Vietnamese model Anh Thư in a look by designer Le Thanh Hoa, who will open AVIFW Spring/Summer 2023 with his latest collection called 'Hoa Tren Song Nuoc' (Flowers and the Waves). (Photo: Courtesy of Multimedia JSC)
The event will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 13-17, marking the 15thshow of Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW).
Le Thi Quynh Trang, VIFW president, spoke at the press conference lastWednesday, saying: “After travelling to the world’s leading fashionweeks for three years, I decided to organise the first VIFW show inHCM City in 2014 with the aim of promoting the country’s fashionindustry and turning Vietnam into a destination for international designers andfashion brands.”
Themed 'Shaping the Future', the AVIFW Spring/Summer 2023 will introducenatural fabrics of Vietnam and recycled materials to make the country become apotential market for sustainable fashion in the region and the world,”Trang said.
The fashion week will feature 16 international and Vietnamese designers andfashion brands, the London College for Design & Fashion in Hanoi, andthe Marangoni Fashion Institute in Milan, Italy.
Vietnamese designer Le Thanh Hoa will open the event with his latest collectioncalled “Hoa Tren Song Nuoc” (Flowers and the Waves), featuring dozens ofready-to-wear designs in organza, taffeta, raffia fabric and Ma Chau silkoriginated from the 600-year-old silk village in the central province of QuangNam.
“I use environmentally friendly materials and recycle fabrics to createunique designs in colours of white, silver, and different shades of blue,” hesaid.
Hoa, who was born in 1985 in the southern province of Binh Duong, is a fashiondesign graduate of the HCM City University of Architecture.
He won first prize at Aquafina Pure Fashion in 2009, and then joinedfashion shows such as Đẹp Fashion Show and VIFW. Hoà is also known fordesigning for pageant contests Miss Vietnam and Miss World Vietnam.
The show will also include new collections from designers Fredrick Lee fromSingapore, Xuan Thu Nguyen from the Netherlands, Kobi Levi from Israel, andChristos Chronis from Australia.
Hanoi-based Vu Viet Ha will close the fashion week with designs made of ramiefibre inspired by Vietnamese costumes in the 19th century.
Vietnamese top fashion models like Thanh Hang and Anh Thu, and models fromleading fashion and modelling agencies will take part in the catwalk.
The Vietnam International Fashion Week is a leading fashion event in ASEAN,ranking fourth in Asia after Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai fashion weeks./.
VNA
