Tie-dye Silk Ao Dai with Metallic Pattern

Product measurements (cm)

Actual product measurements may have a small variance of 1-3cm, and this variance does not affect the overall silhouette of the product.

Model Phan Duyen is 165cm tall, with a chest measurement of 86cm, waist 66cm, and hips 93cm. The model is wearing size M.

• Material: Habotai silk, sourced from Nha Xa silk village, Ha Nam, Vietnam.
• Dyeing technique: Hand-dyed tie-dye with young leaf green & sunny yellow tones, completely eco-friendly. Each garment is a unique, one-of-a-kind piece. Custom sizing is available.
• Tailor: Thanh Thuy. Hity Atelier, Nha Trang, Vietnam.

This garment is not an Ao Dai of ceremony or nostalgia.
It is an Ao Dai for the woman who has walked through many rainy seasons.

The Ao Dai was not born to show off,
It always creates a small distance between the body and what is happening around it.
Covering without hiding,
Present without taking up space.

Everything of value grows from within,
Every life needs time to absorb.
The Ao Dai is an image of soil that has begun to retain water,
Not explosive,
No longer having the youthful desire to rush forward,
Just a very quiet state of maturity.

The tie-dye streaks are traces of water that has passed through the silk.
The green areas are where moisture remains,
The yellow spaces are where sunlight shines through the foliage,
The white areas are where the water has just receded,
Carrying the mark of the water that stayed behind.

Silk does not hold a shape,
Silk holds movement,
Tie-dye does not just create color,
Tie-dye records the journey of water traveling through silk fibers.
Therefore, as the wearer walks,
every streak continues to move,
Like a breeze still carrying the moisture of yesterday’s rain.

The straight-cut Ao Dai silhouette, both traditional and contemporary,
keeps the body in a natural line.
No restriction. No ostentation.
Only centering.