Vietnamese traditional dress: Vietnam have been always a unique destination in South east of Asia. Vietnam is full of surprise, from the breathtaking attractions all around the land to the unique lifestyle of its people. here in this article i want to introduce about the National dress of Vietnamese Women, The Beautiful Ao Dai. However, another form of Ao Dai, which is older and still worn by locals is widely known as Ao Tu Than

The Vietnamese Dai dress is considered as a smart garment. Vietnamese women usually wear at important events, parties, weddings, solemn events (such as funerals or other religious ceremonies held in a pagoda). And it is interesting, the girls who go to school and university wear to or from (general students ).

AO DAI: The graceful national dress of Vietnamese women is known as the Pronounced Ow Zai in North and Ow Yai in South Vietnam. An Ao Dai consist of close-fitting blouse with long panels at the front and back that is worn over losse black or white trousers. The outfit was designed for the Vietnamese hot weather, and for that reason is much more common in the South Vietnam and especially in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta and uniquely in Hue Vietnam

Although Ao Dai is impractical for doing stoop labor in the rice paddies, they are considered appropriate for office workers and the female students.

The national day has become a very popular occasion in the contemporary status of Vietnam, people celebrate it in and streets, shopping malls, temples and all city remarks will be decorated with flags of Vietnam. Also, the national day marked as a national holiday.

Men also wore Ao Dai, but these days you are only likely to see this in wedding,  operas or musical performances. The male Ao Dai is shorter and looser fitting than the Females’s version of Ao Dai. Before the end of dynastic rule, the colors of the brocade and embroidery indicate the rank of the wearer. Gold brocade accompanied by embroidered dragons was reserved for the emperor. High ranking mandarins wore purple, while lower-ranking mandarins had to settle for blue.

Ao Dai is versatile and are even considered appropriate for funerals. Mourners usually wear either white or Black Ao Dai, white is traditional color of Mourning in Vietnam. More happily, Ao Dai can be worn to wedding as bright colors with embroidery on the shirt is fitting.

The famous ‘ Black Pyjamas ‘ of the VC, immortalized in numerous Hollywood movies, were not Ao Dai but actually just a common form of rural dress. You will see plenty of people in the countryside wearing ‘ pyjamas ‘ , though not always black.

From 1975 to 1985, Ao Dai were no longer politically correct. Chic baggy military uniforms were all the rage, and Ao Dai disappeared everywhere in Vietnam. Beauty contests – a symbol of bourgeois capitalism – were banned by the communists but were finally permitted again in Ho Chi Minh City in 1989. Swimsuit competitions were not permitted, but many of the girls did wear their best designer jeans. However, it was the Camau team that stole the show – they wore Ao Dai. Suddenly, there was a nationwide boom in Ao Dai production.

Vietnam traditional dress Ao Dai have been around for a long time, and were anything but revealing to begin with. but in the past few years partially see-through Ao Dai have become all the rage – it’s doubtful that even tourist  wear something provocative. If you’d like it and want to give it a try, you can easily custom made one for you to keep remember about your holiday in Vietnam

Ao Dai: Traditional Vietnamese female dress through the ages

As a traditional / national symbol of Vietnam, Ao Dai has its own elegance and beauty. This traditional Vietnamese dress has also undergone considerable changes over the centuries, for cultural, historical and aesthetic reasons before reaching its present form.

The form of Ao Dai

Ao dai is made as of a set that includes a silk dress adherent to the bust, which arrives in the middle of the leg, split from two sides to the upper part of the pelvis and trousers. This dress is divided into two parts. The upper part of Ao dai covers almost the whole body. The neck is tight on the body. Includes long and two low sleeves with closed collar. The bottom is in the form of wide pants so long that it touches the feet. With its long history, Ao dai has experienced changes like the development of Vietnamese history.