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HCM City to host global fashion week

An international fashion week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City next month with acclaimed Vietnamese designers showing off their collections along with their Asian and international counterparts.

An international fashion week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City nextmonth with acclaimed Vietnamese designers showing off their collectionsalong with their Asian and international counterparts.

Theforeign designers include French duo Livia Stoianova and YassenSamouilov and Italian Antonio Grimaldi, who will be making their maidenappearance in Vietnam .

Korea 's Zio Song, governor of the Asian Couture Federation and renowned menswear designer, will present the closing show.

FrederickLee of Singapore and Nguyen Cong Tri of Vietnam will also showcasetheir latest collections alongside invited members Tamae Hirokawa(SOMARTA) of Japan , Roj Singhakul (ISSUE) of Thailand , andTsolmandakh Munkhuu (Tsolo Munkh) of Mongolia .

FrankCintamani, founding president of the ACF and chairman of FIDe FashionWeeks, said the event will herald a key milestone in Vietnam 's fashionhistory with the presence of many international designers alongsidethose from Vietnam .

It will be an opportunity toencourage and recognise designers who are not afraid to be experimentalin their creations to push their own boundaries amongst other talentedavant-garde designers, he added.

Representing Vietnam will be eight other talented designers, including Adrian Anh Tuan, Chung Thanh Phong, and Thanh Nga.

LeThi Quynh Trang, founder of Multimedia Joint Stock Company, said: "Theevent will be a unique showcase of the exceptional design talent thatexists in Vietnam .

The recognition of the artistry andworkmanship of our designers will be brought to new heights by placingthem on a truly international platform."

Emily Hwang, vicepresident of the ACF, said the rapid growth and expansion of Vietnamin recent years and the opening up of its fashion industry made it avery attractive market for designers.

The Vietnam International Fashion Week will take place at the Gem Convention Centre in District 1 from December 1 to 6.

Co-hostedby FIDe Fashion Weeks and Multimedia Joint Stock Company, it issupported by the ACF and French fashion school Atelier Chardon Savard.-VNA

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