Shoes and Celebrations

Jul 02, 2009 17:42

 I hate shoes. Mostly because my feet are not the perfect pair in the world--broad and flat. Being flat footed, it is already a bit of a problem to walk, though I tried getting rid of the problem and currently don't have any major problems with walking. Now, on to the size. I am five feet five inches tall and the size of my feet is usually 8. My ( Read more... )

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Re: @sagittarius_leo sagittarius_leo July 13 2009, 15:38:42 UTC
"Ao dai" is a long gown with slits on either side for both men and women. The two long slits along the side allow the gown to have two free floating panels in the front and at the back of the dress. We must wear a special pair of trousers (usually , silk trousers) .Nowadays, men don't wear ao dai much, only in some important ceremonies like weddings, funerals, or other "traditional" occasions.
The original ao dai was simple,we have a variety of fashionable designs nowadays
I'll give u some image links :
I wear s.t like this in high school:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/%C3%81o_d%C3%A0i,_H%E1%BB%93_G%C6%B0%C6%A1m.jpg ( now u know why I have to wear high heels )

http://cungbandulich.com/goc-anh/ao-dai-xu-hue-t921.html

And more stylish ones:
http://www.vtv.vn/HTML/Data/resources/Original/Image/2008/6/22/200862223812_thuylam3a.jpg ( this colour and style often for wedding)

http://www.oneviet.com/archives/images/ao-dai-show-2007-05.jpg

http://nguoivienxu.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200603/original/images916779_aodai-diMy.jpg

http://img.photo.zing.vn/file_uploads/gallery/sources/2008/08/05/3e002394d50e069751482660b45274d9.JPG

In this article , u can see that the original ao dai is much loosener,
http://honque.com/HQ038/bKhao_hkLoan038.htm

it's tighter nowadays, http://www.tin247.com/vnexpress/080618171328-529-423.jpg

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