'Pride in the homeland' - the common voice Vietnamese designers bring to the international stage

Participating in the recent House of iKons London Fashion Week 2024, Vietnamese designer Pham Ngoc Anh brought designs made entirely from natural plants and trees, grown on the beautiful, fertile lands of Vietnam, along with techniques of spinning, weaving, dyeing, beeswax painting and colors, and patterns typical of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

Previously, young Vietnamese designer Phan Dang Hoang also brought to Milan Fashion Week the majestic, magnificent beauty with the unique and outstanding colors of the mountainous regions of the West and North of Vietnam. Meanwhile, at the Shanghai catwalk, Creative Director of the brand Eunoia by An Vu Lan Anh brought the folk colors of the Vietnamese people in the name of Multicolored Vietnam . All of these created endless excitement and interest among fashionistas around the world at international fashion weeks for the country and people of Vietnam.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 1. — *Bringing brocade to the London fashion show, designer Pham Ngoc Anh wants to introduce his homeland to friends around the world.*

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 2. — *After more than 20 years in Europe, designer Pham Ngoc Anh (right) returned to Vietnam to pursue his dream of promoting Vietnamese culture to fashionistas around the world.*

Naming this collection in London Mountain Dreams , designer Pham Ngoc Anh brings to one of the world's most bustling fashion capitals her ambitions and ideals - through warm, familiar stories that are right around her life.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 3. — *Highly applicable with shirts, straight pants, maxi skirts in a dark, natural color palette, designer Ngoc Anh's collection is unique in following the sustainable trend at London Week.*

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 4. — *Mountain dreams - Mountain dreams is inspired by the designer's deep connection with the majestic mountains of Vietnam.*

It is a story about the immense beauty of the Alps - where she has lived and worked for more than 20 years. It is also the lush, wild beauty of the mountains in the Northwest region where she and her colleagues have spent day and night infiltrating each village to learn about the handmade fashion production methods of ethnic minorities when entering the fashion world.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 5. — *The brocade pieces are embroidered and painted with beeswax by the Mong people (in Hang Kia, Pa Co, Hoa Binh ) on each design is completely handmade.*

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 6. — *Before painting, the fabric for the collection is rolled on a stone to soften it. Then, the craftsmen begin to draw beeswax and dye it with brown tubers or indigo leaves.*

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 7. — *To create 200 meters of beeswax-painted brocade fabric for the collection, the designer and people spent many months growing hemp for fiber, spinning the fiber, and weaving on a loom.*

Sharing with reporters, designer Ngoc Anh said: "After being away from home for more than 20 years, right at the time of my youth when I longed to discover strange things in the newest lands, I always remember my homeland. Linking my love for my homeland with the places I have been to, especially the place where I lived and was attached to for more than two decades of my youth - the wild and majestic mountain ranges (the Alps, Switzerland) together, in my heart formed dreams of connection, connecting world culture with homeland culture".

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 8.

"I went abroad to live and work, and since then I have been to many places and discovered many cultures. I also dream that many people, from many different lands, will know about Vietnam and Vietnamese culture, and use fashion to express that love, to tell our stories. We are extremely excited and full of passion," the designer continued.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 9.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 10.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 11.

Pham Ngoc Anh's "Mountain Dream" is imbued with the colors of traditional Vietnamese costumes - from indigo blue, bright red tones to horizontal patterns on skirts, belts, collars, sleeves... At the same time, it is also filled with images of white snow and wild forests of Southern Switzerland. The mixed beauty of Europe and Asia creates impressions that are both different and strangely familiar.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 12.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 13.

'Tự hào quê hương' - tiếng nói chung NTK Việt mang đến sàn diễn quốc tế- Ảnh 14.

"Inspiration from the love of homeland, inspiration from the freshness of rich cultures in the West - where I have been, explored and bonded, interwoven in each design is the ideal of wanting to bring Vietnamese beauty far and wide of me and my colleagues. We will continue this dream, in the following weeks, until Vietnamese culture and fashion are truly a part, even if very small, of world culture and fashion," added designer Ngoc Anh.

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