Designer brings Vietnamese materials and inspiration from Do paper to Milan Fashion Week

Designer Phan Dang Hoang participated in the exhibition "The Soul of Nation" at the historic Palazzo dei Giureconsulti building (Milan, Italy) during Milan Fashion Week Fall Winter 2025 with the new collection "ZigZag".

The collection includes 11 designs with traditional Vietnamese materials in dark tones such as: Black, gray, white, beige, blue, brown... - color trends in 2025.

Specifically, traditional Vietnamese materials are used such as linen, bamboo fiber and ramie silk (a material combining green hemp and silk); in addition, there are also some Japanese materials such as: Leather, chiffon, wool, silk... Phan Dang Hoang, because of his love for Yen Thai do paper, chose to use ramie silk with similar properties; thereby wanting to recreate and honor this 500-year-old paper.

Through "ZigZag", Phan Dang Hoang pays tribute to Vietnamese cultural values. He continues to convey the message of Vietnamese women as fragile, steadfast and sharp through each design.

The collection attracted the attention of experts and fashion enthusiasts in Milan, Italy.

Phan Dang Hoang was born in 2000 and graduated from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Milan, Italy). In 2022, he participated in the Afro Fall Winter Fashion Week, his collection was introduced by Vogue Italy. In 2023, Phan Dang Hoang attracted attention when he brought the Sculpture collection to show at Milan Fashion Week. Last May, the 10X was named in the 30 Under 30 Asia 30 list (The most influential artists under 30 years old in Asia) by Forbes Magazine's The Arts .

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