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northern-4-flap dress is vietnam's first "ao
dai", only worn on the occasion of the tet festival.
the brown dress with the two fore-flaps tied
together and let dangling matches with satin
trousers and silk belts. then the 4 flap dress
has been modified into a 3-flap one: the collar
being 2 cm high, the sleeves wrapping tightly
to the wrists, breast and waist of main flaps,
there is also a minor flap reaching down to
the fringe. buttons are made of plaited cloth
and buttoned on the side. the collar is turned
up obliquely to let appear three color ( or
7 colors ) of the dress. the outermost layer
is of brown silk or a kind of black gauze, followed
by light yellow, pink, lemon green, and sky-blue...
multicolored ones...., attractive yet decent,
discrete and harmonious...
- following the europeanization wave in 1935,
lemur nguyen cat tuong's "modern ao dai" made
its apparition. it had puffed out shoulders,
cuffed sleeves, a round collar cut breast-deep
and laced, a corrugated fringe made of joined
cloth of different colors and gaudily laced.
- during the the 1939-1945 period there was
a conflict on a esthetic concept, resulting
in the restoration of the traditional ao dai.
young girls' collar was from 4 cm to 7 cm high,
the roundness of which was ensured by a stipt
starching, the flaps were of a broad width and
of a 1958 and the beginning of 1959, madam ngo
dinh nhu's low-necked, decollete ao dai was
launched.
- at the beginning of 1971, the raglan-sleeve
ao dai renovated by mrs. tuyet mai overcame
the wrinkling short comings at the shoulders
and the armpits.
 From
the early 1970's to 1975 it was the period at
mini and hippy ao dai widely worn with tights
and flares until 1989. the first ao dai beauty
contest was restored under the communist regime
since 1975 and the traditional ao dai returned
to its suave beauty of old times. all young
ladies were encouraged to wear the white ao
dai to school which has been banned since 1975
after the falling of saigon. all such contests
as school beauty, sports beauty has been organized
everywhere in the country, ao dai is the main
category in these contests. now only the tien
phong newspaper beauty contest is considered
the official national contest and who is crowned
from this contest become the national beauty
queen and she will represent the country in
all diplomatic occasions. this contest has been
official started in 1992 and repeated every
two year sine then ( 1994, 1996, 1998).
- ha kieu anh, miss vietnam 1992-1993
- nguyen thu thuy, miss vietnam 1994-1995
- nguyen thien nga, miss vietnam 1996-1997
- nguyen thi dong khanh, miss vietnam 1998-1999
- the year 1995 was the crowing year for the
national ao dai. truong quynh mai's ao dai was
chosen the most beautiful national apparel in
tokyo... the 1995 renovated ao dai model suits
well modern times, and is more beautiful at
it's tightened at the breast, waist and back,
its collar evenly circling round from 4 cm to
7 cm high, the sleeves just tighten the arms.
- velvet ao dai, embroidered, painted and printed
with flower pattern have created even more exquisite
beauty features allowing vietnam's ao dai to
take off ever higher.
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