RE: A'o da`i

[Tuan Pham <tuan.pham@unsw.edu.au>]

>>     Had a look at the Princess Thuyen Hoa. She was very cute. Thank you 
>> very much. However, I don't think this kind of A'o da`i is the modern A'o 
>> da`i. This is the old fashioned A'o da`i you can find much before the 
>> Pricess Thuyen Hoa. Please visit "Ba'c Co^?" in Hanoi if you have a chance.
>> I have a feeling that this A'o da`i was 100% Chinese.
>> 
>>    The modern A'o da`i is more European. In 30's the modern A'o da`i was 
>> called A'o Ta^n Tho+`i and was criticized much in public by the old fashioned
>> people. If we want to revision this, we should review this period in more 
>> details.
>> 
>
>Ddu'ng nhu+ ba'c Vie^.t no'i, a'o da`i nga`y nay cu?a ta, "ao' da`i ta^n
>tho+`i" xua^'t hie^.n tu+` nhu+~ng na(m 30, theo tui nghe la.i cu?a ba'o
>chi' thi` ddu'ng la` mo^.t thu+' A^u ho'a. Co`n tie^`n tha^n ADTT thi`
>theo ba` ba.n ma` tui no'i trw^n la.i la` 1 thu+' ao' da`i cu?a Dda`ng
>Trong. Thu+' ao' da`i Dda`ng Trong na`y theo ba` ba.n tui la.i la` ke^'t
>ho+.p cu?A ao' da`i Cha(m pa vo+'i Ta`u, vi` khi ddo' chu'a Nguye^~n
>muo^'n ta.o ra ca'c thu+' y phu.c rie^ng cu?a Da`ng Trong, kha'c vo+'i
>Dda`ng Ngoa`i.
>

Hi ca'c ba'c Aiviet  va` La^m

To^i co' no'i la` ca'c ba` ma(.c a'o da`i ta^n tho+`i tu+` 1910
ho^`i na`o dda^u :) Ca'i point cu?a to^i la` a'o da`i dda~ co' 
tu+` tru+o+'c 1910. A'o phu. nu+~ ma(.c ca'ch dda^y ga^`n 
1 the^' ky? thi` di~ nhie^n la` kho^ng ta^n tho+`i.

Theo con ma('t cu?a to^i thi` ne^'u so sa'nh a'o tho+`i nay vo+'i 
a'o cu?a ba` Thuyen Hoa va` 4 ba` nha` que^ (ma` to^i post)
thi` su+. kha'c bie^.t co' the^? no'i la` ra^'t i't. Cai a'o da`i nha` 
que^, so vo+'i a'o da`i cu?a ca'c ba` gia` nga`y nay, co' the^? no'i 
la` identical, co`n ca'i a'o cu?a ba`co^ng chu'a thi`tro^ng elegant 
ho+n, chu+'ng to? ng` xu+a cu~ng bie^'t thay ddo^?i kie^?u cho 
"Fashionable". Vi` va^.y to^i no'i la` ca(n ba?n a'o da`i va^~n 
kho^ng thay ddo^?i tu+` 1910. Co' the^? ca'i o^ng Le^ Pho^? va` 
nha` Lemur gi` ddo' to^? chu+'c 1 chu+o+ng tri`nh marketing 
ra^`m ro^. ne^n ddu+o+.c "ddi va`o li.ch su+?"! Nh~ chi tie^'t 
nhu+ eo to eo nho?, ca`i nu't be^n tra'i hay pha?i, ta` a'o le^n 
xuo^'ng ma^'y cm, cho^~ no^'i tay a'o xe'o hay tha(?ng, v.v... 
kho^ng la`m thay ddo^'i ca^'u tru'c ca(n ba?n. Da^n mi`nh nga`y 
xu+a ra^'t conservative, ne^n chi? ddo^?i 1 ti' la` phe^ bi`nh ro^`i.

Co`n go^'c ti'ch a'o da`i la` 100% ta`u hay 50% ta`u 50% cha`m
thi` to^i mong ddo+.i ca'c ba'c cho the^m ba(`ng chu+'ng. I've
done my bit!

Cheers
Tuan Pham