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 White Silk Dress in Hoi An as Dan is about to give birth to their first child who is named Hoi An. As the rain season begins, Dan holds her baby inside their flooded house. Suddenly, Gu fishes their ao dai which inside is the sprouted glosbe which used to be used for their wedding ceremony back in their hometown, Dan tells Gu to plant the glosbe so when it grows a big paddle of glosbe, she will be officially wife of Gu. The rain stops and the flood withdraws, Gu plants the glosbe in the garden in front of their house. More