VietNamNet Bridge - Cong Tri, a well-known fashion designer in Vietnam, launched his haute couture collection called "Paddy" at the Tokyo Fashion Week on March 15. Tri’s latest haute couture designs are made of Vietnamese traditional My A silk. Tri said he was inspired by images of Vietnamese women in ao ba ba (a typical casual wear of southern women) working in paddy fields. All designs in the collection, including trousers and dresses, are inspired by the ao ba ba. Tri used My A silk for the haute couture collection. The traditional fabric from Tan Chau district in the southern province of An Giang, is dyed with a rare natural material from a local fruit called mac nua. It takes three months to dye 1,000m of silk with two tons of the mac nua fruit. In the past, upper-class people liked My A silk because it's shiny and long-wearing. Tri bought My A silk on order from weaving shops in An Giang to add a Vietnamese character to his creations. Tri said he did not organize any … [Read more...] about VN’s Cong Tri launches “Paddy” Haute Couture collection in Tokyo
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Cong Tri to introduce new designs at Tokyo Fashion Week
VietNamNet Bridge – Cong Tri, a well-known fashion designer in Vietnam, will launch his haute couture designs in a collection called No.9 at the Tokyo Fashion Week this March. These are Tri’s designs for the Fall Winter 2016 season and they will be released in Tokyo rather than in Vietnam as usual. He has kept secret the details of the collection to surprise the audience. Tokyo Fashion Week will take place from March 14 to 19 in Tokyo. This event is held twice a year, in March and October, with the aim of introducing the designs for the Spring Summer and the Fall Winter, promoting the fashion industry, and supporting talented designers. Cong Tri said that in 2015 he did not have publicity activities in 2015 because he needed a pause for creativity. "I always want people to be really surprised with my new collections," he said. The collection No. 8 by Cong Tri opened the Vietnam International Fashion Week 2014 and was a big surprise for the audience. Last year, Tri did … [Read more...] about Cong Tri to introduce new designs at Tokyo Fashion Week
Cong Tri opens VN’s first international fashion week with a Haute Couture collection
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s designer Cong Tri introduced his Haute Couture collection named No. 8 to open the Vietnam international fashion week at Gem Center in HCMC’s District 1. The collection follows the avant-garde school, inspired by futurism and science fiction. The week will also feature creations by international designers, including Zio Song from South Korea, Italian designer Antonio Grimaldi, Frederick Lee from Singapore, Somarta from Japan, and Tsolo Munkhuu from Mongolia and international brands like On Aura Tout Vu, Defined Moment and Atelier Chardon Savard from France, and Thai brand ISSUE. … [Read more...] about Cong Tri opens VN’s first international fashion week with a Haute Couture collection
British newspaper praises Cong Tri’s close-to-nature designs
VietNamNet Bridge - British online newspaper - The Independent - wrote that Vietnamese fashion designers Cong Tri has helped change the face of contemporary fashion in Vietnam in the past 10 years. After the success of the collection No: 06: Mushroom at the London Fashion Week 2013, designer Cong Tri was invited to the contemporary art exhibition titled "Second Nature". The event takes place at Pitzhangar Gallery, London, from 17/5 until 7/7. In the photo shoot introducing this exhibition, The Independent made the following caption for a design by Cong Tri: "Couturier Cong Tri has been changing the face of contemporary fashion in Vietnam for the last decade. His laboured pieces are structurally based on the organic forms occurring naturally in the outdoors, with the mushroom a particularly strong reference point." The exhibition "Second Nature" groups up more than 40 designers and artists of world fame such as Dai Rees, Leandro Cano, Nora Fok, Simon Costin and Yasemen Hussein, … [Read more...] about British newspaper praises Cong Tri’s close-to-nature designs
Cong Tri is off to London Fashion Week
Cong Tri is off to London Fashion Week The Saigon Times Daily Cong Tri has been selected by the British Council Vietnam to star at the International Fashion Showcase from February 15 to 21, a highlight of the prestigious London Fashion Week 2013, reports VietnamPlus. The acclaimed designer will unveil his brand new collection No.6 “Nam – Mushroom” to international audiences in London after his triumphant debut in Vietnam in January. No.6 “Nam-Mushroom” takes its inspiration from the invincible and non-stop growth of the mushroom and the unity of mushroom colonies. Vietnamese audiences were extremely impressed by the scale, the sophistication and the richness of details. “Observing mushrooms, I had the idea of turning them into some kind of stylized details on dresses. It is the symmetrical layout or their structure, and the free and chaotic way they grow that inspired me,” said Tri. Although Vietnam’s fashion industry is increasingly … [Read more...] about Cong Tri is off to London Fashion Week