Honoring cultural identity and craft villages in costume designs

The National Cultural Costume competition within the framework of Miss Grand Vietnam 2025 was presented by designers through the lens of young creativity.

The National Cultural Costume Design Competition was held to create a playground for young designers. 4 teams with 4 coaches, including: Designer Nguyen Viet Hung, Vu Viet Ha, Dang Trong Minh Chau, Ivan Tran, together with the young designers brought remarkable designs.

Designers Ivan Tran, Nguyen Viet Hung, Vu Viet Ha, and Dang Trong Minh Chau support young designers

Designer Ivan Tran's team of 12 young talents introduced designs inspired by fairy tales (Tam Cam, Nang Ut Ong Tre, Story of Four Seasons); culinary culture (shrimp crackers, Sa Dec rice flour); folk games...

Miss Vo Le Que Anh with "Mother of Pearl Inlay"

Miss Tran Tieu Vy with the design "Nine Flowers Welcoming the Saint"

Contestants perform

Designer Dang Trong Minh Chau and his students bring a diverse cultural picture from everyday images to heritage. The designs are inspired by Chau Doc fish noodle soup, Can Gio mangrove forest, Dinh Cong silver bean craft village, Gau Tao festival of the H'Mong people, the craft of making cellophane lanterns or the image of Lac bird on Dong Son bronze drums...

Designer Nguyen Viet Hung's team brought 10 designs. The audience was led on a journey to spread traditional values: the craft of weaving water hyacinth in the Southwest region, the art of singing, the harvest season of the K'Ho people, the craft of weaving bamboo and rattan, Tra Su cajuput forest, the quintessence of the jewelry craft, Cheo melodies...

Miss Vo Le Que Anh shows off the "Chau Ro Cau Mua" outfit designed by designer Nguyen Viet Hung

Contestant performance

Designer Vu Viet Ha's team brought the audience a series of designs inspired by Dinh Yen mat weaving village, Dong Cuu embroidery village, the To Nu painting of ancient Hanoi , Long Chu festival in Hoi An, the ancient Bai Bong dance, the colors of Northwest brocade...

Runner-up Phuong Anh

Runner-up Hanh Nguyen in the design "Phi Nghe Thien Van"

Designs by designer Vu Viet Ha

However, besides the carefully invested costumes, there are still some controversial costumes. One of them is the design "Ancestral Incense" by author Tran Cong Hau, which was introduced as inspired by the custom of ancestor worship. The design received a series of unpleasant reactions from the audience when the contestant brought both the altar and incense on stage to pray. In addition, many designs of Ao Ba Ba costumes as well as the performance were also judged to be untidy when appearing on stage.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ton-vinh-ban-sac-van-hoa-lang-nghe-trong-cac-thiet-ke-trang-phuc-post812687.html