1. Vietnamese Traditional Long Dress - Ao Dai<br />Most countries have their own traditional dresses, such as Japan's Kimono, Korea's Hanbok and China's Cheongsam. Vietnam is no exception, having a traditional long dress, known as Ao Dai. I want to help readers all over the world know about this dress through my feeling, because it is very beautiful and contains the beauty of one people. It is related to the Vietnamese culture, people, history and so on.<br />The Vietnamese traditional dress, quot;
Ao Daiquot;
, is one of the most elegant and beautiful dresses for women. It's very simple, consisting of a close-fitting blouse, with long panels in the front and back, that is worn over loose white trousers. As a Vietnamese girl who loves to travel abroad, sometimes I bring one to travel with me. Whenever I wear it, my Ao Dai always attracts friendly looks from both locals and travelers. An Irish poster to the Thorn Tree travel forum wrote to me saying quot;
You must get a wonderful reaction from the local people when you wear your traditional long dress. I think you would stop the traffic, if you were to wear it walking down a street in Ireland.quot;
It makes me very happy to hear this, and I am proud of our traditional long dress so much.<br />I want readers to know a special point about the Ao Dai. This garment can be worn with a conical hat (Non) or a turban of the same color. I wish I could bring a conical hat with me more often when traveling abroad, but it would require a lot of care, as this kind of hat is very soft and easily deformed. Certainly, a photo of a Vietnamese girl wearing a conical hat would be essential for a trip abroad.<br />Every girl in Vietnam has at least one traditional long dress, as it is not expensive to make. Whenever we wear them, because of the long trousers, high heel sandals or shoes are necessary, and make the girls look taller. The traditional color of the trousers is white, but now many colors are acceptable. The Ao Dai is worn on such special occasions as engagements and wedding ceremonies, contract signing ceremonies or any other special event. It is used as a uniform at some offices, airlines or shops etc., and the white Ao Dai is also the uniform of Vietnamese school girls. You will see this uniform more often in southern Vietnam, where the weather is warm throughout the year. In northern Vietnam, it is cold in the winter, so this uniform is not always suitable.<br />There are many shops in Vietnam where you can rent an Ao Dai for a day or longer if you want. Normally, I buy cloth at the market then bring it to a tailor to be made into the traditional garment, but sometimes I also rent one for a day, especially if I want a different design and color. Some fashion designers have changed the traditional Ao Dai into a modern style, but they still keep the original form.<br />There are a lot of beautiful stories about the Vietnamese Ao Dai. If anyone has any comments or questions to send me, please visit our website: http://www.hathanh-garments.com.<br />Keywords: traditional long dress,long dress,vietnamese traditional dress,traditional dress<br />