Dieu Anh collection at MIFA runway, falling for fall

December 9th 2011

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Caption: This is Dieu Anh before the show. Backstage where we just finished our ironing process and trying to line up all the clothes to which models and decide which outfits are going first and last.

I remember when were at the airport, NTK Dieu Anh was opening her suitcase to ‘stuff’ more shoes in for NTK Nhat Minh, revealed a sneak of her collection, the vibrant colour of red and velvet texture with the graphic underline, I was intrigued. Velvet is a tough fabric to sell in Vietnam according to Dieu Anh, plus Saigon hardly have winter. But she went for it anyway, after all the theme of where we were invited to YODA MIFA fashion show was autumn.

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Caption: Pants and separates.

This combo is quite interesting. The top has a very gentle flow about it and a bit twisted, probably would need a basic camisole underneath if you are not brave enough. When walking the inner lining and fabric will show I love that idea. The pants are very signature of Dieu Anh.

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Caption: 3 pieces

Actually the top inside has a tie at neck a bit like halter and what I like about the short-sleeve jacket is that we dont have to close it and can be wear open, suitable for Saigon weather actually.

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Caption: Fall and festive season is of course also about dresses. While red is one of the popular colour, combine with the velvet texture make this dress a very easy but chic piece.

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Caption: another option for a dressy dress, a bit more serious with long sleeve. Personally not my favourite but the detailing is great with the different colour and the cute pair of gloves, let not forget the accessories for winter!

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Caption: Skirt, top and scarf. This reminds me or kinda let me image a weekend walk about town, coffee with the girl. I think the combination of the salmon colour balanced but the skirt.

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Caption: strong colour combo. Hahaha the hat looks cute. The skirt is a typical shape among her other usual line, reflected here.  The top is quite versatile, I can pair it with jeans, even jean shorts & legging, high waist skirt/pants but it might be a bit much since the top is long, maybe stick with something short on the bottom! :-)

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Thanh must have really working his camera to capture this.  Also the pants you can find in different fabric when you visit Designers Forum store on Le Thanh Ton, come with black colour in cotton.

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Caption: My wish list dress of the season. I love this. This dress to me speaks a lot of personality and style and yet so seasonal. Red but the back is low cut with the V neck and you can see the inner fabric again. Not so much detailing but gold goes really well. I have this made a bit bigger at the bottom for my round butt! But it looks classy but effortless. Pair with boots or heels. I remember trying it on before the model shooting the previous day in the room and jumping up and down for this. Boots will be good if people dont have skinny leg like the model here.

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For 4 days, a trip, 1 full show and a collection. By the way I’ve learn one of the pieces was sold. The collection is now available in store, not all but some. Good luck to Dieu Anh and I cant wait to more creation. Love you girl!

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Young Designers Arena fashion student competition

November 26th 2011

Day 2 is the first and most important day, it was the first day of Malaysia International Fashion Week, opened the day with the student competition hosted by YODA, I was lucky and honored to be part of 3 judges for the students show. Me, a fellow designer from Indonesia Andy and Stylist for Harley brand in KL. The theme was Gothic.Bridal.Cocktail.

On the left is Founder of YODA, Baizura, she was kind enough to invite us and me. I had my Ao Dai on for the judging part, of course trying to look Vietnamese :-)

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10 designers each with 4 outfit and we had to score them out of 10. The was like the more we went down the list the more it gets better. Seeing the collection from the students I asked myself when will we, Vietnam have these? yes we have the Vietnam Fashion Week but not in this scale and not this professional level and passion. The family and guests really appreciate the show and came with a supportive mindset, eager to see their friends collection and not like the kind of showing off back in Saigon.

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For students, some of the pieces are quite nice, although when you do look close it’s not perfectly done of course but exciting to see the effort.

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Design school like Raffles also sent students to the show. Each made x1 piece, less ready to wear and more conceptualised. It was fun to watch. Such a country with not so much as being at the heart of fashion in Asia and they have 5 fashion schools.

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I love those golden shoes

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And this closed a portion of the day gone. The rest is hectic and fun.

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MIFA – tuần lễ thời trang Malaysia cùng YODA part 2

November 26th 2011

Day 1: Our shoot continues with our second designer Dieu Anh. She plays the autumn feel with velvet, a tough fabric to make it right, meaning it wont make you look fat.

Here are some of the shoots I stole from the set, meaning they kinda set it up and I just borrowed their lights. I love the colour mixture on the collection and already ‘booked’ 2 pieces for my own.

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The collection comprises of dresses, separates that you can mix and play with. The inner fabric kinda cool where you can sort of see the inner lining but still have the velvet texture.

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One of the girls is from Brazil, actually the above are both from Brazil. They’re lovely to work with, thanks to the team at YODA, who put up with a lot of poses, change of clothes. Each designer has 10 pieces to showcase and we all worked super hard on the shoot.

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I sure will be glad to wear this dress for this festive season. The hat is also cute on me too. Better than the model :-)

And our friend designer from Cebu Philippines Edwin Ao collection was also great, very structured look filled with wool long length. Here is a cool set.

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We closed our day with a preview of the MIFA location at Zebra Square a brand new place still under construction when we got there but they managed to score an area for the show. Backstage filled with hot Russian models, 3 guys models that were all drooled over, he was so calm, blade shades on, white singlet and jeans with his Ipod on. Typical but steaming hot. So were the girls.

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And here is the ‘face’ of MIFA this year, this girl is anywhere on the ads for the fashion week.

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