Glamour, MarieClaire, InStyle, and Elle.
His Cau Chuyen Ke(Telling Story) collection for Dep Fashion Show is a combination ofmodern western features and traditional oriental shapes. The collectionconsists mainly of Asian materials such as hand-woven satin and silkvelvet.
The show is expected to be a visual banquetwith artists including musician Tri Minh, choreographers Tran Thanh Nam,Do Hoang Thu Ngoc, Quach Hoang Diep, acrobat Ngo Le Thang, and visualartist Nguyen The Hung.
Around 60 models will take the stage on Oct. 30.
In order to offer people a chance to learn more about the show, anexhibition showcasing sketches and completed creations is slated to openon Oct.26 at The Garden Building in Tu Liem district.
The exhibition, which runs until Oct.29, will also present creationsby eight young promising designers from the London Centre for FashionStudies in Hanoi.
Visitors to the exhibition willalso have a chance to get a back stage peek at what goes on behind thescenes for the first time.
Coorganised by Dep(Beauty) magazine, Le Media and Le Bros, the DFS will start at 8pm atThe Garden Building, Me Tri Road, Tu Liem district, Hanoi on Oct. 30./.
Entitled Dreaming, the one-night event will not simply be a fashionshow, but incorporate a large-scale performance combining differentcontemporary art forms, including dancing, acrobatics, installation andvisual art.
"DFS has built up its own reputationthrough eight previous shows, which gathered not only talenteddesigners, but also leading directors, artists and models," said DFS'sgeneral director, famous choreographer Le Vu Long.
The show will showcase collections by four designers.
"With the theme of Dreaming, each designer will express their ownindividual dream, thus partly presenting a ‘common dream' of the societyto which they belong," Long said.
The idea of otherplanets in the universe together with extra-terrestrial life inspiredHanoi-based designer Kelly Bui's The Gioi Sieu Tuong (SurrealisticWorld) collection.
Expressing femininity with silkand satin details, the collection Mo (Dreaming) by HCM City-baseddesigner Hoang Ngan tells the romantic love story of a girl.
The only foreign designer at the show, Juliane Kunze, will present hercollection Du Muc (Nomad). The nomadic life of the Roman people,passionate flamenco dances and the dramatic gesticulations of matadorsinspired the German designer's creations.
Budapest-based overseas Vietnamese designer Luu Anh Tuan, who isregarded as a phenomenon of Hungarian fashion, will also join otherdesigners to introduce his collection.
Graduatedfrom the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Tuan wasawarded the ‘Young Designer of the Year' by the Hungarian FashionDesigners Association in 2008. His creations, which are of a significantand constructive geometric shape, have been presented in Budapest, NewYork, Prague, Helsinki, Berlin, and London. His unique designs alsoappeared in various famous fashion magazines, including Glamour, MarieClaire, InStyle, and Elle.
His Cau Chuyen Ke(Telling Story) collection for Dep Fashion Show is a combination ofmodern western features and traditional oriental shapes. The collectionconsists mainly of Asian materials such as hand-woven satin and silkvelvet.
The show is expected to be a visual banquetwith artists including musician Tri Minh, choreographers Tran Thanh Nam,Do Hoang Thu Ngoc, Quach Hoang Diep, acrobat Ngo Le Thang, and visualartist Nguyen The Hung.
Around 60 models will take the stage on Oct. 30.
In order to offer people a chance to learn more about the show, anexhibition showcasing sketches and completed creations is slated to openon Oct.26 at The Garden Building in Tu Liem district.
The exhibition, which runs until Oct.29, will also present creationsby eight young promising designers from the London Centre for FashionStudies in Hanoi.
Visitors to the exhibition willalso have a chance to get a back stage peek at what goes on behind thescenes for the first time.
Coorganised by Dep(Beauty) magazine, Le Media and Le Bros, the DFS will start at 8pm atThe Garden Building, Me Tri Road, Tu Liem district, Hanoi on Oct. 30./.
