The ao dai (áo dài) is a Vietnamese national outfit primarily for women. In its current form, it is a tight-fitting silk tunic worn over pantaloons. Áo dài is pronounced [ǎːwzâːj], approximately ow-zye in the North, and with a y sound for the z in the South. Áo is derived from a Middle Chinese word meaning "padded coat" Dài means "long".
The style worn today is a modernization of the áo ngũ thân, a 19th century aristocratic gown influenced by Manchu Chinese fashions. Inspired by Paris fashions, Hanoi artist Nguyễn Cát Tường and others redesigned the áo ngũ thân as a dress in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] The updated ao dai was promoted by the artists of Tự Lực văn đoàn ("Self-Reliant Literary Group") as a national costume for the modern era. In the 1950s, Saigon designers tightened the fit to produce the version worn by Vietnamese women today.[2] The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Communist Party, which has ruled Vietnam since 1975, disapproved of the dress and favored frugal, androgynous styles.[3] In the 1990s, the ao dai regained popularity.[3] The equivalent garment for men, called an áo gấm ("brocade robe"), is also worn on occasion, such as during Tết, at weddings or death anniversaries. Today however, the áo gấm is most frequently worn by old men.
Academic commentary on the ao dai emphasizes the way the dress ties feminine beauty to Vietnamese nationalism, especially in the form of "Miss Ao Dai" pageants, popular both among overseas Vietnamese and in Vietnam itself.[4] "Ao dai" is one of the few Vietnamese words that appear in English-language dictionaries.
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