Vietnamese girls in "Ao dai"

There's just something so femenine about the Vietnamese women in their ao dai that perhaps you haven't seen anywhere in any European fashion of any time!









In Vietnamese language 'ao dai' (pronounced 'ao yai') means long dress. In general, it has two main parts: an 'ao dai' (a long dress) and a 'quan dai' (a long pair of white or black silk trousers).









Every ao dai is custom made, accounting for the fit that creates such a flattering look. Traditionally, the color of the Ao Dai for a woman denotes her age or marital status. White means the girl is young and unmarried - early and late teens. For the highschool girls the white symbolizes innocence, naivelty and loveliness.