Designer Phuong Ho (second from right) receives Guinness Vietnam Record for her longest ao dai in Vietnam on May 25.
According to Vietnamese fashion designer Phuong Ho, the Non Song Gam Voc (Beautiful Homeland) ao dai was made from brocade. It was completed within nearly two months by her team and 20 embroidery artists.
"The flap, made from 31 pieces of brocade, features cultural and historic characteristics and landscapes of Vietnam and 3D images of lotus leaves," she said. “It is a great challenge for me and my team to complete the ao dai.”
The work is recognised for helping to honour Vietnamese traditional costume, and introduce and promote Vietnam's landscapes.
In late April, the ao dai was introduced at a fashion show in Phu Tho Province during the Hung Kings’ Temple Festival and the Ancestral Land Culture and Tourism Week of 2023.
Designer Phuong Ho revealed that she's going to show it in a charity programme which aims to raise funds for disadvantaged children in HCM City in June.
Phuong Ho will also bring her work to the Look International Fashion Show 2023 due to be held in Thailand in July.
