Celebrity fashion designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam will present his latest compilation entitled – The Golden Lotus Ao Dai Collection – at the opening of the 26th season of Couture Fashion Week New York.
This year marks the
designer’s first time showing at the prestigious New York Fashion Week event
that will be held at 4pm on Friday, September 8,
2017 in the
Broadway Ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway, in
New York City.
Award-winner Hoai Nam is a top fashion designer in his native Vietnam. He began
designing in his early teens, and has gone on to build a highly successful
career and brand that has been operating for over 20 years in the Vietnamese
market.
Do Trinh Hoai Nam’s designs are known for their dramatic and sophisticated
flair, full of elegance and beauty. Great attention is paid to every detail of
his collection, from the hand embroidery to the glamorous and luxurious gold
leaf and gemstone embellishments.
His latest Ao Dai couture collection is inspired by the story of the castle
princess in the first 30 years of 19th century. The ensembles will be presented
in a dramatic runway show directed by the designer.
The collection’s color palette was inspired by the lotus flower, with images
rendered on a special silk pattern and hand decorated with gold leaf.
Hoai Nam has incorporated some of his native country’s finest artisan talents
into this collection.
The unique golden pattern technology is from Kieu Ky Trade Village in Hanoi,
the special one-of-a-kind heavy rich silk fabrics are from Thai Binh Province,
and the exquisite hand embroidery and gold leaf 999 are by craftsmen from
Thuong Tin, Hanoi.
Source: VOV
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