Weaving a Realm: Bilingual book introduces Vietnam's costumes from the 15th century
The first bilingual art book detailing the ancient Vietnamese costumes worn in the 15th century has been released recently.
| H’Hen Nie listed among top 20 most beauties in national costumes in Southeast Asia | |
| Unique costumes of Northwest ethnic minority people | |
| Institute of Vietnamese Costumes officially makes debut |
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| The book, entitled Det Nen Trieu Dai (Weaving A Realm), aims to reconstruct the rituals and fashion of Vietnamese in the early Le Dynasty from 1437 to 1471. |
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| The book, titled Det Nen Trieu Dai in Vietnamese and Weaving a Realm in English, filled with illustrations, photos and other historical facts about Vietnam’s fashion centuries ago. |
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| The format is paperback, size 25x25cm, printed full color on thick paper. |
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| You can discover the fashion world of Vietnam's ancient time and take a look at all the Giao Lĩnh (cross-collared robe), Viên Lĩnh (round-collared robe), Đối Khâm (parallel-collared robe), the Emperor's Hoàng Bào (yellow imperial robe) and the Empress' Địch Y,... |
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| In ancient Vietnam, Địch Y (also called Huy Địch or Huy Địch Y) and the headwear Phượng Quan were the noblest ceremonial attire, usually reserved for an empress during great rituals. |
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| English-Vietnamese book is made by a team of overseas Vietnamese at Vietnam Centre based in Sydney, Australia. |
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| A collection of a hard cover, signed book; e-book; and one paper doll book will cost VND 500,000 (over USD 21). |
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| The one paper doll book including two models and ten sets of historical clothing. |
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| The book is compiled by a team of Vietnamese expatriates all over the world led by Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Dong. |
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| With every entry, Vietnam Centre provides a few historical tidbits about the costume, from materials, sewing techniques, structure and other specifications. |
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| Recognising the care and the need to learn about ancestor’s clothing culture from the community, Vietnam Centre raised funds in 2018 to make the book. |
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| In addition to the hard copy, the ebook Weaving a Realm, the digital version will soon be published on Comicola's COMI platform. |
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| Instead of the square format of the hard copy, they switched to the vertical rectangular format and adopted a new look to enhance the readers’ experience. |
Photo courtesy of Vietnam Centre and Comicola
 | Vietnamese royal costumes for your dolls Vietnamese ancient attires now come in costumes for 1/6 dolls (Barbie size). Based on the costumes reconstructed by the Vietnam Centre in "Weaving A Realm", ... |
 | Centre raises funds for publishing book on royal customs and costumes The Vietnam Centre, based in Australia, has recently kicked off a crowd-funding project. The money will be used for publishing a book on royal customs ... |
 | Special projects on royal costumes of young people Young people are taking part in special projects that replicate traditional Vietnamese clothes worn by royalty of various dynasties. |
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