Áo dài and "The Lover" inspired several international fashion houses to design ao dai collections, including Prada's SS08 collection and a Georgio Armani collection. In the Vietnamese film "The White Silk Dress" (2007), an ao dai is the sole legacy that the mother of a poverty-stricken family has to pass on to her daughters. The Hanoi City Complex, a 65-story building now under construction, will have an ao dai-inspired design. Vietnamese designers created ao dai for the contestants in the Miss Universe beauty contest, which was held July 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. The most prominent annual Ao Dai Festival outside of
Khmer clothing shirt, more like a dress than the regular shirt, similar to the Vietnamese Ao Dai, the Indian Kurta and the Malaysian "baju kurung". Generally it has a collar with a button at the neck to fasten from neck to chest like a Kurta while it normally narrows at the waist like a "baju kurung". But it has a small hidden cut at the hem like an "ao dai" which allows the lower part of the shirt to spread out. Most such tops are knee-length, just a few stopping at the thigh. This top was famous worn by rich women in