Le Thi Quynh Trang (M), President of Vietnam International Fashion, and participating designers at AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022. (Photo courtesy of JSC Multimedia)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Eighteen Vietnamese and international fashion designers and brands will participate in the Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) Autumn/Winter 2022 to be held in Hanoi this month after a three-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 19.
The “Taste of Heritage”-themed fashion week will showcase hundreds of new designs, mostly honoring Vietnam’s traditional culture and heritage.
Vietnamese designer Hoang Minh Ha will open AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 with his “Suong” (Mist) collection.
The collection will feature women’s ready-to-wear designs inspired by the natural landscapes of northern Vietnam. All designs will be made with sustainable materials.
Ha, a graduate of HCM City University of Architecture, became famous after becoming the winner of Vietnam Footbridge Project 2013, the Vietnamese version of the American reality series Project Runway.
His collections have been presented at Tiffany Fashion Week in Paris and Vietnam International Fashion Week.
The fashion week will feature new collections from designers Fredrick Lee from Singapore, Priyo Oktaviano from Indonesia and Jovana Benoit from Haiti with the Jovana Louis label and the Italian label Paul & Shark.
International designers will join Vietnamese colleagues such as Duc Hung, Hoang Hai, Ha Linh Thu and Adrian Anh Tuan.
Young designers from Hanoi-based London College for Design & Fashion will have the chance to showcase their designs at fashion week.
Le Thi Quynh Trang, President of Vietnam International Fashion Week and ASEAN Council of Fashion Designers, spoke at AVIFW Autumn/Winter 2022 in Hanoi on November 4.
“The Vietnamese fashion industry has made remarkable achievements in recent years, so we must continue to promote designs that bring Vietnamese cultural identity to the international market,” he said.
He stressed that Hanoi was not only the capital of the country, but also a cultural and fashion center. “Therefore, we decided to bring the fashion week back to Hanoi with the theme ‘Taste of Heritage’ to inspire designers to create items that promote Vietnamese culture and heritage.”
Trang added that the organizer cooperated with Meta Platforms Inc to promote AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 on social media platforms Instagram, Facebook and Reels. The campaign was aimed at helping the Vietnamese fashion industry and designers reach out to millions of social media users around the world.
Vietnam International Fashion Week was first held in 2014 and quickly became 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 Tien Plaza in the Hoon Kiem district during fashion week.
AVIFW Fall/Winter 2022 will take place from November 23 to 27 at Quan Ngua Sports Center in Ba Dinh district./.
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