A quick history of Vietnamese women’s fashion (compiled)
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Part 1: 16th-18th century South Vietnam
Part 2: 16th-18th century North Vietnam
Part 3: Nguyễn dynasty North Vietnam commoner
Part 4.1 & Part 4.2: Nguyễn dynasty Central & South Vietnam commoner; Noble casual attire
Part 5.1 & Part 5.2: Nguyễn dynasty court attire Nhật Bình
Part 6: Nguyễn dynasty court attire Phoenix’s robe
Part 7: Basic vintage áo dài in the 1920s - 1970s
Part 8: Áo dài with y-shaped collar of the 1930s
Part 9: Áo dài with puffy long sleeves of the 1930s - 1950s - More historical photos
Part 10: Collarless áo dài of the 1960s - 1970s
Part 11: Áo dài during Vietnam War (1954-1975): Is there a difference between the North and the South?
Part 12: Hippie fashion influences on áo dài
Q&A: Modern áo dài online brands & trends
P.S: I forgot to mention, but apparently women could wear giao lĩnh cross collar robe during late Nguyễn dynasty too. We can see it in the following portrait of Châu Thị Ngọc Lương, wife of Hồ Đắc Trung, as shared by Anthony Ho-Dac, one of her descendant. Here is the original link. In 1898, during the reign of Emperor Thanh Thai, it is also recorded that on the occasion of Empress Lệ Thiên Anh’s 70th birthday, the Imperial Concubine Nguyễn Gia Thị Anh was gifted with a giao lĩnh cross collar robe. And Empress Nam Phương has been photographed wearing giao lĩnh cross collar robe too. If more evidence of Nguyễn dynasty women’s giao lĩnh surfaces and warrant more than just a postcript, I will write a post about the topic.
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Quick notes about Vietnamese men’s historical clothings
Types of hats to be worn with Nguyễn dynasty’s round collar robes
Types of hats that could be worn with Nguyễn dynasty’s cross collar robes with rank badges
Miện quan with 12, 9 and 4 strings of beads
Long trấn & mãng lan military outfits