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
Rejuvenation of dai pai dong Rejuvenation of dai pai dong Dai pai dong is a kind of traditional food stall in Hong Kong. It was famous and popular in Hong Kong during the 1960s and 1970s. The literal meaning of dai pai dong in English is “Big license stall”. The characteristics of Dai Pai Dong are lack of air-conditioners, unclean environment but various kinds of food. However, starting from 1980s, the government stopped issuing new licenses and began buying them back. Due to its hygienic problem and the deaths of the license holders, dai pai dong closed down and was replaced by different kinds of