As we have been talking about our trip to Vietnam, we have discussed the idea of going to a local Vietnamese tailor in order to have the opportunity of having suit made personally for us. The quality of the materials and tailoring are very high standard and the prices are much lower than anywhere you could find in the US. Furthermore, as most of us are business majors, it is a good idea to have a nice suit so in order to make a good impression during interviews and other business meetings.
Knowing how much of a greta opportunity this is made me start to think about the traditional Vietnam clothing traditions. Through brief online research, I was able to find that a lot of Vietnamese people tend to wear quite simple clothing and over the years, their clothing has become more westernized, especially in the younger generations. However, in older times, ordinary people were not allowed to wear any clothing that was not black, brown or white. They would also dress very simply.
Although many of the old traditions may be falling away, most women still wear an “ao dai“, which are long gowns. They are often carefully tailored to fit the body of a Vietnamese woman. Ao Dai have two long slits along the side to allow the gown to have two free floating panels in the front and at the back of the dress. The floating panels expose a long pair of white silk trousers.
Considering the delicate attention to detail that Vietnamese people have taken whilst making clothing throughout the years, it is exciting for me to get the opportunity to purchase my own tailored suit for a great price.
Courtney Ukena says
Clothing is so interesting. I like how at Missouri State, the fashion and merchandising majors are part of the business school because it gives them the opportunity to market themselves to be the most successful in the world. Vietnamese clothing is very interesting too. I wonder if being a communist country makes an impact on the type of dress Vietnamese people tend to wear.