Áo dài at the University of Texas at Austin. The difficulties of working while wearing an ao dai link the dress to frailty and innocence, she wrote. Vietnamese writers who favor the use of the ao dai as a school uniform cite the inconvenience of wearing it as an advantage, a way of teaching students feminine behavior such as modesty, caution, and a refined manner. The ao dai is featured in an array of Vietnam-themed or related movies. In "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), Robin Williams's character is wowed by ao dai-clad women when he first arrives in Saigon. The 1992 films "Indochine"
The White Silk Dress altered into smaller sized ao dai for the daughters, as they switch wearing that ao dai everyday. Thank to the parents' endless love and sacrifice, Hoi An has written an essay about her ao dai. As she is standing and reading out loud her essay for her class, a bomb hits the school. Being informed that the school is bombed, Dan dashes to school to find her daughter but only to realize that Hoi An has been dead among her classmates. An is killed by the war but everything doesn't stop. While trying to catch shell fish during heavy rain,