All Ao Dai

The ao dai is the national costume of Vietnam that is meant to grace a woman's figure. Modest yet seductive, it really is a beautiful article of clothing. From the author: My fascination and appreciation for the ao dai runs deeper than my Vietnamese heritage that runs in my veins. In an attempt to find photos of the ao dai to post in my personal tumblr, I found a lack of photos compared to what I could find for the Indian saree. One day I decided that I would start a blog that was dedicated to ao dai. Please note that unless otherwise stated, none of the images produced on this blog were not created by the authors. You can view the source or the blog from where we reblogged by clicking on the links on the right side of each post. Please feel free to submit your ao dai stories or ask us any questions.

[jinae-escape]

[kyo224]

 Lunar New Year is coming so i decide to draw them are wearing modern ao dai XD

[sartorialadventure]

Miss Universe Vietnam

[vythefirst]

One of the warmups from my stream! I really wanted to get the feel for my stylus again by working in hatching and textures in the same way I would with pencils (it was fun to say the least)

Like I said before, Vietnamese Keith is one of my favorite headcanons for Voltron bc 

1) I’m Vietnamese 

2) Vietnamese people are hardly represented in TV shows in general

Voltron leaves a lot of room for Keith’s backstory so I don’t think it’s far fetched!! I could see him missing foods from his childhood, and going to festivals with his parents as a wee child. TToTT Here’s a doc by @lutrinaee if you want to see more about this headcanon from another voice! (Thanks for putting this together! <3<3)

Anyway! This is Keith donning an aó dài with a lion design (aha!), which I based off of the costumes for the Lion Dance Festivals in Vietnam. :> Thanks for reading <3

[sartorialadventure]

Vietnamese ao dai by Thai Tuan

[plutos-ambassador]

sup, whaddup, I’ve been up for too long now. it’s my bb cousin’s confirmation so we gotta do it for the culture

[lenvasil-blog]

Beauty by khoitran

[asian-folk-wardrobe]

[pearlescentplums]

Part of my AP Art Concentration Portfolio; art inspired by art noveau artists 

because tumblr doesn’t allow more than 10 photos, I’ll probably post the other 8 in separate posts 

[deaf-sakura]

me at 3 am: sakura would look really nice in áo dài. i should draw her in áo dài.

my last braincell: everyone looks good in áo dài. go to sleep.

my last braincell: also you can’t even draw, fuck you.

[nannaia]

A while ago I was asked about the construction of the Vietnamese Ao Dai and Chinese Cheongsam/Qipao. I had a few dresses at my disposal and figured it would be fun to do a compare and contrast. Due to the small collection, I was only able to photograph a few samples (all tailored circa 2000s, except one I’m sure…). This basically just covers the “classic” tailoring styles of Ao Dai and Cheongsam/Qipao. The latest trends may not adhere to it!

NOTE: For simplicity’s sake, I primarily used the word Cheongsam (Cantonese) instead of Qípáo (Mandarin) because its wider use as an English loanword.

[crystalrina-archive]

In an ao dai mood today so have a rose!

[kelogsloops]

a vietnamese witch

[ask-lotus-vietnam]

🌙

“Taiwan’s photoshopping really is something else…”

((She looks so regal! Process sketches will be up on my art account, @ravioliguacamole

Unfortunately, I probably won’t be able to answer more emoji asks and hopefully will move onto normal asks in my inbox!))

[acaciathorn]

Gift for @siartha of her ATLA character, Fei-An

I forgot to upload this when I drew it back in May

[puffinmaster246]

So nobody is gonna talk about how pretty Ao Dais are? Okay…

[sartorialadventure]

Vietnamese ao dai by Thai Tuan