Áo dài Vietnam is held each year in San Jose, California, a city that is home to a large Vietnamese American community. This event features an international array of designer ao dai under the direction of festival founder, Jenny Do. Fast pace of life in Vietnam during the decades of integration and development witnesses the changes in the traditional ao dai. This does not mean that the traditional ao dai is disappearing from Vietnamese life. Yet, it is becoming more adaptable to these modern days. The growing of the country day by day requires the changing and the ability of adapting. The
The Tailor (film) Nguyen, as both wanted to make movie about Vietnamese women. Especially, Ngo Thanh Van owns an admiration toward ao dai in general. In Lunar New Year 2017, there were many discussions leading Ngo Thanh Van come to realize that "the young generation don't know much about ao dai and their interest for ao dai becomes less". Therefore, she and Thuy Nguyen decided to bring "ao dai to big screen" so everyone could recognize "the dreamy beauty of one woman in ao dai". After quite a time working on the script and tons of idea switching, Ngo Thanh Van had to