Culture

The lotus of Vietnamese fashion

Charlotte Pham Fashion designer Vu Lan Anh has set herself and her áo dài brand La Sen Vu apart with an unwavering emphasis on traditional Vietnamese cultural values and techniques. After 10 years of designing áo dài and with a number of successful collections to her name, designer Lan Anh has become a well-known figure in the fashion world. But […]

16/09/2020 - Art

Weddings of the Ha Nhi

Thanh The Vinh Love is the most important requirement for marriage among the Black Ha Nhi. Choan Then village in Lao Cai Province For the Black Ha Nhi in Lao Cai, a province in the mountainous Northwest of Vietnam, young men and women coming of age are free to fall in love before tying the knot. Once there is sincere […]

15/09/2020 - Heritage

Luxury meets the street

Nguyen Dinh Thanh The world of luxury fashion has found many fruitful collaborations with street art. At its inception, graffiti was an outsider art, ostracized and outlawed. However, galleries and museums ultimately began to welcome graffiti into their collections; these days, it comes as no surprise that a work by renowned street artist Banksy can sell for millions at auction. […]

11/09/2020 - Art