Being in Vietnam for over a month this time, I did my walkabouts not only to find the perfect meal (as some of you have noticed from my copious amounts of food snaps), but also for up and coming designers. A girl loves dresses, I, specifically, DIE for dresses. Ok, so maybe not literally but quite close to it. It makes me go jitters and scream like a little girl with the latest Barbie in her hands (ok - enough embarrassment for a day).
I'm proud to say that there has been a lot of progress in vietnamese fashion houses. Of course, there are the Viet Kieu's, the Viets who have gone abroad to study and then the naturally talented.
Here is a collection of whom i love, grown to love and find intriguing either in their cuts, amazing creative eye for detail, sophisticated. Of course, this is in no particular order.1. Barbara Bui
She is a god - just absolutely couture stuff, now with jewellery line and ready-to-wear.
2. Tylho (aka. Tylor Ho)Gorgeous Tylor has a very sophisticated touch to his clothes. Having been to design school in the US, he is opening his first store in Ho Chi Minh City Aug/Sept 2010.
A sneek peek of his new holiday collection:
3. Nguyen Cong Tri
Like a veteran in the trade, he's been designing for quite some time in VN - originally an architecture student, he moved into the fashion industry, having a passion for fashion from an early age.
4. Huy Vo - having studied at the Fashion Institute Of Design & Merchandising tại bang California. He has a store at 159 Lý Tự Trọng, Quận 1, TP.HCM
5. Chung Thanh Phong - having known for dressing a lot of vietnamese celebrities such as Thao Trang (Vietnam Idol), Phuong Vy (Vietnam Idol), his works often have been inspired by the likes of Balmain. He is the youngest out of the crew here and has a store, RIN BOUTIQUE - 13 Phan Van Tri, P.2, Q.5. The photos are Phong's clothes on my lovely friend and Vietnamese popstar, Thao Trang :)
6. DMC Brand - originally a part of the Villa FB, Do Manh Cuong has opened his first solo standing store on Ly Tu Trong St (great choice of street to have it on, where you'll find stores like Feeling and trendy women's boutiquey fashion). DMC has 2 lines - one is more couture and the majority is based on black and white, whereas the more ready-to-wear line is fun, chic and ranges from 600,000VND - 3,000,000VND (very reasonable!)
7. JNG Couture
Designer and stylist, John Nguyen has worked in the States for various TVCs, Fashion shoots and his dresses have a lot of oriental inspiration. Let the dresses beneath speak for themselves :)
That's it from me for now. I know there are so many others but i have yet to have discovered :)
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