Vietnamese Clothing - Vietnamese Headgear, Aodai, Y?m, Conical Straw Hat, O T? Thn, O B Ba (Paperback)

Chapters: Vietnamese Headgear, Aodai, Y?m, Conical Straw Hat, o T? Thn, o B Ba. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The ao dai (o di) is a Vietnamese national outfit, now primarily for women. In its current form, it is a tight-fitting silk tunic worn over pantaloons. The word is pronounced, approximately ow-zye, in the North, and with a y sound for the d in the South. o is derived from a Middle Chinese word meaning "padded coat" (). Di means "long." The word "ao dai" was originally applied to the outfit worn at the court of the Nguyn Lords at Hu in the 18th century. This outfit evolved into the o ng thn, a five-paneled aristocratic gown worn in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inspired by Paris fashions, Nguyn Ct Tng and other artists associated with Hanoi University redesigned the ng thn as a modern dress in the 1920s and 1930s. The updated look was promoted by the artists and magazines of T Lc vn on ("Self-Reliant Literary Group") as a national costume for the modern era. In the 1950s, Saigon designers tightened the fit to produce the version worn by Vietnamese women today. The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Communist Party, which has ruled Vietnam since 1975, for a time disapproved of the dress and promoted frugal, androgynous styles. In the 1990s, the ao dai regained popularity. On Tt and other occasions, Vietnamese men may wear an o gm "(brocade robe)," a version of the ao dai made of thicker fabric. Academic commentary on the ao dai emphasizes the way the dress ties feminine beauty to Vietnamese nationalism, especially in the form of "Miss Ao Dai" pageants, popular both among overseas Vietnamese and in Vietnam itself. "Ao dai" is one of the few Vietnamese words that appear in E...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1199829