Áo dài the "ngũ thân" as a modern dress in the 1920s and 1930s. The updated look was promoted by the artists and magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn (Self-Reliant Literary Group) as a national costume for the modern era. In the 1950s, Saigon designers tightened the fit to produce the version worn by Vietnamese women today. The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. On Tết and other occasions, Vietnamese men may wear an "áo gấm" (brocade robe), a version of the ao dai made of thicker fabric. Academic commentary on the ao dai emphasizes
The White Silk Dress Ngo are on the verge of quitting school due to not have any ao dai to keep going to school. Being worried about the daughters, Dan decides to work as a nanny, ironically, she doesn't work as a nanny for a baby, but for an old Chinese man. Every morning, Dan starts her strange job as taking off her shirt and let the old man suck her breast. Feeling miserable and embarrassed, however Dan still keep going until being discovered by Gu. Gu gets angry and scolds Dan for doing such thing. In the end, Dan gets her ao dai