Bringing Vietnamese silk to the Vietnamese

With skillful hands, creative mind, artist Nghiem Thi Thu Huong, Director of Dong Huong Trading and Production Co., Ltd. (Van Phuc, Ha Dong, Hanoi) always researches and produces many fashionable products. quality, accessories, and souvenirs made from Vietnamese silk.
Thu Huong returned to work as a bride in the traditional silk village of Van Phuc. She and her husband used to open a silk weaving workshop and then sew into fashion products according to the orders of exporting companies. Silk industry has helped her family have a stable income for more than 10 years. However, she still felt that was not enough. She wants to make fashion products from silk by herself and deliver them to consumers.

She discussed with her husband to stop sewing and open a shop selling silk products. She named the silk establishment Dong Huong-grafted from the couple’s name as a guarantee to customers about the quality and origin of the product. Instead of mass production, many Dong Huong silk products are handmade. Therefore, the time and effort of the craftsman put into a silk product is also more. For example, to complete a scarf, it takes 5 hours to finish a handkerchief while a machine only needs 15-20 minutes. Completing a silk tie from cut, pressed, and hand-sewn takes 3 hours. The silk blanket is made up of hundreds of colorful silk fabrics that require 5 meticulous craftsmen to staple combs, sew hands … Ms. Thu Huong hopes that Vietnamese silk will gradually become familiar with domestic customers. Ms. Huong shared, just looking at the product can appreciate the craftsmanship and love of silk workers. A skillful and meticulous worker will give a steady, smooth path; on the contrary, the rush and rush can damage the silk. Huong especially loves and cherishes silk and wants products made by the company to be beautiful, perfect and diverse in designs and types. Dong Huong Silk Factory is one of the first establishments to market the “Miss Tam” ao dai wearing with skirts, which has become a “hot trend” for many women. Ms. Huong also launched a wide range of flare skirts, hugging skirts, long skirts and silk dresses for the evening parties, receptions … With shirts, she also designs many long designs; and silk scarves are attached to silk flowers to help women wear a scarf fast and still beautiful. Never been trained in fine arts and fashion, but with her sense of aesthetics and passion for silk, Huong always has unique innovations and creations on silk. For example, she has created the form of painting on high quality silk. From a white silk, she used the watermarking method, colored scales on the water, then gently put the silk on. Silk sheets are printed with special colors, creating beautiful, varied patterns and patterns, without any fragments. In addition, she also has hand-painted silk products with flowers and leaves, pictures of many landscapes … very beautiful. The color painted on silk is durable and soft, not cracked or broken like other silk printing. Ms. Huong said: “Me and the members of the company really want to bring Vietnamese silk closer to the Vietnamese people. In order for everyone to be able to use silk products in everyday life … When silk becomes more attached to life, silk making will have a chance to thrive again ”.