Fashion week features 1,000 new creations
The extravaganza
will include three nights of ready-to-wear outfits and one haute couture
night at Vietnam Television's S14 studio. Talented
Italian designer Michele Gaudiomonte and Malaysia's Eric Choong will
join 25 Vietnamese to display the integration of local and world trends.
The event proves the rising potential of the domestic fashion industry, said veteran designer Minh Hanh.
Lorenzo Angeloni, Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, said Gaudiomonte was a
talented designer. The Rome Designers' Association has recognised all
of his designs as works of art. He will showcase a collection featuring
the beauty of his country, made with high-grade Italian silk, during the
fashion week.
Meanwhile, Choong is expected to
delight local fashion lovers with a collection that says traditional
values can be promoted through creation and exchange. Choong works with
traditional, hand-painted patterns.
Domestic designers
Hai Sieu, Quoc Khai and Tien Dat, winners of the Muc Tim (Purple Ink)
newspaper's Style Contest 2014, will take part in the event for the
first time.
Sieu, an 18-year-old designer and the
youngest at this year's fashion week, will bring a collection inspired
by the dreams of the younger generation.
Designer Lan Huong, well-known for her ao dai collections, will premiere a set of hand-embroidered silk scarves.
"These scarves, which can be matched with jeans and dresses, make the
attire colourful like flowers blooming in spring and summer," Huong
said.
In addition to individual designers, three
fashion brands, Elise, Charming Lys and GenViet, will also take part.
One brand collection will open each ready-to-wear night.
GenViet will bring new insight into denim material in the company's first showing.
The annual event aims to create a competitive arena for designers,
promote the Vietnamese fashion industry and offer new trends to meet
Vietnamese fashion demand.
"It's a special opportunity
for young talents," said designer Hanh, who founded Vietnam's fashion
weeks. "We expect that through the event where they have to pass many
challenges, they will learn from other designers and grow."
The Italian Embassy will open an exhibition of the collections on
December 8 at Casa Italia, 18 Le Phung Hieu Street in Hanoi. The
exhibition will run during the fashion week.-VNA