natural speed please.:D
The gauze outer tunic is black or brown or dark violet; the two inner tunics are ivory, lotus-pink, yellow or sky-blue. The collar is round; the flap, straight; and the sleeves, tight. The tunic is buttoned from the waist up to under the arm, but collar is turned down to show a part of the coloured inner tunics.
When the Nguyễn lords settled in Central Việt Nam in the 17th century, this tunic was influenced by the long dresses of the Chăm culture. Because of this influence, the four-flapped tunic became the áo dài.
When did the reform begin?
The “modern” tunic came in during the 1930s, although Vietnamese women in the countryside still wore the traditional tunic.
Some people believe the áo dài must have first appeared in the South(Nam Bộ) because this region was the first under French domination and was a colony directly under French administration. The Vietnamese there were the first to wear westernized clothes. Westernization came later to the North, which was a protectorate. In addition, the North had a Sino-Vietnamese traditional culture that had been established for two thousand years while the Vietnamese culture in the South was only several hundred years old.
