Le Thi Quynh Trang (M), president of the Vietnam International Fashion, and designers participating in the AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022. (Photo courtesy of Multimedia JSC) The fashion week with the theme of “Taste of Heritage” will showcase hundredsof new designs, mostly honouring Vietnam’s traditional culture and heritage.
Vietnamese designer Hoang Minh Ha will open the AVIFW Autumn/Winter 2022 withhis collection “Suong” (Fog).
The collection will feature ready-to-wear designs for women inspired by thenatural landscapes of the north of Vietnam. All designs will be made fromsustainable materials.
Ha, a graduate of the HCM City University of Architecture, became famous afterbecoming the winner of Project Runway Vietnam 2013, the Vietnamese version ofthe American TV reality series Project Runway.
His collections have been presented at Tiffany’s Fashion Week Paris and VietnamInternational Fashion Week.
The fashion week will feature new collections from designers Fredrick Lee fromSingapore, Priyo Oktaviano from Indonesia, and Jovana Benoit from Haiti withbrand Jovana Louis, and Italian brand Paul & Shark.
International designers will join with Vietnamese colleagues such as Duc Hung, HoangHai, Ha Linh Thu and Adrian Anh Tuan.
Young designers from the Hanoi-based London College for Design & Fashionwill have opportunities to showcase their designs at the fashion week.
Le Thi Quynh Trang, President of the Vietnam International Fashion Week andCouncil of ASEAN Fashion Designers, spoke at the AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 in Hanoion November 4.
“The Vietnamese fashion industry has earned remarkable achievements in recentyears, so we need to continue to promote designs carrying Vietnamese culturalidentity to the international market,” she said.
She emphasised that Hanoi was not only the capital of the country but also acultural and fashion hub. “Therefore, we decided to bring fashion week back to Hanoiwith the theme of “Taste of Heritage” to inspire designers to create itemspromoting Vietnamese culture and heritage.”
Trang added that the organiser cooperated with Meta Platforms Inc to promotethe AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 on social media platforms Instagram, Facebook, andReels. The campaign aimed to help the Vietnamese fashion industry and designersbe able to approach millions of social network users around the world.
The Vietnam International Fashion Week was first held in 2014, and quicklybecame the leading fashion event in ASEAN. It ranks fourth in Asia after Tokyo,Seoul and Shanghai fashion weeks.
A contest to discover the best street style looks will be held at Trang TienPlaza in Hoon Kiem district during fashion week.
The AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 will take place from November 23-27 at the Quan NguaSports Centre in Ba Dinh district./.
VNA
