Autumn and winter collection by 18 Vietnamese and foreign designers will
take the stage at Vietnam Fashion week, which will kick off on the
night of April 18 at Hanoi ’s Daewoo Hotel.
The highlights
of the week include a collection by French designer Francoise Hoffmann
that features fashion made from silk and sheep fur in a technique that
does note use any stitches.
Vietnamese designer Minh Hanh said
the French designer was an innovator. “Hoffmann is a pioneer in world
fashion who is using traditional techniques with a combination of
different materials.”
Based in Lyon , Hoffmann is a designer for French haute couture firm Lanvin.
Leading local designers to feature their work at the three-day event
include Hanoi-based Vu Viet Ha, who will spotlight traditional
hand-knitting in his collection inspired by images of people in northern
mountainous region. Ha combines materials such as wool, denim and silk
in the collection.
Veteran designer Trong Nguyen has showcased
his creativity at many past fashion weeks and this year presents fashion
made by “three-dimensional cutting technology.”
Nguyen will
also help showcase work by six-member team of young designers form the
Viet Thang brand at the fashion week. Their collection will be sashayed
by models tonight to kicking off the week of fashion.
Scottish
patterns inspired designers from the Redwood group, whose clothes create
the image of a young tomboy in a short jacket and tartan skirt made
from felt cloth in reds, blacks and greys.
Another highlight
during the week is a collection tilted Music from Hanoi based
Chula brand. The Music collection will reflect the designer’s love for
music. The clothes are limited to the two basic and made form different
materials such as black taffeta, khaki, velvet, denim and wool.
The music theme is featured in 30 fashion designs that combine
Vietnamese and Spanish music melodies of flamenco and ca tru (ceremonial
singing). The designer also uses graphic designs featuring Vietnamese
musical instruments in his collection.
The first Vietnam
Fashion Week was held in 1990 and has since become the main annual event
for the Vietnamese fashion industry.-VNA