Honoring Hanoi's embroidery craft through the Ao Dai collection 'Mother's Embroidery'

The Mother's Embroidery Ao Dai collection was launched to welcome the New Year, so it has bright colors and patterns that also represent the coming of spring.

Bright, warm colors bring a youthful and elegant feeling to the wearer.

The collection includes designs created from the idea of honoring Vietnamese embroidery.

The hand-embroidered motifs on the ao dai carry the breath of spring, with flowers from Hanoi ...

...or just gently carved hieroglyphs, symbols of happiness

The collection was created by designer Xuan Thu and her daughter, young designer Pham Nguyen Khanh, with the message of transmitting, preserving and promoting the nation's ao dai heritage.

The collection is not simply about costumes, it is the transmission of art and profession through generations, expressing pride in the Ao Dai, the symbol of Vietnamese women.

Each Ao Dai is a product of culture, conveying different stories about preserving and maintaining heritage and craft villages.

Designer Xuan Thu shared: “My family has been designing Ao Dai for three generations. For me, Ao Dai is not only a costume but also a crystallization of the cultural values of the nation. The transmission of the profession between generations is like preserving cultural values in any country. Embroidery needs to be cultivated as a skill, a traditional beauty that creates a unique style along with pride in the Ao Dai of Vietnamese women."

Hand embroidery on Ao Dai with sophisticated lines, not only needs to be preserved but also needs to be strongly developed in the context of the modern fashion industry.

Miss Truc Diem and designer Nguyen Khanh shine together with images of ao dai that tell the story of the Vietnamese profession of growing mulberry trees, raising silkworms, weaving silk, and sewing silk shirts, a blend of past and present.

The ao dai is inspired by the four-panel dress of Vietnamese women in the past, with silk and delicate chiffon material creating softness and flexibility for the wearer.

In particular, the collection was photographed and launched at Tu Thi communal house, considered the birthplace of embroidery on Tam Thuong street (Hanoi).

Tu Thi communal house is a national relic, worshiping the founder of embroidery Le Cong Hanh (1606 - 1661). He is the one who contributed to the creation and development of embroidery in Vietnam. The designs worn and introduced by Miss Truc Diem and young designer Pham Nguyen Khanh at Tu Thi communal house contribute to promoting the cultural values as well as the traditional embroidery profession of Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general, while promoting the destination of Tu Thi temple relic.

With over 20 years of experience and maintaining the design of Ao Dai, Designer Xuan Thu has had many impressive collections conveying Vietnamese culture such as: Village Gate, Son, Mother's Hands, Far Voice, Mother's Embroidery . Having participated in the 2022 Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival organized by the Hanoi Department of Tourism, Designer Xuan Thu introduces new collections every year to continue to contribute to promoting the beauty of Vietnamese Ao Dai as a "cultural and tourism ambassador" of the capital and Vietnam.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-trang-tre/ton-vinh-nghe-theu-ha-noi-qua-bo-suu-tap-ao-dai-duong-theu-cua-me-185241216232013938.htm