Where to get Áo dài in Vietnam?

Tourists always want to buy something indigenous to the country where they have visited. For those who come to Vietnam, most of them may think about buying áo dài. The problem that many tourists have to face is they do not know where to buy the best áo dài for themselves. This is especially so for those who want to have a tailor make them an áo dài which perfectly fits their body, since their ability of Vietnamese language, thus their sources of information, is limited. In this section, we would like to provide you with the addresses of some good ao dai tailors in some cities in North, Center and South of Vietnam. Hopefully this comes in useful for you when you want to buy áo dài in its own original country.

Normally, Vietnamese women prefer designing their own unique áo dài. They would choose their favorite fabric and then ask the tailor to make the áo dài with style they love. As tourists may find it complicated and difficult to do that, our guide would try to make this process as simple as possible.

For choosing fabric, they can go to Bến Thành market (Ho Chi Minh city), Đông Ba market (Hue city), Ninh Hiệp market (Bac Ninh province), Hôm market, Đồng Xuân market (Hanoi city) or more specially, they can go to Vạn Phúc silk village (Ha Dong district, Hanoi city). There is abundance of all sorts of lustrous, colorful, gorgeous kinds of silk for them to choose.

For making áo dài, these are some addresses and names of tailors who can help them have the best ones:

In Hanoi:

- Ngân An tailor:

• No. 27, Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung district. Tel: +84 4 39446998
• No. 90, Pham Ngoc Thach Street, Dong Da district. Tel: +84 4 35737456
• No. 80 Kham Thien Street, Dong Da district. Tel: +84 4 35189528
• No. 103 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh district. Tel: + 84 4 37261352

- Mỹ Vinh tailor:

• No. 59, Cau Go Street, Hoan Kiem district. Tel: + 84 4 38243817

- Hồng Minh tailor:

• No. 43, Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung district.

- Hương Trầm tailor:

• No. 213, Ton Duc Thang Street, Dong Da district.

Some áo dài made by Ngan An tailor

In Ho Chi Minh city:

- Tiên tailor:

• No. 457/95A, Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, 10th district. Tel: +84 902685026

- Lê Vy tailor:

• No. 141 Cach Mang Thang 8 Street, Tan Binh district. Tel: +84 8 3912236

- Cham Khanh tailor:

• No. 327 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, 3rd district. Tel: +84 8 38395350
• No. 270F, Vo Thi Sau Street, 3rd district. Tel: +84 8 35005565
• No. 256, Pasteur Street, 3rd district. Tel: +84 8 38206861

- Vinh tailor:

• No. 49, Number 3 Street, 3rd district. Tel: +84 090 777 5202

Áo dài Vinh

In Hue:

- Minh Tân tailor:

• No. 57, Nguyen Sinh Cung Street. Tel: +84 54 3828049

- Chi tailor:

• No. 91, Xuan 68 Street.

- Thẩm tailor:

• No. 42, Tran Nguyen Han Street.

- Mỹ Lệ tailor:

• Dinh Tien Hoang Street.

Minh Tan tailor and his shop in Hue city

Áo dài Minh Tân

Tailors will not only make áo dài for customers as they want, but they also play role of consultants for those who are not sure that which style, color and/or kind of fabric are suitable for their figures.

Tourists can also buy ready-made áo dài in Bến Thành market (Ho Chi Minh City) or in tailors’ shops in Hanoi if they want to save time and money. In fact, these already made áo dài are usually cheaper than tailored ones.

Prices of áo dài vary and depend on many elements, such as kind of fabric, style, time of making and reputation of the tailor as well. Not only in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh city that áo dài is available, tourists can also ask local residents in any provinces in Vietnam for advices to purchase áo dài because wherever they visit in this country, there are tailors who can make this traditional costume.



References:

Vatgia.com, http://www.vatgia.com/hoidap/4415/25533/may-ao-dai-mua-vai-hay-mua-ao-dai-may-san-o-ha-noi-thi-mua-o-dau-dep.html

Aodaiproject.wordpress.com http://aodaiproject.wordpress.com/category/my-emails/

English.cinet.vn, http://english.cinet.vn/html/vanphuc_E/content.htm

Aodainganan.com http://www.aodainganan.com/index.php

Chuyenmayaodai.com http://www.chuyenmayaodai.com/

Aodaichamkhanh.com http://www.aodaichamkhanh.com/

Aodaivinh.com http://www.aodaivinh.com/index.php

Khamphahue.com.vn http://www.khamphahue.com.vn/ehue/?catid=dichvu&scatid=maymac&nid=16547

And advices from some of my friends who are living/working in Hanoi, Hue city.