page_title: Áo dài
section_title: Parts of dress
hierarchical_section_title: Áo dài / Parts of dress
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Hình ảnh minh họa cho áo dài với các thành phần của nó.
context_page_description: The áo dài is a Vietnamese national garment, worn by both sexes but now most commonly worn by women. In its current form, it is a long, split tunic dress worn over trousers. Áo translates as shirt. Dài means "long".
  The word "ao dai" was originally applied to the outfit worn at the court of the Nguyễn Lords at Huế in the 18th century. This outfit evolved into the áo ngũ thân, a five-paneled aristocratic gown worn in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inspired by Paris fashions, Nguyễn Cát Tường and other Hanoi artists redesigned the ngũ thân as a modern dress in the 1920s and 1930s. The updated look was promoted by the artists and magazines of Tự Lực văn đoàn 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. The dress was extremely popular in South Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s. On Tết and other occasions, Vietnamese men may wear an áo gấm, a version of the ao dai made of thicker fabric.
context_section_description: Tà sau: back flap
  Nút bấm thân áo: hooks used as fasteners and holes
  Ống tay: sleeve
  Đường bên: inside seam
  Nút móc kết thúc: main hook and hole
  Tà trước: front flap
  Khuy cổ: collar button
  Cổ áo: collar
  Đường may: seam
  Kích (eo): waist
  The ao dai can be worn with a nón lá (conical leaf hat), a style associated with Huế. On weddings and other formal occasions, a circular headgear called a khăn đóng is worn.
caption: Diagram that shows the parts of an ao dai.
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