VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Int’l Fashion Week will come back in its second edition with 20 fashion shows by 12 local designers and brands, and eight international designers at the Gem Center in HCMC’s District 1 from October 14 to 18.

Models show creations by local designers at a press conference held in HCMC on Wednesday to announce the Vietnam International Fashion Week – Photo: Kieu Giang

The participating designers from Vietnam are Phuong My, Thuy Nguyen, Hoang Minh Ha, Ly Giam Tien, Vincent Doan, Li Lam, Giao Linh, Adrian Anh Tuan, Nguyen Quang Viet, Chau Chan Hung with Canifa brand, Victoria Huyen Nguyen with I Hate Fashion brand, and luxury jewelry maker PNJ.

The international designers include Julien Fournie from France, Renato Balestra from Italy, Alvin Fernandez from Australia, Yumi Katsura from Japan, Sebastian Gunawan from Indonesia and Ezra Santos from Dubai. Three designers from Atelier Chardon Savard-one of Paris’s leading fashion schools are Jeong Seok Lee, Marion Besenbruch, and Léo Cellier.

Young talent Phuong My and Julien Fournie from France will open the fashion week at 8 p.m. on October 14. This is the first time Phuong My, a Vietnamese American designer, introduces her elegant and sophisticated creations at the fashion week. She has joined prestigious shows in the U.S., South Korea and Singapore. Fournie, who has joined Paris Haute Couture and Singapore Fashion Week, will bring a luxury collection with inspiration from Paris.

Especially, two winners of the Project Runway Vietnam, Hoang Minh Ha and Ly Giam Tien, and two designers from Ready Couture brand of France, Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov, will join hands to create fashion items for international online shoppers.

Le Thi Quynh Trang, CEO of Multimedia JSC and founder and chairwoman of Vietnam International Fashion Week, said, “Vietnam International Fashion Week is intended to narrow the big gap between local and international fashion industries. We expect that the international fashion community will have a fresh look at Vietnam’s potential fashion market and more local designers and brands will make their mark on world fashion markets.”