At the beginning of the year, watching Vietnamese traditional costumes restored by young people

NDO - Established in 2019 and officially put into operation in 2020 by "amateurs", Great Vietnam has been focusing on researching and restoring Vietnamese costumes from hundreds of years ago.

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In 2019, Great VietNam was born with the first pillars: Vu Duc (29 years old), Truong Tuan Anh (34 years old). Both are "outsiders" in the field of culture and fashion , but they share a passion for researching and learning about traditional culture. At this time, Vu Duc (in the photo) pursued painting, posting on social media platforms.

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Meanwhile, Tuan Anh researched, designed and sewed traditional patterns himself, as well as participated in the Dai Viet Patterns project.

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Vu Duc said that at first, the group often redrawn dragon robes and phoenix robes, based on the costumes and images that were said to be reconstructed without any doubts. But later, when they did more research, especially when they had the opportunity to access the original images of many artifacts, they realized many errors. "These errors have a significant impact on history," Vu Duc said.

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After digging deeper, the team members realized that some of the costumes were recreated in a simulated way, not completely accurate. Therefore, Great Vietnam started its own restoration path.

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Great VietNam agreed to only restore costumes with images and documents to ensure comparison. Tuan Anh is an engineer specializing in technology, responsible for making costume drawings. Vu Duc studied communications and political science, responsible for searching for documents, cross-checking... To ensure adherence to the original, from making the drawings to launching the finished product, some models took up to 3 years, especially with dragon and phoenix robes.

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Research and comparison were quite difficult due to the lack of documentation. They also went to international auction houses and some museums in Europe and the US to find images that were still preserved. Luckily, there were costumes with specific dimensions and images to enlarge.

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After having a unified drawing, they will print the fabric and sew it into a real sample. For embroidered shirts and accessories, hats will be sent to artisans in craft villages to make. For materials, they look for craft villages such as: Van Phuc, La Khe, Buoi, Nha Xa, Nam Cao, Ma Chau, Tan Chau... For each costume model, the group posts on the fanpage, attaching documents so that the public can receive it more completely.

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The efforts have finally paid off. The Great VietNam brand is increasingly known by young people, and has the opportunity to appear in many major art programs.

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Vu Duc next to a painstakingly restored ancient costume.

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Talking about the direction of work development, Vu Duc and all members of the group hope to be able to bring traditional costumes into cultural and artistic projects that have a great influence in the community, and further, bring traditional costumes into daily life, contributing to affirming the strong vitality of traditional costumes in particular and the immutability of fashion in general.

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An elaborately restored sample of a royal robe. A royal robe, usually worn by court officials.

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Every detail and line on each traditional costume model is carefully researched, compared carefully and taken care of down to the smallest detail.

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Ancient hat model restored by Great Vietnam.

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Ancient hat model restored by Great Vietnam.

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Vu Duc with the restored dragon robe.

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Dragon details are vividly and soulfully recreated on the dragon robe model.

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Photo: Thanh Dat

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Although they are "outsiders", the members of Great Vietnam have been, are and will continue to restore and spread the Vietnamese spirit through the nation's ancient costumes.

THANH DAT-SON BACH

Nhandan.vn

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