Controversy about the debut performance of Khanh Van’s national costume

After Khanh Van showed off the national costume ‘Cocoon’ of designer Khoa Lo, on Miss Universe Vietnam fan page, the online community gave mixed opinions and reactions that caused a stir.
Khanh Van showcases the national costume “Cocoon em”

On the afternoon of April 27, at the press conference announcing the Miss Universe Vietnam contest 2021, Miss Khanh Van and her crew officially introduced to the media the national costume “Cocoon” that she would bring to attend. participate in the Miss Universe 2020 competition in early May. Also in the program, Miss Khanh Van performed for the first time the national costume called “Coc em” after many months of implementation. “Cocoon” is the winning costume in the contest “National costume design selection” conceptualized by designer Khoa Lo and implemented with designer Tin Thai. With the meaning of honoring the silk weaving profession of Vietnam, “Coc em” is studied by the author using lightweight, flying materials, combining foreign marcame rope techniques. The main white tone on the Ao Dai form background helps Khanh Van not only take flexible steps, but also skillfully express the grace and elegance of traditional Vietnamese women. Khánh Vân in national costume “Cocoon”. Talking about “Coc em”, Miss Khanh Van said: “” Cocoon em “is 90% similar to the drawing, during the implementation process, the team has agreed to only change a few details for bringing the The rear cocoon is easier, the rest are the same as the prototype. Upon seeing the complete costume, Van had to exclaim: This is the national costume that I envisioned! ”. As for designer Khoa Lo, he said that it took him about 4 months to perfect this product. “The whole work applies the art of hand-woven stringing and binding, with white tones, so all stages must be meticulous and careful. Up to now, Khoa has spent 4 months to improve and edit so that ‘Coc em’ will make Khanh Van the most confident. Khoa feels satisfied with his work.If not satisfied, Khoa will not dare to submit the test. If there is any editing, it is essential and best for Khanh Van and ‘Coc em’ to shine at Miss Universe “- Khoa Lo expressed. He said that the highlight of “Cocoon” will be Miss Khanh Van because the beautiful national costume not only honors the Vietnamese soul but also honors the beauty of Vietnamese people. At the same time, this young designer revealed, “In order for Miss Khanh Van to confidently wear the ‘Coc em’ outfit on the international stage, Khoa has prepared very carefully from the manipulation and order of the outfit assembly, the way posing as well as suggestions for Van to fully express the meaning of this outfit “. Mixed reactions from the online community However, right after the “Cocoon em” outfit was announced, there were mixed comments from the online community on the Miss Universe Vietnam fan page. Accordingly, many people give praise to the work as well as Miss Khanh Van. Readers Tan Minh said, “I think this costume when performing the image inside the cocoon, then striding the catwalk to the show, the grace of the ao dai will be very beautiful, because walking ao dai is the forte of Khanh Van, while promoting ‘Coc em’, both promoting Vietnamese ao dai and robes to confirm that the ao dai is the national dress, which is very meaningful. At the same point of view, reader Vu Tuan said that “The work of ‘Cocoon’ is like making shoes for Khanh Van. Not only honoring Vietnamese culture, I think that Khanh Van will shine with people’s costumes. This tribe. A beautiful, meaningful and humanistic design “. Besides the compliments, many netizens said that “this design is not suitable for Miss Universe competition”, and then “the reality is far from the drawing”. Specifically, the reader Luu Thuy Duong shared, “Actually this work is blurred, blurred, pure white, the cocoon is fragile. It is true that the line on the drawing is different from reality.” . Sharing the same opinion, reader Nguyen Hoai Phuc Tien commented, “The cocoon is not very balanced, different from the drawing in design and color”. “Pale, hard to go, cumbersome” is the opinion of the reader Nguyen Quoc Viet. Readers Nguyen Thanh Phuc shared, “It is important not to create a theatrical effect. Looking from near, the costumes are also white”. And readers Pham Thai Nguyen said that, feeling quite disappointed because of this national costume of Khanh Van, “Quite light, adding a wheel pull looks very rough. Disappointed”. Not stopping there, the reader Gingi Minh Tuan also pointed out that, “When Khanh Van wears this costume, I find it very difficult to walk. And with each color of strawberry leaves as a highlight, it now becomes a highlight. always white “. “In terms of completeness, quite well, but to call special to become The best national costume, I think it is impossible. However, this is the effort in the past time, everyone still thanks for your efforts and Khánh Vân “- Readers Minh Trung expressed. On May 2, 2021, Khanh Van will officially go to the US to fight Miss Universe, then she will participate in the schedule series of the organizers, the semi-finals taking place on May 14, 2021 and the final on May 16. 2021 (US time). In the journey to Miss Universe, Miss Khanh Van increasingly perfected her beauty, skills and style. More especially, Khanh Van constantly practice his skills, becoming more and more beautiful, confident and brave. In addition to the process of training and training to best prepare for Miss Universe, Khanh Van also actively participates in many charity, community and social programs./.