Actually I have no idea when my ancestor áo tứ thân was born.
She was the dress of peasant women long, long time ago, before I was born. Most of the Vietnamese believe that she had a large hand in my birth, influencing my design. Prior to the fifteenth century, Vietnamese women typically wore a skirt and halter top. These were sometimes covered by open-necked tunic with four long panels, the front two tied or belted at the waist. She was often made with plainer fabric and in darker, which explained why she was the dress of commoner women. Women’s garments were brown or black, accented by brightly colored tops or belts on special occasions.
She was the dress of peasant women long, long time ago, before I was born. Most of the Vietnamese believe that she had a large hand in my birth, influencing my design. Prior to the fifteenth century, Vietnamese women typically wore a skirt and halter top. These were sometimes covered by open-necked tunic with four long panels, the front two tied or belted at the waist. She was often made with plainer fabric and in darker, which explained why she was the dress of commoner women. Women’s garments were brown or black, accented by brightly colored tops or belts on special occasions.
Vietnamese women always know how to show their sexy and beautiful side even in áo tứ thân's time. The sexy part is the Yếm which is most likely derived from the ancient Chinese DuDou . Beneath the dress is a worn a white or bright pink Yếm, a diamond shaped piece of fabric that covers the chest and has straps from the right and left corners to tie be tied around the back and straps at the collar to secure it around the neck.
The bottom corner of the Yếm is tucked under a long black skirt worn beneath the dress. From the 17th through the 19th century, Vietnamese women wore áo tứ thân with skirts to differentiate themselves from men, who wore a similar costume with pants.
References：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_dai
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