I had the boss here last week and we spent about three days working through the busines plan and related stuff. Good for me, but not real exciting stuff for you! But on the second night, Hilly and I took Russell to a place called Si Hoang which is a 'famous' fashion house here in HCM. The owner exclusively designs and crafts the silk Ao Dai (pronounced something like Ou Yeah) which is the long flowing traditional gown worn by local women. Today you do see waitresses in classey restaurants, women in banks, and other places wearing them They seem to be the uniform of choice for up-market establishments. (Actually, I threatened young Hoang with making them mandatory for all our female staff, and she thought it was a great idea!) Definitely popular at weddings, parties and other formal affairs, and well suited to the (usually) slim Vietnamese frame.
Well the 2 hr show was full of traditional music and singing and of course fashion. We had both men and women parading the beautiful hand-painted silks of Si Hoang - quite a spectacle! Unfortunately I did not think of taking the camera, so I tried to capture the moment with my camera phone. But to add injury to insult, I could not work out how to turn on the flash while sitting in the dark, so the moment I truly did NOT capture.
So I am now hoping that we will soon have other visitors that we can take along to the show - at least I can then replace these weak images!
PS - I'm pretty sure Russell enjoyed the night off as well.
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