Fashion designer Minh Hanh of HCM City will showcase her latest creations from June 12-20 during Hue Festival 2004 in the former imperial city.
"Hue’s court and folk architecture set against a beautiful rural background is a source of inspiration for my collection," Hanh said.
Her collection Return to Heaven was created especially for the festival.
"I’ve been captivated by the decorative and elegant and charming designs on the royal tombs and palaces built in Hue during the reign of kings under the Minh Mang and Thieu Tri," she said.
Most of the designs of her latest collection have been printed on silk, velvet, lace and tho cam (brocade) –all favourite fabrics of Hanh.
Hanh’s designs will be shown on a catwalk at the Kien Trung Palace on June 15, 17 and 19.
Hanh, manager of HCM City’s Fashion and Design Institute (Fadin), has taken part in the two previous festivals organised in Hue in 2000 and 2002.
Her designs have been highly acclaimed by domestic and foreign visitors to the festival.
Hanh, who is dedicated to creating uniquely Vietnamese fashion items, became the first Vietnamese to win an international fashion prize when her two designs–a brocade and a traditional Vietnamese dress–won the New Designer Award at the 1997 Makhuhari Grand Prix in Japan.
She has been invited to attend courses, fashion shows and exhibitions in more than 20 countries, including France, Sweden, Indonesia, the US and Japan.
Other respected designers from Ha Noi and HCM City will also take part in Hue Festival this year.
There will be a show of 600 ao dai (traditional long dress) created by 20 designers, and 100 professional and amateur models will wear 500 designs, collectively known as the Spring – Summer Week Collection, for the first time — VNS
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