Origin of Vietnamese Ao Dai
Born hundreds of years ago, through the ups and downs of history, the ao dai has always been a source of pride and created the characteristic charming beauty of Vietnamese women: gentle, graceful, flowing... Do you want to know when the ao dai was born, how it existed and developed? Please go back in time to find out.
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The prophecy made Lord Nguyen worried and had to summon his courtiers to discuss and seek high-level opinions to interpret the prophecy. Finally, Lord Nguyen listened to the advice of his courtiers: "If you really want to have a kingdom, you must change the rituals, change the culture."
Accordingly, the court had to change the music and ceremonies, and the people had to change their costumes - women had to wear pants like men instead of wearing skirts like before! Although the people, especially women, strongly objected, the King's order had been issued, and no one dared to disobey. However, even King Nguyen Phuc Khoat himself felt that women dressed like that was inconvenient and "unsightly", so he assigned his courtiers to research and modify it to make it suitable, based on the reference of the Cham people's ao dai and the ao dai of Shanghai women at that time.
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At that time, there was a tailor named Cat Tuong who researched and designed the ao dai model and made it for modern girls to wear. The name "ao Le mur" was not actually given by Mr. Cat Tuong, but came from the joking way of speaking of writers at that time: Cat Tuong was called Cai Tuong" (in French, Le mur) - to call the ao dai Le mur which was very popular with young girls, because the ao dai had a long skirt that almost touched the ground, with many bright colors, not just black and white like before; Wearing it, it looked elegant and charming. Since then, ao dai has been used by women as a traditional costume.
However, the ao dai has also gone through many ups and downs. After 1945, the ao dai was restored after a long absence. In the 60s of the 20th century, also in the South, a new style of ao dai: Tran Le Xuan ao dai, was promoted quite loudly.
It is a style of ao dai that is considered modern, showing off the elegant, strong beauty of women (low neckline, shorter skirt, body-hugging dress). However, many people think that this type of dress is revealing, revealing, and not suitable for national culture. Therefore, the dress has been supplemented and adjusted many times.
The ao dai today has also been researched and improved a lot by fashion designers, in order to create a model of ao dai that is both discreet and still "shows off" the charm and softness of a woman's body, but still maintains the basic standards of the ao dai. Today's ao dai mostly have a flap that covers the feet, making the body slimmer, the waist is like the highlight of the ao dai, making the body's curves more obvious, the beauty is enhanced.
It is not without reason that foreign fashion designers have commented that: Vietnamese women's ao dai has a gentle beauty without being weak, sexy without being blatant, ethnic without lacking modernity. That ao dai has become the typical beauty of Vietnamese women in the eyes of international friends.
According to PNVN
