His and hers look for Tet.
Labels: ao dai, blue, lunar new year, new year, rose, tet, vietnamese dress, xuan
Azul Rosa/Masculinity Rose
01 February 2014
From the Ashes/Birth of a Phoenix
31 January 2014
His and hers combine look.
Labels: ao dai, lunar new year, new year, phoenix, tet, vietnamese dress, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 10:30 AM | c0mnts
Masculine Rose
30 January 2014
New Year Eve!!! I love this outfit I concocted, a side slit with red leather pants. It might not looks like leather but in my mind it is leather.
This outfit is based the prior outfit. Using the same hue and the rose emblem, I put it on the side to give it cohesiveness and masculinity
Enjoy.
This outfit is based the prior outfit. Using the same hue and the rose emblem, I put it on the side to give it cohesiveness and masculinity
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, blue, lunar new year, new year, tet, vietnamese dress, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 5:48 PM | c0mnts
Rosa Azul
Isn't this pattern cute? Don't you just want this in everything you have? Shirts, skirts, pants? I tried something new with my markers and love the result. I might repeat it for future designs.
I have something a bit more young and modern with this drawing. It's more daring because it's so bright and there is a lot of it. It also reveals more skin up top; it is a halter with an opened sleeves.
Enjoy.
I have something a bit more young and modern with this drawing. It's more daring because it's so bright and there is a lot of it. It also reveals more skin up top; it is a halter with an opened sleeves.
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, blue, lunar new year, new year, patterns, tet, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 12:00 PM | c0mnts
Birth of a Phoenix
29 January 2014
Two posts in one day, I gotta keep up before Lunar New Year is here. I have a few more to post, hope I can get in done on time.
Let's hear it for male drawing, YAY!!! I love doing them once in a while, but when I get to the shoes, it looks funky. I don't know what to do.
This is the male version from the post earlier today. Men's ao dai are similar to the women's but it's more loose fitting and acts as a jacket rather than a shirt. I didn't want to draw a full phoenix on his shirt, that would just emasculate it. So instead I abstracted it and gave it a few swirls of fire.
Enjoy.
Let's hear it for male drawing, YAY!!! I love doing them once in a while, but when I get to the shoes, it looks funky. I don't know what to do.
This is the male version from the post earlier today. Men's ao dai are similar to the women's but it's more loose fitting and acts as a jacket rather than a shirt. I didn't want to draw a full phoenix on his shirt, that would just emasculate it. So instead I abstracted it and gave it a few swirls of fire.
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, lunar new year, new year, phoenix, tet, vietnamese dress, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 4:30 PM | c0mnts
From The Ashes
So close to Tet, I can feel it in the air. Today I have a more traditional piece completed with a head piece, I like to think of it as a crown, but not sure what to called it in English.
Like many ao dai, the textile is considered a canvas for multiple designs, it can have scenery, landscape, patterns, and much more. Here I have a more traditional phoenix to go with the Xuan theme.
Enjoy.
Like many ao dai, the textile is considered a canvas for multiple designs, it can have scenery, landscape, patterns, and much more. Here I have a more traditional phoenix to go with the Xuan theme.
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, lunar new year, new year, phoenix, tet, vietnamese dress, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 12:00 PM | c0mnts
The Red Lantern
24 January 2014
A week from today is Lunar New Year Eve; it's so exciting. I didn't get into the Christmas spirit this year, but after drawing these collection, I feel the new year will turned a different leaf.
Today's ao dai has a small influence from the Western world, using a lace bodice as the main focal point and everything is white and subdued. Like I mentioned in my last post, the pants don't have to match the dress, it can be contrasting. In fact, it's more modern to have contrasting pants.
Enjoy.
Today's ao dai has a small influence from the Western world, using a lace bodice as the main focal point and everything is white and subdued. Like I mentioned in my last post, the pants don't have to match the dress, it can be contrasting. In fact, it's more modern to have contrasting pants.
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, chinese, lace, lunar new year, new year, tet, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 12:00 PM | c0mnts
The Baroness
23 January 2014
It's that time of the year again, it's Lunar New Year. I just hate "Chinese New Year" because the majority of Asia celebrates it and it just confines only to the Chinese.
Anyway, this is a preview of what is to come in the next week. I have an entire collection based on the Vietnamese "Ao Dai" with a flair of modern. I think it will be well received.
Today, I have a mixed between China and Vietnam influence dress. It's actually a shirt with a long from and back flaps, and it's worn with a pair of pants.
Enjoy.
Anyway, this is a preview of what is to come in the next week. I have an entire collection based on the Vietnamese "Ao Dai" with a flair of modern. I think it will be well received.
Today, I have a mixed between China and Vietnam influence dress. It's actually a shirt with a long from and back flaps, and it's worn with a pair of pants.
Enjoy.
Labels: ao dai, chinese, lunar new year, new year, red, tet, xuan
posted by Ryan @ 4:25 PM | c0mnts