Vietnam celebrities criticised for Ao Dai changes

Several Vietnam celebrities have been criticised for wearing modifications of the country’s traditional long dress, the Ao Dai.

Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung was the target of public outcry after wearing a brocade formal long dress at the recent Spring-Summer Fashion Show in Rome.

The costume was created by Thuy Nguyen. It had dragon designs and sharp lines, off the shoulder and paired with half trousers. Dung also wore a conical Vietnamese hat.

Critics said the design was a “desecration” of the traditional Ao Dai long dress and was too Chinese in style.

Designer Viet Hung told DTiNews, “We should minimise foreign motifs. Inappropriate changes may fail to convey the beauty of Vietnamese traditional costumes.”

Costume researcher Tran Quang Duc, author of “Ngan nam ao mu” (A Thousand Years of Costume), said Dung’s dress resembled Van Cam brocade, of Suzhou, China.

Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy had also caused public controversy for wearing a too thin long dress in fashion photo shoots.

The photos captured Thuy donning a sleek and transparent white Ao Dai in different provocative poses. They were criticised as inappropriate to feminine beauty. She almost lost her title as a result.

Several other Miss Vietnams have been criticised  for wearing transparent and too revealing long dresses, including Miss Sports 2007 Tran Thi Quynh, second runner-up in Miss Vietnam World 2010 Thuy Vy and first runner up in Miss Vietnam World 2010 Hoang My.

Several famous artists were also involved in long dress scandals – Diva Hong Nhung, singer Doan Trang, singer Mai Khoi, and model Ngoc Quyen.

Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung in a formalised long dress.   Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy faced loss of her Miss Vietnam title for provocative Ao Dai.   The first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant Hoang My criticised for too revealing Ao Dai. Singer Mai Khoi’s long dress.

Dtinews

Vietnam celebrities criticised for Ao Dai changes

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